Manila, March 8 -- President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has ordered the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to implement an updated Bicol River Basin Master Plan to address the perennial flooding in the Bicol region.

Marcos gave the directive during his meeting with the Regional Development Council (RDC) in Pili, Camarines Sur on Friday, according to a Presidential Communications Office's (PCO) news release on Saturday.

"I already instructed the Public Works to come up with a master plan, which is appropriate for now. There is no other way to address the flooding problem except to manage the water flowing into the Bicol Region River Basin," he said, as quoted by the PCO.

"At least we have a plan now. We have to implement it p...