Amid the impending construction of the P734 billion Manila International Airport in Bulakan town — seen as the biggest airport development in the Philippines — San Miguel Corporation (SMC) has committed to help solve the flooding problem in Bulacan by dredging, widening and cleaning up major rivers in the province. SMC president and chief operating officer Ramon S. Ang said the company had been in talks with local government units and other stakeholders the past few weeks to outline the company’s flood mitigation strategy. The local government units (LGU) and stakeholders had been requesting for SMC to replicate its ongoing P1-billion Tullahan-Tinajeros River System dredging project in Bulacan, to help mitigate flooding which has affected Bulacan residents, particularly those living in the low-lying areas of the province.

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