Marikina City became the cleanest and most orderly city in Metro Manila in the three terms of then Mayor Bayani Fernando from 1992 to 2001. His 'Ayusin natin ang Komunidad' (Fix our community) fostered discipline and morality on his constituents particularly in local security and sanitation. His biggest achievement was Save the Marikina River project, redeveloping its banks into flood containment spillways, and landfill turning into now redeveloped and successful Marikina River Park. In a sheer display of political will, he relocated 10,000 squatters in that area and instantly boosted Marikina at the forefront of urban development.

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