Bernardo, maan dulang kanimo dyan! (2)



AY, BERNARDO, maan dulang kanimo dyan!

Our brothers and sisters are exposed to public health risks from an abbattoir that operates right in the heart of the mercado publico.
Miagao Plaza (web photo)


The Sanitation Code of the Philippines or Presidential Decreee 856 considers abbattoirs "points of contamination", thus, must be established at a distance from residential areas and restaurants, eateries or areas where food is prepared or processed.

 Chapter IV of the Implementing Rules and Regulations of PD 856 requires that abbattoirs must at least be 25 meters away from markets and food establishments, and at least 200 meters from residential areas, churches and places of public assembly, funeral establishments, courts or public office.

 Ano dulang ra, bay, hay ang slaughterhouse kang banwa kang Miagao rigyan gid sa tunga kang merkado ta?

 Kag ang sewer kang liquid kag solid wastes na kadya rigyan man ginapailig sa draineage canals kang merkado kag nagapanaog sa ubos nga bahin kang banwa.

 Delikado gali ang plastada kang banwa ta kadya, eh.

 Kang early 2013, sa wara pa matapos term ni Inday Julieta, ang banwa naggahin it P4.4 million para pagpatindog kang slaugherhouse sagwa kang poblacion.

 Diin ron atong kwarta, bay?

 Tuod ra nga ang badyet kadya ginsaylo sa landscaping kag munisipyo nga wara man lang kaagi public bidding hay ginpahat-pahat nanda program-of-work sa tag-P50,000 kada sara agud tong indi ron maagi sa public bidding?

 Ay bukon ti mayad tana dya. Gin-una pa ang biga-biga sangsa public health.

 Ano man dya aton mga ginikanan, man? Gin-una pa bakal pulbos, lipstick kag make-up ang kwarta ta, imbis unahon pangkid-an atop kag banyo kang balay ta.

 Gin-una pa bakal kang igpat-igpat nga sulo sangsa bulong kang bata nanda.

 Ay, maan dulang kanimo dyan, Bernardo!

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