CALUMPIT, Bulacan—Bulacan Governor-elect Wilhelmino Sy-Alvarado vowed to put the provincial Capitol in order stressing that his administration will be marked with political will and strong leadership.
He also guaranteed that efficient government programs initiated by his predecessor will continue but those that were used for political gains will be discontinued.
Alvarado also stressed that reforms are needed in the provincial government citing problems that had to be addressed.
“I will put the house in order,” Sy-Alvarado said in an interview at his house here on Monday night.
He added that there are programs of the provincial government that must continue like the scholarship program that benefits literally thousands of Bulakenyo students.
“Our students need not worry on their scholarship grants, they can rest assured that such will continue,” the governor-elect said.
He said that other programs initiated by his predecessor, the outgoing Gov. Joselito Mendoza will either be improved or discontinued.
One of the examples Sy-Alvarado cited is the volunteer program on Lingkod Lingap sa Nayon and Mother Leaders volunteer group.
“It’s good that we have volunteers like them but their lives must be improved by initiating livelihood program for them,” he said.
With regards to programs that will be discontinued, he said they still have to review such but stressed that programs used for purposes of politicking will be set aside.
According to Sy-Alvarado, his incoming three year administration will be marked with deliberate changes and reforms.
“I will provide strong leadership and political will,’ he said noting he will focus on environmental protection and disaster management in the first 100-days in office.
He said that illegal logging, destructive mining and non-implementation of solid waste management in towns and cities of the province will be stopped.
“I will prioritize the re-greening of the province and I will support any elected government official who will do the same,’ he said noting that Bulakenyos must first realize the value of discipline on environmental protection and conservation.
He also said that he will organize volunteer groups to work along with government agencies for the protection of the province’s watersheds and water systems.
With the “disaster months” nearing, Sy-Alvarado noted the need to conduct inventory on the province’s disaster management equipment, personnel, and warning systems.
In September last year, the Bulacan disaster management office was caught flatfooted after typhoon Ondoy dumped heavy rains that spawned floods and killed at least 30 persons in the province while damaging infrastructures worth hundreds of millions.
Sy-Alvarado also noted that proper information and monitoring must be disseminated and activated on the possible impact of the Marikina West Valley fault on Angat Dam.
He said that Director Renato Solidum of the Philippine Institute of Volcanolovgy and Seismology (Phivols) had directly warned Bulakenyos in a hearing at the sangguniang panglalawigan presided by Alvarado last year to “prepare for the worse.”
As an incumbent vice-governor, Sy-Alvarado foiled the comeback attempt of former Gov. Josie Dela Cruz, the elder sister of incumbent Gov. Joselito Mendoza who was elected as congressman in the third district of Bulacan.
Sy-Alvarado earned a total of 533,527 votes compared to Dela Cruz’s 492,468 votes.
The loss was Dela Cruz’s first since she started her political career as a town councilor and later vice-mayor of Bocaue town.
She was later elected as provincial board member for the second district of Bulacan, then as vice governor, and in 1998 as the first female governor of the province since General Gregorio Dela Pilar was appointed military governor of Bulacan in 1898.
He also guaranteed that efficient government programs initiated by his predecessor will continue but those that were used for political gains will be discontinued.
Alvarado also stressed that reforms are needed in the provincial government citing problems that had to be addressed.
“I will put the house in order,” Sy-Alvarado said in an interview at his house here on Monday night.
He added that there are programs of the provincial government that must continue like the scholarship program that benefits literally thousands of Bulakenyo students.
“Our students need not worry on their scholarship grants, they can rest assured that such will continue,” the governor-elect said.
He said that other programs initiated by his predecessor, the outgoing Gov. Joselito Mendoza will either be improved or discontinued.
One of the examples Sy-Alvarado cited is the volunteer program on Lingkod Lingap sa Nayon and Mother Leaders volunteer group.
“It’s good that we have volunteers like them but their lives must be improved by initiating livelihood program for them,” he said.
With regards to programs that will be discontinued, he said they still have to review such but stressed that programs used for purposes of politicking will be set aside.
According to Sy-Alvarado, his incoming three year administration will be marked with deliberate changes and reforms.
“I will provide strong leadership and political will,’ he said noting he will focus on environmental protection and disaster management in the first 100-days in office.
He said that illegal logging, destructive mining and non-implementation of solid waste management in towns and cities of the province will be stopped.
“I will prioritize the re-greening of the province and I will support any elected government official who will do the same,’ he said noting that Bulakenyos must first realize the value of discipline on environmental protection and conservation.
He also said that he will organize volunteer groups to work along with government agencies for the protection of the province’s watersheds and water systems.
With the “disaster months” nearing, Sy-Alvarado noted the need to conduct inventory on the province’s disaster management equipment, personnel, and warning systems.
In September last year, the Bulacan disaster management office was caught flatfooted after typhoon Ondoy dumped heavy rains that spawned floods and killed at least 30 persons in the province while damaging infrastructures worth hundreds of millions.
Sy-Alvarado also noted that proper information and monitoring must be disseminated and activated on the possible impact of the Marikina West Valley fault on Angat Dam.
He said that Director Renato Solidum of the Philippine Institute of Volcanolovgy and Seismology (Phivols) had directly warned Bulakenyos in a hearing at the sangguniang panglalawigan presided by Alvarado last year to “prepare for the worse.”
As an incumbent vice-governor, Sy-Alvarado foiled the comeback attempt of former Gov. Josie Dela Cruz, the elder sister of incumbent Gov. Joselito Mendoza who was elected as congressman in the third district of Bulacan.
Sy-Alvarado earned a total of 533,527 votes compared to Dela Cruz’s 492,468 votes.
The loss was Dela Cruz’s first since she started her political career as a town councilor and later vice-mayor of Bocaue town.
She was later elected as provincial board member for the second district of Bulacan, then as vice governor, and in 1998 as the first female governor of the province since General Gregorio Dela Pilar was appointed military governor of Bulacan in 1898.