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The Pasig City Government, led by Mayor Vico Sotto, secures $1 million or P57.77 million in funding, to convert underused rivers and creeks into a network of floating parks.

Full story: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/metro-manila/pasig-floating-parks-win-bloomberg-mayors-challenge-2025-2026/

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00:00The Pasig City government, led by Mayor Vico Soto, secures $1 million or P57.77 million in funding to convert
00:08underused rivers and creeks into a network of floating parks.
00:11Pasig was among 24 cities selected from 630 applicants in the Bloomberg Philanthropies 2025-2026 Mayor's Challenge.
00:19The Mayor's Challenge is a global program that supports innovative city solutions through annual grants.
00:25The grant will fund Pasig City's proposal to build modular public spaces along the Pasig River to address the lack
00:32of accessible open spaces in the densely populated city.
00:35Soto says the project aims to create more open and usable spaces through floating parks along the city's historic river.
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