00:00Good morning, everyone. Good morning.
00:07I just stopped by to see if the people we brought here were able to help.
00:16All of you need to evacuate because your houses are still flooded.
00:24All of you were evacuated and placed here in City Hall.
00:28I just stopped by to see if you were being taken care of properly.
00:34Now, everyone is in line to receive the cash assistance provided by DSWD.
00:43Especially for those who can go home.
00:47You will have something to use for your needs.
00:51But for those who are going home, even if they are going home,
00:55when you first arrive at your homes, we will still help you.
01:00We will still give you food packs.
01:03Because when you go home, you might not be able to cook yet.
01:06You might not be able to use your other items yet.
01:09So we will still send food packs to you.
01:12This is a serious issue for you.
01:16A lot of water has passed through.
01:20What's difficult is the flood.
01:24We came from Bulay. The water is not moving.
01:28The water is not moving.
01:32So we will find a way.
01:35But for now,
01:37You can count on us.
01:39As long as the government is here, we will continue to help you.
01:44Just let us know.
01:45The Mayor is here.
01:46Secretary Rex is here.
01:48Other Cabinet Secretaries are here.
01:50So we can hear from you what your needs are.
01:56You can count on us.
01:58We will never forget you.
02:01We will always think of ways to help you.
02:04Thank you very much.
02:06I read, I have here a study from someone from UP.
02:13That assessed the effects of the BRBDP.
02:19Despite some challenges, it seems that it has been of great help.
02:24But it did not end.
02:26In 1986, when the government changed, the project was lost.
02:32So it stopped.
02:34So we have to revisit it now.
02:37The conditions are different now.
02:39With the advent of climate change,
02:41Your rainfall was twice as much.
02:47Almost twice as much.
02:49It reached here.
02:51So it's one meter.
02:52We talk about several inches of water.
02:56Here, it's one meter.
02:58One meter of water was deposited in the region.
03:03Altogether, in the whole region.
03:05More or less.
03:06So we have to.
03:08I know there is a study being done on public works on this.
03:13Yes, Mr. President.
03:16Under the Philippine-Korean Project Facilitation Project,
03:23the people reservation flood control project was already updated.
03:30Only this July.
03:32July 2024.
03:33Okay.
03:34Now, including the feasibility study for the flood control program, Mr. President.
03:40So by early next year, we'll be doing the detailed engineering design.
03:46The difference between the original development project for the Bicol River Basin
03:53was not only flood control.
03:55Flood control was only one aspect.
03:57There were farm-to-market roads.
03:59Many things were included in the big project.
04:04It was really to support the depressed areas here in Region 5.
04:10Now, we have to focus specifically on flood control.
04:15The others, we have many plans for the rest of it.
04:19But we have to focus now on flood control because flood control.
04:24That's why the water is twice as much.
04:27We have flood control.
04:30But we can't have this much water.
04:33We really can't.
04:34Because there is no forecast like this.
04:38This is really climate change.
04:40This is all new.
04:42So we have to come up with also new solutions.
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