Infrastructure firm Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC), recently gave eight barangays in Muntinlupa a shot in the arm by providing fishing boats to boost their livelihood, as well as conduct clean-up drives in Laguna Lake.
Some 800 members of the City Fisheries Aquatic Resource Management Council (CFARMC), from barangays Sucat, Buli, Alabang, Cupang, Bayanan, Putatan, Poblacion, and Tunasan, received the ‘bancas’ from MPIC, Huawei Philippines, Maynilad Water Services Inc. (Maynilad), the Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA), and the Muntinlupa LGU. Maynilad turned over three solar paddle wheels (aerator water treatment system) to improve the quality of water in rivers and lakes, to the City’s Lake Management Office.
Clean up drives, using the eight boats, were likewise planned for the lake, in coordination with MPIC, Maynilad, and LLDA’s Laguna de Bay Welfare Awareness advocacy (LAWA). Under Gabay Kalikasan, one of MPIC’s six Gabay Advocacies for a Sustainable Philippines, LAWA will ensure the critical role that Laguna Lake plays in the social and economic development of the region. MPIC is currently working with LLDA to “transform Laguna Lake into a vibrant economic zone showcasing ecotourism by addressing the negative impact of watershed destruction, land conversion, and pollution”.