CAGAYAN de Oro City Vice Mayor Jocelyn ‘Bebot’ Rodriguez has vowed to continue crafting laws that will help the city to recover from the economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Rodriguez even said she wanted to bring back the promotion of human dignity and self-reliance after it was stopped during the start of the pandemic.
Earlier, Rodriguez filed a proposed ordinance for the establishment of the Cagayan de Oro Comprehensive Assistance for the Revival of the Economy (CARE) or the Bangon-Balik Higala Ordinance.
“This is in line with the policy of the city government for business recovery and economic growth,” said Rodriguez.
She added that the ordinance was anchored on the promotion of human dignity and self-reliance which shall be the foremost measures to be initiated to counter the immediate impact of the pandemic, among others.
“This is a moving forward from the economic fallout brought by the pandemic,” said Rodriguez adding to convey key strategies for recovery initiated by the National Economic Development Authority’s (Neda-10) rehabilitation and recovery efforts.
Timely, Rodriguez said Neda-10 spearheaded and coordinated regional rehabilitation and recovery efforts.
The agency was tasked to prompt actions in providing services to reduce Covid-19 mortality and morbidity, restarting social and economic activities, and steering good governance.
Rodriguez explained that Neda-10’s end goal is to restore socioeconomic conditions in Northern Mindanao with a higher level of resilience against health emergencies, as explained by Neda-10 Regional Director Mylah Faye Aurora B. Cariño.
“This proposed law adopts the Regional Recovery Framework of the Region 10 Development Council,” said Rodriguez.
She added particularly on the “We Recover as One Report” of the national government which states the long-term goal of safer, adaptive, and disaster-resilient Filipino communities that are protected from risks, and can cope with and recover quickly from unfortunate events.
The Build Back Better principle of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction is the core principle in the ordinance added Rodriquez.
“This states the use of the recovery, rehabilitation, and reconstruction phases after a disaster,” said Rodriguez.
She explained that this proposed ordinance increases the resilience of nations and communities through integrating disaster risk reduction measures into the restoration of physical infrastructure and societal systems and the revitalization of livelihood, economy, and environment.
City Council committee on planning, innovation, and development, chair Councilor Ian Mark Nacaya is set to discuss the proposed ordinance very soon. (With reports from SP)
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