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EO-ROAD-CLEARING
EO-ROAD-CLEARING
WHEREAS, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte during his 4 th State of the Nation Address directs
and mandates all Provincial Governors, City and Municipal Mayors, and Punong Barangays to exercise
their powers essential to reclaim all public roads which are being used for private ends and in the
process, rid them of illegal structures and constructions;
WHEREAS, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has issued
Memorandum Circular No. 2019-121 dated July 29, 2019 directing all Local Chief Executives to
implement the Presidential directive, develop strategies to address displacement issues and to
revoke permits that give authority to private entities to occupy public roads, alleys and other
thoroughfares;
WHEREAS, the DILG Memorandum Circular No. 2020-027 directs all Local Chief Executives to
continue the implementation of the Presidential directive to clear roads of illegal obstructions (Road
Clearing 2.0) and ensure that their efforts to maintain the cleared roads are sustained;
WHEREAS, Executive Order No. MMK-004 series of 2020 issued by Hon. Michael Marcos
Keon, City Mayor, City of Laoag directing all the Punong Barangays and Sangguniang Barangay
Members to perform their roles relative to the Presidential Directive to clear roads of illegal
structures/constructions/obstructions with their jurisdiction;
Section 1. Composition. The Barangay Road Clearing Task Force is hereby organized to be
constituted as follows:
Section 2. Fuctions. The Barangay Road Clearing Task Force shall exercise the following functions:
a. Revisit approved ordinances and make them consistent with existing City Ordinances, and
their related laws and policies pertaining to road clearing operations;
b. Collaborative with the City Mayor for harmonization of the efforts in the clearing of roads of
illegal structures and obstructions;
e. Ensure to maintain and sustain the cleanliness of all cleared roads within their respective
jurisdiction.
SO ORDERED.
IN WITNESS HEREOF, the Punong Barangay hereunto set his hand this ___ day of December
2023 in Barangay ______________________________, Laoag City, Ilocos Norte.
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Punong Barangay