CITY OF MALOLOS, April 30 -- The Bulacan provincial government has embarked on a massive flood control program envisioned to be a concrete and long-term solution to its decades-old problem of inundation.

Governor Daniel R. Fernando, together with the national government and local officials, on Monday announced the start of the provincewide implementation of the Bulacan River Dredging and Restoration Program.

Addressing Bulacan congressmen, mayors, vice mayors, and other officials at the project launch held at EDSA Shangri-La Hotel in Metro Manila, the governor said massive dredging works would start on the second week of May to restore the heavily silted river systems of Angat, Pamarawan, Malolos, Hagonoy and Guiguinto and open a naviga...