11.13.2011

Press Conference on the Full Implementation of the 'Clean Ground, Zero Waste' Program in Butuan City

Photo shows from left to right: City Economic Enterprise and Development Office (CEEDO) Manager Ma. Ruth Jugao, President of the Rural Bankers Association of the Philippines (RBAP) Mr. Joseph Omar Andaya, Butuan City Mayor Ferdinand Amante Jr, and City Councilor Virgilio Nery Jr as panelists during the press conference on the full implementation of the ‘Clean Ground, Zero Waste’ Program held recently in one of the local convention centers in Butuan City. (PIA-Caraga)


Some of the media practitioners (left photos) are shown here asking several questions to Butuan City Mayor Ferdinand Amante Jr with City Economic Enterprise and Development Office (CEEDO) Manager Ma. Ruth Jugao, City Councilor Virgilio Nery Jr, and Joseph Omar Andaya, President of the Rural Bankers Association of the Philippines (RBAP), during the press conference on the full implementation of the ‘Clean Ground, Zero Waste’ Program held recently in one of the local convention centers in Butuan City. (PIA-Caraga)


Butuan City Mayor Ferdinand Amante Jr. stresses that “Today is the beginning of change for all Butuanons,” during the press conference held Friday, Nov. 11, 2011 in time with the full implementation of "Clean Ground, Zero Waste" program of the city government. Mayor Amante expresses his hope that Butuanons will learn how to convert wastes into money, as well as converting wastes into organic fertilizers through waste segregation at source. (PIA-Caraga)