ROXAS CITY, Capiz (PIA) -- Gov. Fredenil Castro has conveyed the Capiceños' request for a floodway project to some key cabinet officials of Pres. Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr. to ease the flooding problem in the province.
"We hope for a floodway as an immediate solution to the flooding problem in the province and the realization of the Panay River Basin Integrated Development Project as a long shot solution to the problem," Castro stressed during a briefing with Malacañang officials on the effects of Severe Tropical Storm Paeng, Nov. 2, at the Roxas City Airport.
The cabinet officials sent by the President to Roxas City to assess the damages and help STS Paeng affected families were Department of the Interior and Local Government Sec. Benjamin Abalos, Jr., Department of Public Works and Highways Sec. Manuel Bonoan, Department of National Defense Sec. Jose Faustino, Jr., Department of Social Welfare and Development Undersecretary Alan Tanjusay and Office of Civil Defense administrator Raymundo Ferrer.
