00:00President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. was dismayed when he saw the cloudy mountains
00:05after doing an aerial inspection in Marikina and in the province of Rizal.
00:09Ken and Paciente will be right back.
00:14Following the aerial inspection of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.
00:18in the areas most affected by the Enteng typhoon,
00:21particularly in Marikina and the province of Rizal,
00:24the Executive Board did not hide the dismay
00:27to the cloudy mountains and forests
00:29that caused the landslide to become a widespread flood.
00:33Everywhere you go after the storm,
00:39if you see the landslide,
00:42just look at the top.
00:44Last year, it was not cloudy.
00:46Now, it's cloudy. That's why it's cloudy.
00:47That's why the President insisted
00:49that the government should be more strict
00:52regarding deforestation.
00:54He also insisted that it should not be about illegal activities.
00:58It should be about the safety of the public.
01:01It's life and death already.
01:03Many people have died because of what you are doing.
01:06So, we have to be more...
01:08The laws are all there.
01:10It's the implementation and the enforcement.
01:12The Executive Board also insisted
01:14that impounding dams and river basins
01:16should be the solution
01:18to avoid the widespread flooding,
01:20especially in Metro Manila,
01:22which is already included
01:24in the government's flood control projects.
01:26So, the best solution
01:30is to build impounding dams
01:34upriver,
01:36here in the river system.
01:38That will serve many purposes.
01:42That will pay for flood control
01:44because the water
01:46that should go down to the city
01:48will not go down.
01:50Along with distributing relief goods
01:52to the Bicolans who are severely affected
01:54by the Enteng Flood,
01:56DILG Secretary Ben Herr Abalos
01:58reminded the Bicolans
02:00to prepare for the possible
02:02impact of calamities
02:04in the face of the Laniña Phenomenon.
02:06Abalos also instructed the Bicol
02:08to always follow the directives
02:10of the local authorities,
02:12especially when it comes to flood control
02:14to ensure their safety.
02:16Kenneth Paciente,
02:18for Pambansang TV,
02:20in Bagong, Philippines.
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