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Powell Del Rosario

Attorney, Professor

Powell Del Rosario

Powell Del Rosario is a lawyer, a professor of Environmental law at the Colegio Dela Purisima Concepcion in Roxas City, Philippines. He was a governance and legislative fellow of the US Department of State in May-June 2014 in Washington D.C., USA. He was also a Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) scholar to Japan in 2013 on a course of study in Rural Development.

Powell served as an elected city councilor in Roxas City from 2010 to 2019 were he was known as an environmental champion and awarded as Outstanding Councilor of the Philippines for his excellent legislative performance.

Papers and Publications

The following are local laws/ordinances that I authored while I was a city councilor of Roxas City, Philippines during the years 2010-2019:

  • 50 years Moratorium of Large Scale Mining in Roxas City
  • Ordinance Regulating Stray Dogs
  • Public Road Construction & Other Civil Works Regulation
  • Sidewalk Ordinance of Roxas City
  • Requiring Couples applying for Marriage License to plant a tree
  • Regulation on tree planting along public roads
  • Prohibition of Spider Gaming and Collection
  • Local Standard Time Ordinance
  • Smoke-Free Ordinance of Roxas City
  • No Plastic Day Ordinance
  • Junkshop Ordinance