23/09/2025
๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ก๐ฆ๐ง๐ฃ-๐๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฝ
By Wilbert Kienster M. Reli
St. Anthonyโs College (SAC) Nursing Department (ND) along with its program organizations; the Nursing Department Council, Student Nurse Association of the Philippines (SAC-Antique Chapter), Catholic Student Nurses Association-SAC, The Caring Gazette, and SAC Red Cross Youth was designated at Barangay 4, San Jose, Antique and the National Service Training Program-Civic Welfare Training Service (NSTP-CWTS) was assigned at Barangay San Angel, San Jose, Antique. Doing this initiative in annual commemoration of International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) Day, on September 20, 2025.
Proclaimed under Presidential Proclamation No. 470, series of 2003, ICC Day engages communities in removing and recording trash from beaches, waterways, rivers, lakes, and underwater areas. The initiative aims to raise awareness on marine debris, promote the 4Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Respond), encourage proper waste management, influence behavioral change, and support data-driven policies and programs.
In Barangay 4, San Jose, Antique, the coastal cleanup activity opened with a prayer, followed by messages from organization leaders. Ms. Ma. Vivian T. Marfil, ENR Officer of OPENRO, stated:
โMan-an naton nga ang aton marine resources, naga-kabuhi sa atun nga baybayon. Paagi sa coastal cleanup aton gina-preserba kag gina-protektahan ang marine life. Luwas jan ka ria, ang aton man nga baybayon gina-designated naton nga maging recreational area naton. Therefore, it should be safe and clean for swimming and other recreational activities.โ
As of the assigned Anthonian first-year students of NSTP-CWTS in Barangay San Angel, the sections from 1 to 12 provided their manpower to establish coastal cleanup for the coastline of the said barangay.
Volunteers then collected non-biodegradable waste in garbage bags they had prepared. The group gathered about 120 bags of trash in Barangay 4 coastal port and 50 garbage bags in Barangay San Angel waterfront, with plastics, rubbers, cups, food containers, diapers, fishing nets, and clothing comprising most of the collected waste.
The Nursing Department and NSTP-CWTSโ participation reinforced the continuing need for cleanup initiatives and responsible waste management practices in the two barangays, including similar coastal communities across the Philippines.
