The Philippines observes Clean-up Week every second week of January. The observance was established by Proclamation No. 187, signed in 1963 by then-President Diosdado Macapagal. The policy amended an earlier proclamation signed by then-President Elpidio Quirino, which set the week-long observance in November.
According to the earlier policy, Clean-up Week was created in order to raise awareness of “the importance of cleanliness and so that public health and sanitation may be placed on a higher level.”
Committees were also established from the national to the municipal level.
“Upon the termination of the Clean-Up-Week, all municipal committees shall submit full reports of their accomplishments to the provincial committees, which shall in turn submit a consolidated report to the national committee,” read Quirino’s proclamation. “Chartered city committees shall make their reports directly to the national committee.”/WDJ