It is easier to make things dirty than clean. If one drives around Bacolod City, they will see litter scattered across the roads and sidewalks – it’s even prevalent in shopping malls, privately-run buildings, and residences. A priest, lawyer, and doctor recently gathered to discuss cleanliness in the city.

According to the doctor, city leadership needs to look into the matter but it appears they don’t have the time to clean the city. The lawyer noted, cleaning should not be solely dependent on garbage collection, adding, local government needs to monitor the situation.

The priest also noted the presence of “makeshifts,” wondering if city officials even see them.

“Along Alijis Road, near the former Goodyear, or around seventy meters from Araneta Street, that [makeshift] has been there for long,” he pointed out.

“Even across [from the Doctors’ Hospital], along [the] Hilado corner, [there is] a very embarrassing set of ‘makeshifts,’” the doctor added. “[It is] a dismay to look at Bacolod being [called] ‘most liveable.’”

The lawyer considered the area around Manokan Country as “the worst.”

“Where dried fish [is] laid under the sun, right [under] the very noses of commuters and shoppers,” he pointed out. “This is a poor reflection of the city’s image.”/WDJ