Arroyo to make another visit to Pampanga on Sunday
10/03/2009 | 09:46 PM
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo will make another visit to her home province of Pampanga on Sunday to inspect infrastructure projects in the area damaged by tropical storm "Ondoy."
Mrs. Arroyo will give the green light to rehabilitate two river containment systems in Guagua town, a Palace statement said late Saturday.
Guagua is in the province's second district, where Mrs. Arroyo is reportedly planning to run for congresswoman next year. Her allies in Congress have been pushing to amend the 1987 Constitution to shift to a parliamentary form of government.
Under a parliamentary form of government, Mrs. Arroyo can be elected as prime minister.
Mrs. Arroyo is due to arrive in Guagua's San Jose village, Sunday noon to "personally check" on the damage caused by the storm on a portion of the earth dike along the Lambac-Natividad-San Jose creek.
The creek is one of the tributaries in Pampanga that traverse residential and commercial areas of Guagua covering 15 villages with a total population of 53,470.
The collapse of the earth dike caused the subsequent flooding of the neighboring villages of Locion (San Antonio, San Isidro, San Pablo, San Matias, San Juan 1st and San Jose) and Pangulo area (Siran, Natividad, and Lambac).
Mrs. Arroyo will proceed to nearby San Juan Nepomuceno village in Betis town to inspect the rehabilitation of the damaged portion of the Sapang Maragul riverbank dike, which traverses residential areas covering a total land area of 164.5015 hectares with a total population of 6,560 families.
Strong rains brought by "Ondoy" caused a portion of the riprap dike of Sapang Maragul (San Juan Nepomuceno portion) to collapse and allow floodwaters to enter almost all 31 towns of Guagua.
The collapsed dike also caused flood waters, reaching as high as five feet, to spread to six other neighboring barangays of Betis with a population of 30,735. - GMANews.TV
Mrs. Arroyo will give the green light to rehabilitate two river containment systems in Guagua town, a Palace statement said late Saturday.
Guagua is in the province's second district, where Mrs. Arroyo is reportedly planning to run for congresswoman next year. Her allies in Congress have been pushing to amend the 1987 Constitution to shift to a parliamentary form of government.
Under a parliamentary form of government, Mrs. Arroyo can be elected as prime minister.
Mrs. Arroyo is due to arrive in Guagua's San Jose village, Sunday noon to "personally check" on the damage caused by the storm on a portion of the earth dike along the Lambac-Natividad-San Jose creek.
The creek is one of the tributaries in Pampanga that traverse residential and commercial areas of Guagua covering 15 villages with a total population of 53,470.
The collapse of the earth dike caused the subsequent flooding of the neighboring villages of Locion (San Antonio, San Isidro, San Pablo, San Matias, San Juan 1st and San Jose) and Pangulo area (Siran, Natividad, and Lambac).
Mrs. Arroyo will proceed to nearby San Juan Nepomuceno village in Betis town to inspect the rehabilitation of the damaged portion of the Sapang Maragul riverbank dike, which traverses residential areas covering a total land area of 164.5015 hectares with a total population of 6,560 families.
Strong rains brought by "Ondoy" caused a portion of the riprap dike of Sapang Maragul (San Juan Nepomuceno portion) to collapse and allow floodwaters to enter almost all 31 towns of Guagua.
The collapsed dike also caused flood waters, reaching as high as five feet, to spread to six other neighboring barangays of Betis with a population of 30,735. - GMANews.TV
