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President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Saturday said he plans to revisit the Bicol River Basin Development Program , a project of his late father Ferdinand Marcos Sr. in 1973, following the devastation brought by Super Typhoon Kristine in the Bicol Region."Pinag-aaralan ko ito , and I found that in 1973, there was the Bicol River Basin Development Project. It was a USAID project," Marcos said in a situation briefing in Camarines Sur.
Following his aerial inspection of Kristine-hit areas on Friday, Marcos said he observed that floods do not instantly subside in the Bicol Region after heavy downpour, as compared to Batangas and Cavite.Marcos pointed out that rainfall in the Bicol Region was "double" that of Ondoy in 2009, where one meter of water was deposited in the area."That's the proverbial problem of the Bicol River Basin.
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