The Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Palawan, on Tuesday, March 14, approved a resolution that aims to put up public libraries in all 23 of its municipalities.
Authored by Board Member Ryan D. Maminta, Resolution No. 848-23, entitled “A Resolution Urging Municipal Mayors and Sangguniang Bayans of the Twenty-three (23) Component Municipalities to Establish Public Libraries in Their Respecrive Jurisdictions,” has now been approved on its third and final reading.
Maminta said that public libraries will reach a wider swath of the province’s younger generation.
According to Maminta, libraries will enable children to elevate their literacy level and provide them with access to library resources where they are, whether on or off campus.
“Public libraries elevate the literacy level and enhance the accessibility of our young ones to books, we encourage them to read more, to learn more, and to have more knowledge. This establishment should be maintained by the municipalities with their sangguniang bayans, specifically the sanggunian secretary, if there is no public librarian in their locality,” Maminta said.
Once funded, public libraries will be free and open to the public, Maminta added.
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