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By LITO RULONA
Correspondent .

Majority members of the city council have deferred the proposed resolution of Councilor Edna Dahino that declares every June 25 as the city’s Arbor Day since her colleagues squabbled over the terminology.

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Councilor Ian Mark Nacaya led the majority floor in proposing to defer Dahino’s tree-planting resolution.

By using the term “Arbor,” Nacaya said might confuse the public. He suggested using the term “tree planting,” instead.

“Why confuse the public with the language which is not understood by many? Why June 25 in all among days and legal issues why the local chief executive declaring holidays on the chosen day,” Nacaya asked.

According to Merriam Webster, the word arbor means tree and was first used as a word in 1659.

The first Arbor Day in the world was held in the small Spanish village of Villanueva de la Sierra, an initiative launched in 1805.

In the Philippines, Arbor Day was declared through Proclamation No. 30 by then President Manuel Roxas in 1947, to be held every second Saturday of September of each year in schools and communities.

This has been revived through Republic Act 10176 when former President Benigno Aquino III signed the bill into law in 2012. This revival also set Arbor Day to be observed every June 25 of the year.

For her part, Dahino was not surprised with Nacaya’s move considering that the passage of the resolution failed to attach the funds needed for the operation of tree planting.

Naa la’y legality nga giaise og dili ta usab kini supakon. This the third ordinance I authored that has been deferred when it was submitted for approval. Pero sige lang,” she added.

Under Dahino’s proposal, the proposed ordinance states that specified areas within the city shall be planted or reforested including but not limited to public school grounds, vacant public lands, public/eco parks, private schools and lands, watersheds, river banks, and road shoulders.

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