Manila, Feb. 21 -- President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Saturday assured the public that his administration is working on long-term solutions to address flooding in the country.

Marcos inspected ongoing operations under Oplan Kontra Baha (Against Flooding), the national government's flood mitigation initiative, at Sagop Creek in Naga City's Triangulo village.

He also inspected Concepcion Pequena village.

"This is only the beginning. Ito, desiltation lamang ito. Kagaya ng mga ginagawa natin sa ibang lugar (This is just desiltation. Like what we are doing elsewhere), this is not going to be one time," he told reporters after the inspection.

"We will keep doing this until we have the more long-term solutions at hopefully on the road, if ...