The Boardwalk … made unsightly by graffiti. – Photo courtesy of JASPER
RIÑON LEONA
ALFREDO P HERNANDEZ
THE NEWLY-renovated Boardwalk at the seaside near the Jose Panganiban
town hall has been attacked by graffiti vandals.
Its posts and railings have been spoiled with unsightly pen markings as
shown by a picture posted recently on Facebook by Mambulao resident Jasper
Riñon Leona.
Overseas Mambulaoans who saw the picture were outraged and said that
the police should post a policeman around the Boardwalk area to discourage
would-be vandals.
The public leisure facility, which is actually a stone’s throw away
from the police station and the JP-Japan Friendship Park, is a popular hangout
of local youths especially in the afternoon towards evening.
It’s also one of the town’s seaside tourist attractions.
Artem Andaya, a former Sanguniang Bayan member who reacted to the Facebook
picture, posted a message saying that when he was still in office, he authored
an ordinance against vandalism especially on government properties, which also
penalizes violators.
“The local authorities could use this ordinance to go after would-be
vandals or to discourage them from actually committing the crime,” Andaya said.
He said the ordinance should be used “because there’s no point enacting
local ordinances if they would not be put to use”.
The Boardwalk’s renovation took some time to complete and was finally
opened to the public recently.
The Boardwalk at dusk ... what a big waste if vandals would continue to damage it.
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