Del Rosario defends Sen. Roxas from critics
ROXAS CITY – First District Rep. Antonio del Rosario defended Sen. Mar Roxas from critics claiming that the latter has neglected the province of Capiz. Del Rosario said these critics are just pretending to be blind as they have also benefited from the projects implemented by the senator.
Del Rosario cited that among the remarkable projects of Sen. Roxas which made Capiz province progressive are the establishment of Metro Roxas Water District (MRWD), Dinggoy Roxas Civic Center, Hall of Justice, DSWD building, Jumbo Bridge in Rizal Street, and the Culasi Port expansion.
Del Rosario also said that the other accomplishments of Sen. Mar Roxas when he was still congressman in the 1st district are: concreting of East road from Lanot, Roxas City to Pilar; concreting of barangay roads in Roxas City such as: Dumolog, Barra, and several others.
Critics are claiming that Sen. Roxas does not have any single project in Capiz since he does not avail of the pork barrel being a staunch opposition.
Meanwhile, Del Rosario said that he had distributed recently 150 multicabs and 10 motorboats to the different barangays in the 1st district of Capiz .
He added that he will increase his scholarship program from P500,000 to P2 million next year.
The 1st district congressman also claimed that he has many projects when he was city mayor compared to the incumbent City Mayor Vicente Bermejo.