SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority administrator and chief executive officer Atty. Wilma Eisma had called on employees and officials in the Freeport to practice the virtue of “malasakit” (care or concern).
“Keeping our surroundings clean by being responsible for our trash and keeping it where it should be is one way to show malasakit,” Eisma said, noting it was one of the virtues the agency wanted to instill in its employees.
“Let us give our Subic Bay Freeport the malasakit it deserves. And I also hope that wherever we go, let us show other people that employees of the SBMA are instilled with malasakit, excellence and passion,” she added.
Late last month, SBMA officials and employees from the departments of Land Asset Management, Ecology, Law Enforcement, Office Services, General Business and Investment, and Maintenance and Transportation cleaned the surroundings of the Golden Dragon Terminal that has become an eyesore.
The team trimmed the trees, cleaned an abandoned guard house filled with waste materials, and cleared scattered filth like used plastic bottles, soiled plastic bags, old tires, concrete pipes, and debris. The team then placed signs informing everybody to keep the area clean.
She also called on the Ecology Center to make the Freeport clean and green by spearheading clean and green initiatives, such as serving tap water instead of bottled water during meetings, keeping the surroundings clean of trash, and imposing strict laws against litterers.
The Procurement and Property Management Department also recently held its clean-up drive at the Malawaan Park.