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With more than 30 million Pinoys on the social media platform, this suggestion may be spot on.
“Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph G. Recto Now Recto is asking the government to open an account for every government infrastructure project in the popular social networking site so that people can track its progress and monitor its implementation,” reports Ernie Reyes on InterAksyon.com.
Recto was quoted as saying, “(Facebook) is free, easy to open, simple to maintain, and not hard to access. If there’s a proposed bridge in a town, then the field office of the DPWH can open an ‘FB Group on the Construction of Juan de la Cruz Bridge,’ adding there details such as the cost, timetable, name of contractor, and approved budget ceiling.”
Recto added, “The beauty with Facebook is that if there’s a post saying (that the project) is proceeding as scheduled, then you can ‘like’ it. If there’s a photo showing no work has been done, then you can share it. Either way, you can comment to give your praise or displeasure.”
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