Gov. Tubban orders establishment of breastfeeding station at Provincial Capitol

Tabuk City, Kalinga – Kalinga Governor Ferdinand Tubban issued an order on March 25, 2022, establishing a lactating station at the Provincial Capitol to serve mothers and their babies.

The said order is made pursuant to Republic Act No. 10028 otherwise known as the Expanded Breastfeeding Act of 2009, mandating all private and public establishments to have lactation rooms at the workplace.

The Executive Order No. 2022-17 designates a room at the 2nd Floor of the Capitol Building beside the Provincial Health Office (PHO) as a breastfeeding/lactation station for use of all nursing mother employees of the Provincial Government and clients of the Provincial Capitol, and allow mothers to express their breastmilk for refrigeration.

The breastfeeding or lactation station is equipped with an icebox, refrigerator, tables, bed, chairs, milk bags, logbook, IEC materials, other breastfeeding paraphernalia, and a water closet.

Section 3 of the order reads ‘all nursing PLGU employees of the Capitol may avail compensable breastfeeding/lactation breaks on top of a regular break time for a total of not more than 40 minutes within the eight-hour working period in order to fulfill their motherhood responsibility in breastfeeding their infants or to express breast milk for refrigeration that they can bring home if actual breastfeeding is not feasible.’

Such establishment is among Tubban’s way of supporting his constituents, providing safe and healthy working environment and enhancing women’s welfare in realizing their full potential in the government service.

The order was made effective upon the governor’s approval.

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