Decongestion of Metro Manila pushedBy RALPH VILLANUEVAhome/News/Nation/Decongestion of Metro Manila pushedThe Cabinet Cluster on Climate Change Adaptation, Mitigation and Disaster Risk Reduction recommended the decongestion of Metro Manila when President Rodrigo Duterte’s official family tackled earthquake readiness on Monday night. Palace spokesman Salvador Panelo said the chairman of the cluster — Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Roy Cimatu — pushed the idea along with Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana. According to Panelo, the two officials said the population density of Metro Manila should be reduced and that this could be done by giving incentives to businesses outside the region. Scientists tagged the big one as a strong earthquake that could hit the West Valley Fault, which runs through six cities in Metro Manila and nearby provinces. The cluster, Panelo said, also pushed the passage of the bill that would create the Department of Resiliency in the 18th Congress.

Source: Manila Times June 11, 2019 16:17 UTC