HAGONOY,
Bulacan—Newly elected officials in the province vowed speedy implementation of
project as they assumed office on Monday, July 1.
As
this developed, hundreds of employees in different local government units are
expected to lose their jobs in the coming days.
Mayor
Raulito Manlapaz of this town vowed yesterday that he will construct a new
public market within the year.
The
new mayor’s declaration came after he assumed office yesterday, and an about
three years since the public market was razed to ground in August 2010.
He
also vowed to reopened the old municipal sport complex here that is now being
used as a temporary market.
As
the new mayor of this coastal town that produced senator of the republic, two provincial
governors and three congressional representatives, Manlapaz also vowed to
rehabilitate the 100 hectare municipal fishpond whose dikes were washed away
after its years of neglect.
He
said that the said fishpond used to serve as a money maker for this town, but
it was abandoned by its operator when the dikes started to deteriorate.
In
Malolos City, reelected Mayor Christian Natividad vowed to fast tract the
construction of the new city hall along with the rehabilitation of the Malolos
City Public Market which was razed to ground in August last year.
In
Bustos town, reelected Mayor Arnel Mendoza said they will update their old
comprehensive land use plan which was first ratified over 10 years ago.
“We
will also update our municipal development code to adapt to the current conditions,” he said noting that
construction of the Balagtas-Plaridel-Bustos by-pass road encouraged more
investors in their town and hastened its development in the last two years.
In
Guiguinto town, newly elected Mayor Ambrosio Cruz vowed to improve the garden
and landscaping industry in his town through the development of proposed 50
hectare garden city and technopark on the eastern part of the town near the
Balagtas-Plaridel-Bustos bypass road.
However, Cruz said that he has to let go some
employees odf the municipal government noting that before he assumed office
yesterday, they found out that Guiguinto has at least P50-Million in budget
deficit.
Mass
lay-offs is also expected in other local government units in the province but
newly elected mayors are trying to do it silently.
Most
of the affected employees are that are under the job order category along with
some casual employees.
In
the provincial capitol, sources said that reelected Governor Wilhelmino
Alvarado is also reviewing performances of employees.
The
source said that such review could also lead to mass lay-offs.
On
Sunday, Alvarado vowed further development of Bulacan through the the Program on
Rapid Industrialization and Development (PRIDE).
Alvarado
also announced that construction of the one kilometer bridge of the
Balagtas-Plaridel-Bustos bypass road will start within the year.
He
said, “we will soon have the ground breaking for the bridge that will hasten
the completion of the Balagtas Plaridel Bypass,” he said.
The
said bypass road branched out of the northbound lane of the North Luzon
Expressway and stretches to about 26 kilometers towards San Rafael town in the
east.
The
first phase of the project was completed and inaugurated early this year, which
the second phase has been bidded out. (Dino Balabo)
