Strengthening of the Angat Dam on the way

By Minde Nyl Dela Cruz

Bulacan Gov. Wilhelmino M. Sy-Alvarado. FILE PHOTO.

Bulacan Gov. Wilhelmino M. Sy-Alvarado revealed he had talked with high officials of the national government and that the Angat Dam will be rehabilitated soon.

He said this during the 115th Anniversay of the First Republic held last January 23 in Barasoain Church in the City of Malolos.

The governor also announced that the replacement of the rubber dams in Bustos is to be started around the middle of the year.

"The Bulacan Bulk Water right, ipagkakaloob na sa mga taga-lalawigan ng Bulacan," added Sy-Alvarado during his speech before he introduced Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno who attended the event as the guest of honour.

"For the first time tayo ang nag-aari ng Angat Dam, ng ating tubig, subalit tayo, sa underground nagmumula ang ating inumin," he said.

Apart from the mentioned projects, Sy-Alvarado told the crowd that the Pampanga River Control System, as well as other rivers, is going to be revived and dredged, as mandated by the law.

"Ang ating post-industrialization program kasama ang ating Executive Secretary Jojo Ochoa na kung saan everybody now is looking north of Metro Manila, pinaghahandaan po natin sa ating agenda at dito po sa lalong madaling panahon ang declaration ay pipirmahan ng ating Pangulo (Benigno Aquino III), declaring Malolos," Sy-Alvarado stated (sic).

Bulacan is also going to upgrade its jewelry and pyrotechnics industries, the latter through the help of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).

The governor promised a strict implementation against illegal importations; more agro-industrial developments in the towns of Norzagaray and Dona Remedios Trinidad; road networks from San Jose Del Monte to the province of Aurora; North Luzon Railways; and coastal highways.

"Ito po ay magkakaroon ng katuparan," Sy-Alvarado said.

The province's patriarch also expressed wishes that the 23rd of January will be made an official holiday. ###