City Mayor Recently Passed The Anti-Profanity Ordinance In Baguio City
ANTI-PROFANITY ORDINANCE – Mayor Mauricio Domogan recently passed the Anti-Profanity Ordinance, which bans profane language frequently spoken by children.
Baguio City is a mountain city located in the province of Benguet. The city is famous for it’s unusually cool weather, even on sunny days. Also known as “The City of Pines”, it is home to 300K people, of which 65.5% of the popularity are below 30 years old, as per the local government data in 2010.
According to the tourism department data in 2014, the city welcomes 930K tourists, which is a good place for a vacation.
Under the ordinance, teachers and guidance counselors were advised to reprimand the children caught swearing and summon their parents.
A report from ABS-CBN News says that Baguio City Mayor Mauricio Domogan further expressed that the students are at risk of expulsion should they violate the ordinance further. He added that they’ve noticed that swearing and lewd language is very common. The ordinance is passed to prevent profanity from becoming a normality to children.
(“”Nakikita natin na parang normal na iyung magmura, magsalita ng malalaswa… Parte iyan na sana iyung ating mga anak, hindi ma-develop na normal ang magganoon,”)
Tourists are not excluded as the government will tell them to stop due to the ordinance if they got caught swearing.
(“Nakikita natin na parang normal na iyung magmura, magsalita ng malalaswa… Parte iyan na sana iyung ating mga anak, hindi ma-develop na normal ang magganoon,”)
As per the report, public spaces, which were occupied by children will display signage that would say “Swearing Is Not Allowed”.
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