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COTABATO CITY – Through inclusive education, health and anti-drug programs, this city aims to be capture the distinction as one of the country's most child-friendly city .

“I am determined to pursue the dream...of having a child-friendly society here,” City Mayor Cynthia Guiani-Sayadi said in her State of the Children Report on Friday, even as she vowed to increase the budget aimed for child welfare by 2018.

Mayor Guiani-Sayadi delivered the report in consonance with the celebration of the National Children’s Month, in which she vowed the local government will institute programs to protect the well-being of children.

This year, the local government has allotted P54.6-million for the establishment of a women and children’s desk at the local police, construction of barangay health and day care centers in the city's 37 barangays.

Guiani-Sayadi said these programs reflect the desire of the local government to give children unrestricted access to health and education. '

She noted that for this year alone, the city has nearly 9,000 preschoolers enrolled in both public and private schools.
 
Guiani-Sayadi also underscored the city's anti-drug program, which said was vital to keep the children away from the drug menace. For the past several months, the mayor said the local police have arrested a huge number of arrest of drug peddlers.

The mayor is known to lead regular night patrols around town to monitor suspicious acitivities.

When President Rodrigo Duterte declared martial law for Mindanao following the Marawi siege in May this year, the local government has enforced a 10:30 p.m.-3:30 a.m. curfew for all residents on efforts to further secure the city from lawless elements.

Guiani-Sayadi also announced that City Ordinance 4529 otherwise known as “Discipline Hour” is now in effect for minors from 10:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. daily.

“For the protection of my constituents and the children, I will stop at nothing,” the mayor said, even as she called on various local sectors to help the city to become one of most-child friendly cities in the Philippines. (PNA) NOVEMBER 2017

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