Posted September 29,
2014
Written by Jay-ar M. Arante
The ordinance to establish an organized system to control
the proliferation of beggars in Boracay Island is now rolling in the
Sangguniang Bayan (SB) of Malay.
SB Member and Chairman of the Committee on Laws Rowen
Aguirre discussed the said ordinance on his committee report recently during
the 28th SB Session of Malay.
It was stressed that beggars in Boracay and in the town
of Malay will be charged penalties as soon as the resolution is passed.
On the other hand Aguirre said that it this will undergo for
a committee hearing and their plan to invite officials from Human Rights and
other concerned agencies.
Meanwhile, experts say that mendicancy or begging can lead
to a crime, aside from unclean and sick beggars can be harmful to people’s health.
It also lowers the dignity of those who are used by the
syndicates, a reason why the former President Ferdinand Marcos imposed the Anti-Mendicancy
Law of 1978 against street beggars.
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