Lanao means water, so essentially, we Meranaos are people of the lake. We are thus tasked to protect the lake even without a legal mandate.One of the ways to protect the lake is through solid waste management , the closest function and service by which the municipal administration is known to the people. This is because influencing households to avoid wasteful actions such as throwing plastic into the water is part of SWM.
or other implementing agencies for orders, rules and regulations inconsistent with RA 9003.3. A public officer who willfully or grossly neglects the performance of duty abuses his authority and, in any manner, improperly performs his duties under RA 9003 and its IRR.The complexity of governance compounded by climate change that the volatile, archipelagic Philippines faces compels varied responses at the grassroots .