{"id":123521,"date":"2017-10-13T04:15:26","date_gmt":"2017-10-13T08:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=123521"},"modified":"2017-10-13T04:16:28","modified_gmt":"2017-10-13T08:16:28","slug":"bulacan-to-inspect-giant-water-tanks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/10\/13\/bulacan-to-inspect-giant-water-tanks\/","title":{"rendered":"Bulacan to inspect giant water tanks"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_111879\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-111879\" style=\"width: 4496px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Governor-Wilhelmino-M.-Sy-Alvarado.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-111879\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Governor-Wilhelmino-M.-Sy-Alvarado.jpg\" alt=\"FILE: Governor Wilhelmino M. Sy-Alvarado (PNA Photo)\" width=\"4496\" height=\"3000\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-111879\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Governor Wilhelmino M. Sy-Alvarado (PNA Photo)Wilhelmino Sy-Alvarado<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>CITY OF MALOLOS, Bulacan \u2014 Governor Wilhelmino Sy-Alvarado on Thursday said the provincial government and the Sangguniang Panlalawigan headed by Vice Governor Daniel Fernando would conduct a public hearing in aid of legislation on the structural integrity of giant water tanks of different water districts in the province.<\/p>\n<p>The move came following the collapse of the water tank in Barangay Muzon, City of San Jose del Monte last week, killing four persons, two of them one-year-old girls, and injuring 44 others.<\/p>\n<p>Alvarado said that public safety is the utmost concern and timely measures should be applied to prevent such tragedy from happening again.<\/p>\n<p>Fernando, on the other hand, said that Board Member Allan Rey Baluyot would schedule the public hearing that would lead to the filing of a provincial resolution.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the task force formed by the city government of San Jose del Monte is presently inspecting the facilities of various water districts in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Fernando said the provincial government would also inspect giant water tanks in the province\u2019s 21 towns and three cities especially the old ones and those located in populated areas.<\/p>\n<p>The tragic incident happened early dawn Friday when the water tank burst and big volume of water swept through residential houses and a nearby police detachment like a tidal wave, according to witnesses.<\/p>\n<p>Rescuers recovered the fatalities under debris while those injured were brought to the different hospitals in the city where some are still undergoing treatment.<\/p>\n<p>The water tank is 14 by 13 meters in height and has a 2,000-cubic meter capacity. (PNA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CITY OF MALOLOS, Bulacan \u2014 Governor Wilhelmino Sy-Alvarado on Thursday said the provincial government and the Sangguniang Panlalawigan headed by &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":111879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[21177,27581,27582],"class_list":["post-123521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-bulacan","tag-giant-water-tanks","tag-overnor-wilhelmino-sy-alvarado","mauthors-emil-gamos","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}