Sec. Ona approves
water system project for Guiuan
By NINFA B. QUIRANTE, PIA Borongan
July
11, 2011
BORONGAN, Eastern
Samar – Health Secretary Enrique Ona responded positively to the
clamor of Guiuan, Eastern Samar Mayor Annaliz Kwan as regards water
system in her municipality.
During the live
telecast of Pilipinas Natin-Human Development Forum telecast in
Calicoan Island, Guiuan, Kwan pose her question.
“Secretary Ona, If you
may please recall, when we had our shoot for sanitation at the
National Kidney Transplant Institute (NKTI), I asked for your help for
water allocated fund for Guiuan, eto po ay napa-importante sa amin
since we are promoting Guiuan as a tourist destination, water is a
very big problem here,” Kwan said addressing Health Secretary Ona.
Ona responded smiling
saying, “Mayor tamang- tama ho na itong pondo ng potable water under
sa LWUA ay attached sa DOH.”
“Mabibigyan na ho
natin ng rapid implementation itong potable water program, kasi ho ito
ay isang programa na kasama natin ang DILG (Department of Interior and
Local Govenment) at NAPC (National Anti-poverty Commission), ang NAPC
ang nag i identify, DILG ang nag i-implement at DOH ang magbabayad,”
Ona said.
He added, “Kaya ito
pong programa ay talaga siguro makakaabot na in the next few months sa
inyo.”
Mayor Kwan was so glad
with Ona’s response, even more so when Albay Governor Joey Salceda who
was at the other end commented.
“I guess i translate
ko lang si Secretary Ona dahil lagi ko naman itong kausap, Mayor, it
means yes!” Salceda said.
Though not seen on TV
anymore, Mayor Kwan’s staff and the whole NBN, PIA and Radyo ng Bayan
crew applauded with the positive development.
Mayor Kwan was still
in high spirits as she hosted the lunch of fresh sea-water food to her
one dozen-visitors at the Calicoan Villa.
Guiuan is promoting
Calicoan as a tourist destination and several resorts have been
constructed on the white sand beaches of Calicoan.
As Guiuan is a strip
of land between two bodies of water, the
Pacific Ocean and
Leyte Gulf, access to potable water has been a problem.
Mayor Kwan would
have wanted to ask newly-installed Secretary of the Department of
Transportation and Communication Mar Roxas for the rehabilitation of
Guiuan airport, still in support to her tourism project, but for now,
the promise of a potable water system was good enough.
