Senate bet Tolentino warns of water shortage by 2025

Tolentino, who became the ninth chairman of the Metro Manila Development Authority from 2010 to 2015, issued the statement during a press briefing at the residence of Second Disrict Representative Gloria Macapagal Arroyo after the campaign sortie of the Sara Duterte's Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP) here and nearby Guagua town yesterday.

"By 2025, we will have water shortage in the whole Philippines. Ngayon hindi pa rin ina-announce ng Pagasa kung kailan ang pag pasok ng El Nino [phenomenon] pero if you check sa Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte putok putok na ang lupa, bitak bitak na. Ang ibig sabihin niyan ay kailangan talagang magtipid tayo sa tubig (Pagasa has not yet announced when the El Nino will be but if you check in Pagudpud, the soil is already dry and cracked. That means we really have to save on water)," Tolentino said.

The HNP senatorial candidate said that water preservation is part his advocacies. "Eighty percent ng requirement natin sa manufacturing and infrastructure, may Build, Build, Build tayo kailangan natin ay tubig. Seventy percent ay domestic consumption, saan tayo

UBAO --- Presidential Political Adviser and Senatorial candidate Francis Tolentino has warned that the country will experince water shortage by 2025.

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