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Cebu City set to hold another cleanup drive in March

THE Cebu City Hall employees will hold another massive cleanup drive in the second week of March this year.


This after they collected over 16 tons of garbage along the shoreline of Cebu City on Saturday, February 12, 2022.


Vice Mayor Donaldo "Dondon" Hontiveros announced the initiative during the flag-raising ceremony last Monday, February 14, and he urged the employees to take the task to heart, the Cebu City Public Information Office (PIO) reported Wednesday.


“It’s our responsibility to clean Cebu City. In the next coastal clean up, adto ta (we should join), not for selfies. We are serious about it,” he said.


Hontiveros said in the next cleanup drive will focus on the coastal barangays of Pasil and Suba where the City Hall employees collected the 16 tons of waste, the PIO reported.


Charter Day bonus


The vice mayor also announced that each of the City Hall regular and casual employees will receive P10,000 as Charter Day bonus. The city will celebrate its 85th Charter Day on February 24.


Hontiveros said they are finding ways to give bonuses to job order workers.


Under law, the job order workers cannot enjoy the benefits of the employer-employee relationship with the government. This means they have no benefits other than the salary they receive.


Hontiveros hopes that the employees' enthusiasm in receiving their bonuses would be the same in the next cleanup drive. / KAL 


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First published by SunStar Cebu: https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1921217/cebu/local-news/cebu-city-set-to-hold-another-cleanup-drive-in-march




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