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00:00Good morning to all of you. We are still here at New Panadero Street in Santa Ana, Manila
00:08where the Philippine Coast Guard is carrying out a clean-up drive.
00:13The Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the Metro Manila Development Authority or MMDA are all here.
00:20They are carrying out a clean-up drive to maintain the cleanliness of Pasig River, other tributaries of Pasig River and other low-lying areas like Marikina.
00:33Every Friday, they are carrying out a clean-up drive, especially in preparation for the upcoming rains and floods.
00:43Earlier this morning, the MMDA, PCG, and DNR started carrying out a clean-up drive.
00:53At this point, we will talk to Coast Guard Lieutenant Mizar Cumbe.
00:58He is the Deputy Coast Guard Station Manager of Malacanang.
01:03Good morning, Lieutenant Mizar Cumbe.
01:08Good morning to all of you.
01:10As we can see, you have already collected a lot of trash.
01:15What do you use to collect the trash?
01:18Do you have machines to collect the trash faster?
01:23Do you have water hyacinths?
01:24Yes, our DNR has trash boats to collect the trash.
01:32As for the Philippine Coast Guard, we have improvised scoops to scoop the trash and put it in a bag.
01:40We put the trash in a bag and throw it in the right place.
01:47How much trash do you collect and where do you put it?
01:54We collect trash in 200 sacks or equivalent to 5,000 kilos of assorted garbage.
02:06Especially the plastics that are hazardous to our river.
02:12That is the first thing we collect.
02:14How important are the tributaries, estuaries, and rivers?
02:20How can they be kept clean especially now that it is raining?
02:25The river is very important.
02:28It needs to be cleaned so that when it rains, the water won't get stuck.
02:34If the water gets stuck because of the trash, there will be flooding.
02:38We continuously rehabilitate the Pasig River.
02:42Our local government units, DNR, and MMDA are there.
02:47We continuously clean the Pasig River.
02:49How many tributaries do you have?
02:52Do you have people coming every Friday to collect the water hyacinths and trash?
02:59Yes, ma'am.
03:00We have a schedule.
03:01For example, this Friday, the LGU of Manila will be in Toka.
03:06They will be there.
03:08MMDA, DNR, and the Coast Guard will be there.
03:13Next Friday is Taguig.
03:17We have Toka-Toka for each local government unit.
03:20What are the things that our countrymen should remember so that they can help with the cleanup drive
03:27even if they are not personally here, they can still help.
03:32Especially, even if you do the cleanup every Friday, you still collect a lot of trash.
03:38So, our call to our countrymen is not to throw trash in our river or any other coastal areas.
03:49We should avoid it.
03:50If you will notice, ma'am, the trash is tied with plastic.
03:53So, it means that throwing trash is intentional.
03:56So, we should avoid it.
03:58I hope that our local government units will have catching nets for their AOR
04:05so that they can contain the trash before we collect it.
04:09Thank you very much for your time and for doing the cleanup
04:13so that we won't get too wet in this rain.
04:17Again, this is Coast Guard Lt. Mizar Cumbe.
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