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DILG, nais matiyak kung naipatutupad ng mga LGU ang batas vs. maling pagtatapon ng basura
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00:00We are now here at San Juan River in Quezon City.
00:06There's a lot of garbage.
00:10This is what was left by the flood under the Mariablo Bridge in E. Rodriguez Avenue, Quezon City.
00:15This is the part of San Juan River, but it's here in Quezon City.
00:19The garbage that was removed is there.
00:23That's the part of Araneta Avenue.
00:26When the flood came, the garbage was piled up here.
00:30It was trapped under the bridge.
00:32The garbage would fall towards San Juan and be thrown into the Pasig River.
00:37This is the situation of our rivers after the flood last week.
00:41Garbage became a burden for the people in these rivers.
00:45There are mattresses, motorcycle helmets, refrigerators, styrofoam boxes, wood, plastic, and more.
00:52Banners were raised for the garbage to be placed on the side of the river.
00:56Even though the QCLGU collects garbage every day,
00:59the garbage is still piled up on the side of the road in Barangay Damayang Lagui.
01:04There's a lot of garbage being collected here.
01:07There are people collecting garbage here, but because there's a lot of garbage being collected, the collection is being disrupted.
01:12This is also a problem. We don't have water.
01:16This is also the situation in San Juan City, where the garbage is piled up every day.
01:21In District 2 in Caloocan, one of the garbage they collected was a bed mattress.
01:26A payloader was also needed to transport the garbage.
01:30The garbage ended up in 71 pumping stations in NCR.
01:34Before the flood, the MMDA announced that they will place a trash trap in the rivers
01:40to trap the garbage and prevent it from reaching the pumping stations.
01:44The barangay officials will clean it.
01:47But the DILG admitted that this fight against garbage has no end,
01:51especially if we ourselves are not disciplined.
01:54In the existing system against garbage,
01:56every LGU has an ordinance, aside from the existing one,
02:00which is another law, Republic Act 9003,
02:03or better known as Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000.
02:08The correct disposal of garbage is included in its key features.
02:11There are incentives for the right ways, and fines for those who will not clean their garbage.
02:16There are penalties for those who do not comply,
02:22or for those who do not implement or do not observe this policy.
02:29The DILG wants to know if this can be implemented correctly,
02:33or if anyone is caught violating the law.
02:35If this is to be followed,
02:37they will probably need to pass a law to discipline the people.
02:41We will probably need to revisit if this can be implemented correctly,
02:46if these penalties are still valid, or if it is already obsolete.
02:50That is also our law.
02:52The entire government is talking to each other
02:55to learn how to discipline ourselves in disposing of garbage
02:58so that we will not go home in disgrace, especially when it rains heavily.
03:02Benji Durango for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.
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