TACLOBAN
CITY, July 6 (PNA) – The city government here bared its 11-point agenda to
attain post-Yolanda recovery and economic progress in the next three years.
Actress-turned-politician
Mayor Cristina Gonzales-Romualdez said the 11-point agenda was geared towards
providing livelihood and building safer and better city after the 2013 super
typhoon.
First on the
list is the relocation of about thousands families from danger zones to sites
established in the northern part of the city.
“In the next
three years, we need to relocate from high risk areas to safe zones, but we
have to make sure that they are provided with water and power facilities” said
Romualdez, the second lady chief executive after Obdulla Cinco who served the
city from 1978 to 1986.
The local
government aims to transfer about 40 percent of the city’s population to
northern relocation dubbed as “a new city within a city” that will transform
coastal areas of Tacloban.
Other
priorities are productive livelihood for the marginalized sector to reduce
poverty; medical and nutrition program for infants, children and nursing
mothers; properly equipped Tacloban City
Hospital; establishment of
well-equipped health centers in every village; promote sustainable livelihood
activities and small and medium enterprises development.
The lady mayor
will also look into calibrating the K to 12 basic education program to fit
local culture and local employment; engaging youth in non-traditional sports
and cultural activities; encouraging investments for development of tourism
sites and all products; building of disaster-resilient infrastructure; and
unified approach to disaster preparedness
“We will
develop this city in a sustainable and inclusive manner working hand in hand
with private sector, non-government organizations and national government agencies,”
Romualdez said.
RMA/SARWELL Q. MENIANO
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