Borongan Mayor Abunda vows to support PWDs

By NINFA B QUIRANTE, PIA Borongan
July 18, 2011

BORONGAN City, Eastern Samar  –  Borongan Mayor Ma Fe Abunda, in an effort to inspire persons with disabilities inspired them to aspire to be like persons without disabilities.

In today’s commemorative program of the 33rd National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week (NDPRW) at the Borongan City Cultural Stage, Mayor Abunda addressed PWDs who gathered to join a myriad of activities for their kind.

“Nobody has a monopoly of all blessings,” Abunda told them.

Abunda added that even normal people still have some unfulfilled needs. “There will be some aspects missing,” she added.

She said that if all our needs are provided, “then we will not strive anymore to improve our lives.”

The mayor talked in both English and the dialect.

She also hailed the PWDs who continue to strive and show that they are not liabilities to the society. She proudly informed them that she has approved the PWD Code that Sangguniang Panglungsod Jennifer Anacio sponsored.

“I did not think twice in approving the Code,” she said.

To implement the discounts afforded to PWDs, the mayor said she has ordered the city social welfare and development officer to distribute purchase booklets.

Abunda though admitted that the city hall and the roads in the city are not yet accessibility law compliant. But the Mayor with SP Anacio who is herself a PWD pledged to implement the accessibility law before their terms end.