Mandaluyong City Mayor Benjamin Abalos Jr. details the significant features of the Green Building Ordinance in a press conference held recently at the Megamall Trade Hall 3.

The ordinance (No. 535,S-2014) was passed under the Green Building Project for the purpose of increasing efficiency of buildings in the use of energy, water, materials and location, thus, minimizing impact on health and environment.

The GB Project was initiated by Mayor Abalos in 2012 and undertaken with the technical expertise of the International Finance Corporation, as the city’s contribution to the global efforts in decreasing the causes of global warming.

Also in photo are City Councilors, IFC Senior Program Manager Hans Sharder, City Planning & Development Department Engr. Arman Comandao.

ORDINANCE NO. 535, S–2014 “2014 Green Building Regulation of Mandaluyong City

Mandaluyong City Mayor Benhur Abalos seems to be having a delightful chat with Manda who used to be a stray dog (askal) and is now up for adoption under the Adopt-A-Dog program initiated by Mayor Abalos.

Manda is one of the many dogs rescued by the City Animal Shelter Office which not only administers the corresponding vaccinations but also conducts a rehabilitation program for these dogs to speed up their adoption. A citywide anti-rabies vaccination is also regularly conducted thru the Mandaluyong Dog Pound. It is expected that by March of this year, 90% of the dogs in the city would have been injected with the anti-rabies vaccine.

City Mayor Benhur Abalos welcomes the beneficiaries of the Special Program for Employment of Students during the city’s Monday morning program. 250 poor but deserving students of the city are now assigned to the different city government offices, barangay health centers and day care centers thru the SPES, the program under the Department of Labor and Employment which aims to encourage students from underprivileged families to earn during summer break for their schooling.

These students, whose application forms were processed by the City Public Employment Service Office, will be given 265 pesos a day as salary, 60% of which is shouldered by the city government. The program is being implemented in the city from May 5 to 30 of this year.

An average of 250 students are being hired annually by the city government thru the SPES.

Mandaluyong City Mayor Benhur Abalos sits with distinguished members of the Italian Foreign Affairs Committee and the Standing Committee for Human Rights at the Chamber of Deputies during which they reaffirmed the solid commitment of the Italian Parliament to a global abolition of the death penalty at the opening of the International Day of Cities for Life recently held in Rome, Italy.

Mayor Abalos was the only Filipino invited as representative at the Chamber and as resource person at the 8th International Meeting of Ministers wherein Mayor Abalos presented the programs being undertaken by Mandaluyong in the upliftment of human life.

The birth of the world Association of Parliamentarians against the Death Penalty was also announced in the said event.