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Samahan si Howie Severino na dayuhin ang Ilog Pasig at tuklasin ang halaga nito sa ating bansa.
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‘I-Witness’ is GMA Network's longest-running and most awarded documentary program. It is hosted by the country’s top documentarists --- Howie Severino, Kara David, Sandra Aguinaldo, Mav Gonzales, John Consulta, and Atom Araullo. ‘I-Witness’ airs every Saturday, 10:15 PM on GMA Network.
Samahan si Howie Severino na dayuhin ang Ilog Pasig at tuklasin ang halaga nito sa ating bansa.
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‘I-Witness’ is GMA Network's longest-running and most awarded documentary program. It is hosted by the country’s top documentarists --- Howie Severino, Kara David, Sandra Aguinaldo, Mav Gonzales, John Consulta, and Atom Araullo. ‘I-Witness’ airs every Saturday, 10:15 PM on GMA Network.
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01:56 Hi, sir.
01:56 Jonathan?
01:57 How are you?
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02:00 Severino, eyewitness.
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03:47 in Makati. The ferry ride is free. And with all the things you can see around, you'll feel like you're in Masyar.
04:02 What did you save because you were able to cross the Pasig River?
04:06 We save around 48.
04:10 48? So you save around 100 pesos for the massage.
04:18 And for the time?
04:20 We save around 1 hour.
04:24 But this is free?
04:26 Yes, it's free.
04:30 The heavy traffic is the main problem in Metro Manila.
04:34 Here at the ferry ride in Pasig River, the massage is free and there's no traffic.
04:44 So it's surprising that only a few people ride in other terminals and there are many vacancies.
04:54 Look, this is the first time we've met a different vehicle.
05:00 The road is clear and the wind is strong.
05:04 The passengers here at the ferry are all commuters who are sitting and not stressed.
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05:38 This is your last day at work?
05:40 Yes, sir.
05:42 I'm an honest worker.
05:44 Will you miss working here?
05:46 Yes, sir. It's free.
05:48 You can spend your money.
05:50 You can ride two ferries.
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06:30 Despite this, the operation of the ferry is still alive under the management of Manila Metropolitan Development Authority or MMDA.
06:40 In 2014, MMDA revived this with two main objectives.
06:47 First, it serves as an alternative mode of transportation due to traffic congestion.
06:52 And second, it serves as a lifeline during 7.2 magnitude earthquake.
06:58 It can transport goods and people who need to be rescued.
07:04 So it really needs to be kept open, clean, and maintained properly.
07:10 So for you, what is the condition of Pasig River? What is its condition?
07:16 Compared to 2014 revival, Pasig River has changed a lot.
07:23 Fishermen say that there are now fish that are alive.
07:28 There are tilapia compared to before, where there were dead animals, dead people, and floating garbage from houses.
07:39 Because the initiative of the government is continuous.
07:44 We noticed that there are regular people who clean the water lines.
07:52 A big obstacle in the river.
07:55 Near the terminal, someone is waiting for the ferry.
08:03 You know, the reputation of Pasig River is bad.
08:06 But you and your fellow fishermen here, they are the proof that this river is alive because they are living here.
08:18 Fernando has been a resident of Pasig River.
08:22 He is here to serve his vlog.
08:30 How long have you been fishing here in Pasig River?
08:33 It's been a long time.
08:34 It's exciting. It relieves stress.
08:38 What do you catch here?
08:40 If there is a season, like now, tilapia or chamba.
08:47 But the fish that I catch here now, in this season, are tilapia and chamba.
08:55 And also night fish.
08:57 Do you have confidence that the fish are clean and safe?
09:01 Yes. I've been fishing here since 2002.
09:06 The fish are eating here.
09:08 But we are alive.
09:10 I can catch 5 kilos of fish here.
09:13 According to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources,
09:23 the quality of water in Pasig River has changed a lot.
09:27 There are 8 species of fish, more than 30 species of birds,
09:33 and different plants and trees can be found here or around the river.
09:38 This is considered a big achievement of the government.
09:43 The Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission, which was formed in 1999, helped here.
09:50 But after 20 years, it was taken over by the Duterte Administration
09:56 because the river is not yet clean.
09:59 If there is a child of Pasig, this is Manila.
10:13 Like many civilizations in the world, Manila was formed next to the river.
10:20 Before the roads were laid, the Pasig River was the first highway.
10:32 The Pasig River was a fast-flowing river.
10:38 The formation of Manila was also fast.
10:42 But it was like leaving the river.
10:45 A group is doing a heritage walk in Manila.
10:53 Diego Torres is the president of the group Renasimiento Manila.
11:02 They want to share the history of the city, including the Pasig River.
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11:15 Hi! How are you?
11:19 We are here at Riverside Drive, one of the parts of Intramuros facing the Pasig River.
11:25 What is significant here, although it is different now,
11:29 is that this used to be an important economic part of the city of Manila.
11:33 This was the port of Manila.
11:35 This was the loading place for cargo, big ships.
11:39 And unloading as well, cargo, passengers, both sides.
11:44 The road on the other side is called Muelle de la Industria, which means "K" or "Pier".
11:51 It is really a road.
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11:55 When Manila was being colonized, it was called Pearl of the Orient, etc.
12:03 What was here?
12:05 Why was it so beautiful?
12:08 Manila was one of the most important global trade centers for almost 400 years due to the Manila Galleon Trade.
12:16 It connected the global trade between Asia, America, and Europe.
12:21 The area of Manila, which is where we are right now, Intramuros, commanded the mouth of the Pasig River.
12:28 That meant that the trade coming from the upstream area, from Laguna de Bay, would flow here.
12:33 And then the trade from international waters, from Manila Bay, would stop by this area.
12:39 It is in Rizal's novel that this is not just a commercial center, but it is a road.
12:45 Right now, what happened and how would you describe the Pasig River today?
12:50 From being the center of economic activity, by the middle of the 20th century,
12:55 it started moving generally concentrated in the streets.
13:00 There were no upgrades since the years after the war up until the more recent years.
13:06 So you have industries sprouting there, and then of course, informal settlers settling to the sides of the river.
13:14 So it's a compound of these issues.
13:16 And you look at the river now, you'll see the pollution of course, the marked pollution there, as well as the lack of activities in the river.
13:26 A long time ago, a bridge was built here that blocks the historical view of the river.
13:34 And now, there is a plan of a Grand Expressway that will be built right on top of the river.
13:44 It will start from Manila and will cross six provinces that are connected to the river.
13:51 It is 19 kilometers long.
13:55 It could be the day of a bright river that Rizal envisioned.
14:03 I think Pavek's project is a project that is not suited for the river.
14:11 Why? Because instead of revitalizing the existing waterway, you're going to build on top of it.
14:17 And actually, if you have a structure on top of the river, that poses several threats.
14:22 The effect of that on the integrity of the structures nearby.
14:25 Because part of the Expressway will pass through Intramuros.
14:28 So just imagine, if you look at the back of Fort Santiago, because that's a passing river,
14:34 you'll see there the lower part of the Expressway, which is like a galley.
14:41 Connecting it to R10 by the passing river.
14:44 The fort has been there since 1587.
14:46 So any digging on the river, that is not studied, will affect the walls of Intramuros,
14:51 the buildings along the way, even the ones in Escolta and Binondo that are built near the passing river.
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15:28 They are residents of the City of Pasig and members of various advocacy groups
15:34 that have a signature campaign to stop the construction of the Expressway in Pasig.
15:39 Are you signing a petition?
15:42 We are signing a petition to submit to the local government
15:48 so that the permit will not be issued.
15:52 Because the six cities and municipalities that will pass through this,
15:58 only these cities will continue, it will not continue.
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16:09 Good afternoon to you.
16:12 Good afternoon.
16:14 We are here with some of my friends here.
16:19 Ms. Emma is here to inform you about what is happening here in our area.
16:28 Is it okay if we sign you?
16:31 Yes.
16:32 How do you think you will be affected here?
16:34 If the river is like this, if the project is not done,
16:40 if it floods, the water will go back in.
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16:47 I am here to inform you because you are here to support the project in our area.
16:56 Some also object.
16:59 We want to follow the advocacy of people's participation.
17:05 That's true.
17:06 How many constituents?
17:08 Of course, I will wait for the mayor's ambition.
17:11 Robert C. is one of the convenors of the Move S1 Coalition.
17:17 When you insert a six-lane concrete elevated highway on top of the Pasig River,
17:26 it changes the whole environment around those neighborhoods.
17:32 This is where we will be adding to the heat, the pollution, the noise,
17:40 and many other aspects that will affect the welfare of Filipinos in Metro Manila.
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17:52 One of the agencies approved the Pasig River Expressway Project
17:57 by the Toll Regulatory Board of the Department of Transportation.
18:01 Basically, the Pasig Parks Project…
18:04 …is a solution for the flooding of Metro Manila.
18:09 Based on the study we did,
18:12 if you're coming from Manila, Gawindot, Taguig,
18:15 when there were no parks,
18:17 you would see the travel time of around 2 hours and 30 minutes.
18:21 But on these parks, with a design speed of 60,
18:24 you can travel for 20 minutes.
18:27 That's how fast it can help us.
18:30 You know, Javi, that's what the proponents would want us to believe,
18:35 that something like parks will alleviate traffic.
18:39 But, you know, transport and urban planners all over the world,
18:43 they know that urban expressways will actually create more congestion, more traffic.
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18:52 Ginoong Si's vision is to make the Pasig River Ferry System wider.
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19:00 Instead of building large posts on the river,
19:04 it will be a bridge for the residents to pass through.
19:08 They plan to build parks in a very high-risk earthquake zone.
19:15 The whole stretch of the Pasig River is a high-risk earthquake zone,
19:21 and it's also a high risk for liquefaction.
19:25 So can you imagine, in the event of a disaster,
19:30 the Pasig River might be one of the best ways to move around the city
19:36 as a disaster travel option.
19:40 So in a way, building parks will reduce our resilience to disasters.
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19:51 In a growing city,
19:54 the Pasig River is expected to be a source of wealth and prosperity.
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20:01 A foundation for a concrete roadway,
20:04 that will be its future.
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20:17 In 2021, the Duterte Administration approved a project under several conditions.
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20:26 One of which is, number one, this should be a hybrid expressway.
20:32 And a hybrid expressway means it should be able to accommodate
20:37 intermodality with mass transport systems like the bus rapid transport system.
20:43 It also requires that there should be complementary bicycle lanes
20:49 and pedestrian paths for that matter.
20:53 How will the bike be moved?
20:55 There are walkways going up,
20:57 and as we looked into the concept that is being finalized,
21:02 though nothing is permanent on it,
21:05 there will be ramps that will take into consideration how this can go up.
21:11 Parrocks will link Eastern and Western Metro Manila.
21:14 We tried to get a few more main proponents of Parrocks,
21:19 the San Miguel Corporation or SMC,
21:23 but they did not give us a statement or a statement.
21:27 Yeah, that's why I'm asking to be unmuted.
21:29 In a public hearing held last year,
21:32 SMC clarified a few issues regarding the project.
21:37 We are not only providing new capacity to address the worsening traffic.
21:41 Of course, with traffic, we do know that there are dire consequences
21:44 in terms of pollution, in terms of lost productivity and all.
21:48 These were all embedded in the analysis together with an estimate
21:52 of how much greenhouse gases will be reduced
21:56 if all of these additional capacities and easing up of traffic are put in place.
22:00 And that's exactly what Pacific River Expressway is hoping to achieve.
22:03 It is not unusual to come across geological challenges like this in the entire Metro Manila.
22:11 In fact, you build anywhere in Metro Manila, a major structure,
22:15 that will equally be challenged by all of this.
22:18 But let me assure you that engineering solutions
22:21 and all the engineering designs that will address this will be put in place.
22:25 In terms of concern on cultural heritage, cultural sites,
22:30 when we decided to go on with PASIG,
22:33 there was a broad stroke understanding that all of this will be taken into consideration.
22:38 In fact, when we did decide to implement this.
22:40 We can say that there are two images that are fighting for the opening of Pacific River
22:49 and the surrounding villages.
22:53 This is the PASIG Expressway.
22:55 This is the PAREX or Expressway above the river.
23:02 And this is the picture of the beautiful and organized Pacific River.
23:10 Which used to be a prominent reason why the Philippines was called the Pearl of the East.
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25:14 These are just practice boats.
25:16 And to try a sport
25:18 that can be done
25:20 on the river PASIG.
25:22 This is the Manila Boat Club.
25:34 One of the first clubs in Manila
25:36 that was established by the Castilians.
25:42 In the past decades,
25:44 there were still international regattas.
25:46 Now, these people
25:52 are the ones who are promoting
25:54 sport rowing in the country.
25:56 With legs.
25:58 Is this a common problem here?
26:02 When it rains heavily,
26:04 the hyacinths really come out.
26:06 Sometimes, it's on the islands.
26:08 Chris Ablan started rowing here
26:10 during the pandemic.
26:12 I like rowing here on the PASIG
26:14 because it's like going to a park
26:16 or it's like going to a mountain.
26:18 Right in the middle of the city,
26:20 you experience the city different.
26:22 It's different how we row
26:26 when you're on the water itself.
26:28 It's nice.
26:30 It calms me down. It's zen for me.
26:32 Oh, the experience of zen
26:36 in rowing in Manila.
26:38 I like that too.
26:40 Close to the water.
26:58 Quiet.
27:00 Rowing on the river bank.
27:06 Just using
27:08 their own strength.
27:10 This is also
27:16 what the first residents
27:18 felt here.
27:20 And communities
27:24 that became Manilans.
27:26 It still exists
27:30 even in the
27:32 neighboring part of the city.
27:34 It's still a city.
27:36 Chris and his
27:38 fellow residents are right.
27:40 Even if you're in the middle of Manila,
27:44 you feel like
27:46 you're in a far
27:48 and peaceful place.
27:50 From the river PASIG,
27:56 I'm Howie Saverino
27:58 and this is
28:00 Eyewitness.
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