PBBM, tiniyak ang pagpapalakas sa serbisyo ng kuryente sa bansa pati na rin ang serbisyo ng tubig...

PBBM, tiniyak ang pagpapalakas sa serbisyo ng kuryente sa bansa pati na rin ang serbisyo ng tubig sa gitna ng La  Niña

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00:00Powering up services in electricity, water, assistance to farmers, and many more.

00:05These are just a few of the promises made by President Marcos Jr.

00:09during his visit yesterday in Piquit, North Cotabato.

00:13This is the story of Allan Francisco.

00:17President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. promised the public that the government has a plan

00:22to control or reduce the price of electricity amidst its rising demand.

00:28This is what the President said when he was interviewed by the media

00:31in Piquit, North Cotabato following his visit yesterday.

00:34Our consumption suddenly rose because of the heat.

00:40We were able to maintain it.

00:42That's why there are problems with other systems that we are targeting.

00:48We have plans and strategies to reduce the price of electricity, at least for now in this crisis time.

01:00One of the things he's doing is asking the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines

01:05to build transmission lines and this is what is expected to boost electricity,

01:10especially in areas that are not connected to the so-called grid.

01:13We are continuously asking the NGCP to build transmission lines that have been waiting for a long time.

01:24We are also building submarine cables so that if there is excess electricity in other areas,

01:32it can be brought to other areas that are lacking.

01:36President Marcos visited Cotabato because he prioritized the inauguration of

01:41the Malitubog-Maridagaw Irrigation Project Stage 2.

01:44President Marcos also mentioned the action of the government to expand the water supply

01:50in the middle of a phenomenon that is expected to hit a large part of Mindanao this year.

01:55The government continues to support farmers in Mindanao by providing farm machineries and equipment.

02:03The same goes for the arrangement of irrigation system and technology that will boost production.

02:09The aim here is to expand the irrigation system and that is what we are doing.

02:16This is a good example of what we have opened today.

02:20From the field, we will get machinery, farm equipment, including tractors and post-harvest facilities

02:34so that the farmers can have a better livelihood.

02:42They don't have to worry and the production cost will be lower so that they can earn more.

02:49This is the same thing that we've been trying to do.

02:52Alan Francisco for Pabansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.