{"id":221841,"date":"2019-07-07T05:40:11","date_gmt":"2019-07-07T09:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=221841"},"modified":"2019-07-07T05:40:48","modified_gmt":"2019-07-07T09:40:48","slug":"new-manila-mayor-impresses-dilg-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/07\/07\/new-manila-mayor-impresses-dilg-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"New Manila mayor impresses DILG chief"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In a statement on Saturday, A\u00f1o lauded Moreno for clearing streets particularly in Divisoria and Carriedo of illegal vendors, cleaning waterways of informal settlers, and implementing anti-gambling program. (File Photo<\/a>: Isko Moreno Domagoso\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 New Manila Mayor Francisco \u2018Isko\u2019 Moreno has impressed not only netizens but Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo M. A\u00f1o for showing political will to address \u2018insurmountable\u2019 challenges in the capital city of the Philippines.<\/p>\n

In a statement on Saturday, A\u00f1o lauded Moreno for clearing streets particularly in Divisoria and Carriedo of illegal vendors, cleaning waterways of informal settlers, and implementing anti-gambling program.<\/p>\n

\u201cManila is the showcase of the Philippines. It is the first place foreigners see when they come to our country, so I\u2019m pleased that in the first weeks of his administration, Mayor Isko has already shown that the challenges of the city are not insurmountable and can be addressed with political will and commitment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

A\u00f1o said the challenge now for Moreno is to sustain \u201cthese worthwhile programs\u201d in the next three years of his administration, particularly the removal of informal settlers along esteros (estuary) and other danger zones.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe city government\u2019s cooperation in the Manila Bay Rehabilitation Program is crucial because some of the most heavily polluted waterways are in the City of Manila so we look forward to working with him closely in order to return Manila Bay to its pristine beauty as directed by President (Rodrigo) Duterte,\u201d the DILG chief said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope that the actions of Mayor Isko will inspire other local chief executives in other parts of the country to follow his example and to similarly show decisive leadership in bringing about change in their communities because that is what the people expect,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Moreno defeated an incumbent mayor, former President Joseph Ejercito \u2018Erap\u2019 Estrada, in the last May 13 mid-term national and local elections.<\/p>\n

Aside from Moreno, A\u00f1o also commended other young and dynamic local leaders like Pasig Mayor Vico Sotto and Makati Mayor Abby Binay, for showing strong political will in solving many problems in their respective areas of jurisdiction.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur young leaders can count on our support to implement their good governance agenda. That is why the DILG is here. We are not only your supervisors, we are also your partners and mentors, your guidance counselors and your cheerleaders. Your success is our success as well,\u201d A\u00f1o said.<\/p>\n

He said the DILG has been helping new elected local leaders in crafting their respective first 100 days agenda to align these \u201cwith national programs\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll our local chief executives nationwide can count on our support in improving your communities especially in peace and order, the war against illegal drugs, and in stamping out illegal activities in your respective jurisdictions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MANILA\u00a0\u2014 New Manila Mayor Francisco \u2018Isko\u2019 Moreno has impressed not only netizens but Department of the Interior and Local Government …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":221842,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-221841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-christopher-lloyd-caliwan","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221841"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":221845,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221841\/revisions\/221845"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/221842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}