Source: PCARRD

President Benigno Aquino III wants a comprehensive solution to the water hyacinth choking portions of the Rio Grande de Mindanao in Cotabato City, and the massive fishkill in Taal Lake in Batangas.

The President through Executive Secretary Paquitio N. Ochoa, Jr. has instructed Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Secretary Mario G. Montejo to sort through the twin menace and map out a long-term science based mitigation program. DOST is assembling a multi-disciplinary team that will carry out an intensive research effort to address such nature-induced mishaps.