P5M Lapu-Lapu project to brighten major streets

CEBU, Philippines - A P5 million light installation project is up for implementation in the streets of Lapu-Lapu City.

Mayor Paz Radaza in her recent city address emphasized that dark roads attract law-breaking situations and scandalous scenarios.

"A dark city street breeds criminality and I want to eradicate it," she said, adding that tourists and travelers who come in and out of the city will be guaranteed of safety and security if the city has well-lighted posts.

At least 139 sets of environmental-friendly LED lights will be installed along M.L. Quezon Highway all the way to Mandaue-Mactan Bridge to Mactan Economic Processing Zone Gate 1 and the vicinity of the City Hall as well.

"The presence of crimes is sometimes said to be determinant on how progressive a city is," Radaza pointed out.

According to Radaza, the crimes in the city involve rampant cases of illegal drugs, and minimizing this is one of the main advocacies of the mayor.

Out of 147 arrests, 145 cases have already filed in the court.

Radaza said she was pleased with the efforts of Police Senior Superintendent Armando Radoc, acting police director of the Lapu-Lapu City Police Office, in eradicating crimes through buy-bust operations and raids within the interior areas of the city.

Consistent

The city has been consistently identified with the lowest point of malnutrition rate of 1.28 percent since 2006 to 2014.

Radaza attributed this to the continuous hunger mitigation program of distributing rice and milk supplementation to malnourished children.

Also, in the first half of 2013, the city recorded 278 cases of dengue. This year, it was down by 37 percent with no death reported, said Radaza.

The city has also been a recipient of a P10 million health facility enhancement program by the Department of Health and with this, one of the hospitals of the city's barangays has been upgraded to Level 1.

She also said the city received a P500,000 grant from DOH for STI/HIV-AIDS program while the city has allocated P8 million for the health insurance of indigent families.

Radaza reported that the city's hospitals have purchased new facilities and equipment to provide more services to the people, and renovated the health institutional wards to maintain its rank of Level 1. (FREEMAN)