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News Monitoring 02 26 2020 DATE : PPP 2 2020 DAY : Wan 9,5ci44) m tNT rrai-F. Nrisws Strategic Communication and Initiative Service STRATEGIC BANNER EINYORIAI CARTOON COMMUNICATION PAGE I STORY INITIATIVES PAGE „moon, :,ER.VICE TIRUITH• SHALL I'J4tVfllt -02 26 20 PAGE I/ DATE P1 B Tullahan River project to boost Manila Bay rehab 1111 San Miguel Corp.'s P1-billion initiative area for garbage and other pollutants. to study the flooding situation in Bulacan. to dredge and expand the Tullahan River Ang also addressed issues raised by They have identified the rivers, creeks, system will not only give the Manila Bay groups opposed to its planned new, $15 tributaries, and bodies of water that need rehabilitation project a major boost, it will billion Manila International Airport proj- to be cleaned, deepened, widened, and also help solve flooding in Bulacan ahead ect to be built in Bulakan, Bulacan, some improved, to address flooding in the of plans to build the country's largest and five kilometers away from the site of the province. most modem airport in the province. dredging ceremony "We will expand our dredging and The project, dubbed the Tullahan- The airport, envisioned as the country's clean-up operations to include these Tinajeros River system dredging project, largest and most modern, is being framed . bodies of water, and provide a long-term was launched Monday by the Department by opposers as a potential source of flood- and sustainable solution to flooding in of Environment and Natural Resources ing in the province. - Bulacan," he added. and SMC with local executives of Navo- "One hundred percent, this project will Ang said the new airport, a private tas, Malabon, Valenzuela and BUlacan, at not worsen flooding in Bulacan, it will endeavor with no government guaran- the Navotas Centennial Park in Navotas actually solve it. In the first place, foreign tees or subsidies, could bring in as much City, where the 36.4-km Tullahan River banks will not lend money for such major as 30 million tourists and will create so drains into the Manila Bay projects if they are not assured that you many jobs and livelihood opportunities SMC president and COO Ramon S. have addressed all environmental risks," for Filipinos. Ang described the Tullahan River as a he said. He assured many would benefit from spillway from Angat and Ipo dams that Ang said that as part of preparatory the project, including the provinces of is supposed to drain excess water into work for the airport, the company had Bataan, Nueva Edja, Tarlac, Parnpanga, the Manila Bay. already hired expert foreign consultants among many others. However, due to pollution, the buildup of garbage, silt, and illegal structures over the many decades, it has become clogged, shallow, and narrow. This is why whenever there are ty- phoons or heavy rains, low-lying areas near the river, particularly Bulacan prov- ince, become flooded. "This project is a dredging and expan- sion initiative to address the problems of the Tullahan River," Ang said. "First, we will take out the garbage, and then we will • deepen the river so water can move more freely to the Manila Bar Keeping the Tullahan River garbage and pollution-free, Ang said, is critical to ensuring that the DENR's efforts to reha- bilitate the Manila Bay under Secretary Roy Cimatu, will be a success. It will also help ensure that flooding The Department of Environment and Natural Resources and San Miguel Corp. formally will no longer occur in low:lying areas launched Monday the Tullahan-Tinajeros River system dredging project. DENR Secre- such as Bulacan. tary Roy Cimatu (4th from left) and SMC president and COO Ramon Ang (3rd from left) Inspect the new equipment in Navotas with (from left) SMC VP and special assistant to He called on local government officials' the president Col. Ariel Ouerubin, DILG Usec. Epimaco Densing, Navotas Mayor Tobias help in making sure that once the river Tiangco, Malabon Mayor Antolin Oreta, MMDA chair Dann° Lim, and Bulacan Governor cleaned, it will no longer be a dumping Daniel Fernando. STRATEGIC THE PHILIPPINE O Li El BANNER EDITORIAL CARTOON COMMUNICATION i2 PAGE 1 STORY INITIATIVES ea PAGE aPPOF SERVICE 02 26 20 DATE TI TIE PAGE IE DENR starts Tullahan river cleanup The city and national govern- ments, together with the private sector, have started the cleanup of the Tullahan-Tinajeros river system in Malabon and Navotas. Mayors Toby Tiangco of Navotas and Antolin Oreta III of Malabon led the formal launch of the cleanup at the Navotas Centennial Park on Monday. The cleanup, part of a P1-billion investment to widen the river by removing silt and garbage, will start with dredging the river using the heavy equipment provided by San Miguel Corp. (SMC). SMC president Ramon Artg said the heavy equipment made in Japan — backhoes with barges, 55-tormer cranes with barges, tugboats and dump trucks — will be stationed near the river so that the local and national government can sustain the dredging activities. Ang said dredging the river system is a necessary step to ease flooding in Bulacan for the construction of the New Manila International Airport, another SMC project. Tiangco said there is a need to sus- tain the cleaup of the 36.4-kilometer Navotas and Malabon river system. Environment Secretary Roy Ci- matu said the river cleanup is a nec- essary step for the rehabilitation of Manila Bay. The river system flows from the La Mesa watershed and drains into the Manila Bay. Cimatu said the coliform level in the Tullahan-Tinajeros river system dropped to 29 million average coif- form level in 2019, from 269 million in 2018 and 10 billion in 2017. "The cleanup of the river system is critical to our bigger mission of re- habilitating the Manila Bay," Cimatu said. — Marc Jayson Cayabyab SIRAI1(Jc f__I L I I nIVINFR II I AliI,ON COMIIINII1 A 11(INI ',Ant I STORY elA FIA I IVI •••=0"1"Wi INI ttiixc ••••••••=r itvii tile !Banda b2 26 20 P1-B Tullahan River project seen solving flooding in Bulacan THE Department of En- that once the river was actually solve it. In the first vironment and Natural cleaned, it would no longer place, foreign banks will Resources (DENR) and be a dumping area for gar- not lend money for such San Miguel Corp. (SMC) bage and other pollutants. major projects if they are launched the P1-billion "For our part, we assure not assured that you have dredging and expansion of you, this will not be a one- addressed all environmen- the Tullahan River project time project. We will also tal risks," Ang said. at the Navotas Centennial do continuous yearly main- Ang said as part of Park in Navotas City on tenance, and the dredging preparatory work for the Monday. equipment we have bought airport, the company had The Tullahan-Tinajeros will not be removed here already hired expert for- River System dredging anymore," Ang added. eign consultants to study project is seen to solve the Bulacan Gov. Daniel Fer- the flooding situation in perennial flooding in the nando expressed his grati- Bulacan. province of Bulacan and tude to SMC and DENR, and They have identified the some parts of Central Lu- assured their 100 percent rivers, creeks, tributaries, zon as well as in the cities cooperation in the project. and bodies of water that of Malabon. Navotas and Ang showcased brand need to be cleaned, deep- Valenzuela. new dredging equipment ened, widened and im- It is also expected to the company bought proved, to address flood- boost the Manila Bay from Japan, specifically ing in the province. rehabilitation project, as for the project, including "We will expand our the 36.4-km Tullahan River backhoes with barges, dredging and clean-up drains into the bay. 55-tonner cranes, barg- operations to include SMC President and Chief es, tugboats, and dump these bodies of water, and Operating Officer Ramon trucks. provide a long-term and S. Ang said, "This project The SMC chief also ad- sustainable solution to is a dredging and expan- dressed issues raised by flooding in Bulacan," he sion initiative to address groups opposed to its added. the problems of the Tul- planned 515-billion Ma- Ang emphasized that lahan River." nila International Airport the new airport, a private "First, we will take out (MIA) project, to be built in endeavor with no govern- the garbage, and then we Bulakan, Bulacan, some 5 ment guarantees or subsi- will deepen the river so wa- kilometers away from the dies, can bring in as much ter can move more freely to site of the dredging cer- as 30 million tourists and the Manila Bay," he added. emony. will create so many jobs Keeping the Tullahan The airport, envisioned and livelihood opportuni- River garbage- and pol- as the country's largest ties for Filipinos. lution-free, Ang said, is and most modern, is being He added that many critical to ensuring that the framed by opposers as a would benefit from the DENR's efforts to rehabili- potential source of flood- project, including the tate the Manila Bay will be ing in the province. provinces of Bataan, a success. "One hundred percent, Nueva Ecija, Tarlac and He called on local gov- this project will not worsen Pampanga. ernment official to ensure flooding in Bulacan, it will FREDERICK SILVERIO weariA. .1(S111 AAT I Er; it . , n I = 1.21-1 I- I c-TI 'In Oran 1•Mill BANNER ElmORIAL CARlOON E Alit WIRY STORY S I NII IA I I YIN, [ - I ff I oWf R "........0041,1 SERVICE Standard PAGE Tiangco lauds DENR, SMC for dredging project nabelle Ruth R.
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