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Outstanding Governorship Award 2013

Bulacan Governor, Wilhelmino M. Sy-Alvardo
Gov. Alvarado answers the questions of distributes thousands of relief goods to the
media regarding Angat Dam rehabilitation residents of Obando, Bulacan

ENVIRONMENT Relative to this, Gov. Sy-Alvarado valiantly pushed for a total
As a staunch advocate of the environment, Gov. Sy- log ban in the province. Through his initiative, the Sangguniang
Alvarado has long been campaigning to protect, conserve and Panlalawigan is currently preparing an ordinance imposing a log
nourish the Angat Watershed and Angat Dam because of their ban within the territorial jurisdiction of the Province of Bulacan
inherent value as a primary water and energy source not only including the Angat Dam Watershed Area. Close coordination
to the province, but to adjacent territories as well. Committed to with different line agencies which included the Department of
this noble cause, Gov. Sy-Alvarado is committed to incessantly Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), the military and
pursue the aforementioned advocacy which he had commenced non-government agencies and public-private partnership (PPP)
as a Representative in the Congress of the Philippines. are the key strategies employed by Gov. Sy- Alvarado to arrest
His resolute conviction to protect and conserve Angat Dam illegal logging activities.
Watershed as a finite resource and to safeguard the utilization of
Bulacan’s rich natural resources led to the enactment of a more GOOD GOVERNANCE
responsive and comprehensive Environment Code of Bulacan by
the Sangguniang Panlalawigan ng Bulacan, through Sangguniang Sensitive to the hydro-meteorological hazards aggravated
Resolution No. 186-S”11, “Approving the Provincial Ordinance by climate change that is frequently confronting Bulacan, Gov.
No. C-005 Enacting the 2011 Revised Environmental Code of the Sy-Alvarado sustained and spearheaded projects which will
Province of Bulacan”. improve the people’s resiliency to any form of disaster.
Moreover, Gov. Sy-Alvarado promptly issued an Executive It was during the term of Gov. Sy-Alvarado when the
Order creating Bantay Gubat (BENRO Forest Rangers) implementation of the Community-Based Flood Mitigation and
composed of members from various agencies and environmental Management Program (CBFMMP) was undertaken in full swing.
groups including Sagip Sierra Madre Environmental Society, Inc. The CBFMMP is a non-structural flood mitigating means that
(SMMESI), Police Hotline Movement, Inc. (PHMI), Buklod Unlad encompasses hydrological monitoring, information exchange and
ng Dalitang Masang Umaasa sa Kalikasan, Inc. (BUNDOK Inc.) flood warning. While this project was conceived by the Pampanga
and selected members of the Dumagat Provincial Consultative River Flood Forecasting and Warning Center (PRFFWC), it was
Body (DPCB), to ensure that all laws and ordinances relative to Gov. Sy-Alvarado who bought the idea and funded the project from
the protection and maintenance of Angat Dam are religiously the province’s calamity fund. The program, which operates from a
adhered to. network of rainfall and water level monitoring stations, was being
monitored locally by trained volunteers who are transmitting rain
and water level observation to barangay/municipal action teams
through a dedicated communication system. The information
being transmitted between and among the stations is evaluated
for dynamic handling of flood warnings. A total of four rainfall
stations were established at the upstream in the municipalities of
San Miguel, San Ildefonso, DRT and Sta. Maria.

Provincial Government of Bulacan employee distributes
medicines during the Kapitolyo sa Barangay’s Medical Mission

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