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BY MAE SINGUAY
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BACOLOD City – Councilor Em Ang appealed to the public not to give alms to beggars.
Mostly badjaos from Bago and Cadiz cities in Negros Occidental, mendicants here — children and adults alike — beg for alms on the streets and sometimes go from one house to another, said Ang.
Not giving them anything will drive them away from Bacolod, whose streets they pervade during Christmas and festival seasons, she said.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development and the local government unit have the same advice, said Ang.
Currently the Anti-Mendicancy Task Force of the city government’s Department of Social Services and Development (DSSD) is rounding up the mendicants, she said.
If the public must help the mendicants, they may do so through the DSSD, orphanages and other charitable institutions, said Ang.
Their proliferation on the streets exposes them, especially their children, to harm, including vehicular accidents, she said./PN
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