The youth deserves attention and should be given as much attention as the senior citizens. Board Member Precious Manuel, committee chair of youth and sports at the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Bataan, sponsored on Monday an ordinance declaring the month of August as the “Municipal Youth Month” and August 12 as “Municipal Youth Day” in Dinalupihan, Bataan.

Ms. Manuel said the 1987 Philippine Constitution provides that the state recognizes the vital role of the youth in nation building and shall promote and protect their physical, moral, spiritual, intellectual and social well-being.

The Sangguniang Kabataan Reform Act of 2015 likewise mandates that every barangay, municipality, city, and province shall conduct an activity to be known as “Linggo ng Kabataan” on the week where the 12th of August falls to coincide with the “International Youth Day.”

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