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00:00One of the cheapest and most delicious vegetables is water spinach.
00:05But it's not a joke.
00:07Some residents in Laguna de Bay are literally in water spinach.
00:12How will their lives be if the water spinach is hit by a typhoon?
00:16That's what Kara David is talking about
00:18in the new episode of the Digital Documentary Program of GMA Public Affairs,
00:22which is called Kara Docs. Let's watch it.
00:26In this bay, in Angono Rizal, these boats are often seen.
00:40Rows of boats are sailing along this part of Laguna de Bay
00:44because this is where their community lives.
00:48They are the people who rely on the blessings of the six winds, rain or shine.
01:18The people who live here are fishing for water spinach.
01:22We are just looking for a beautiful place where the water spinach grows.
01:28Then we will go there to get the water spinach.
01:38When it comes to the shallow part of the bay,
01:40they go down one by one to get the water spinach.
01:45This is where I met Lorigin.
01:47She has been fishing for water spinach for more than a decade.
01:51Our quota now is that we need to make 10 ropes.
01:57Because one rope of water spinach is worth 3 pesos.
02:01So if I make 10, that's 30 pesos.
02:05How much is one rope?
02:07It's not counted.
02:11I lost a lot of money.
02:15I am from Catarma, Northern Samar.
02:21Then I got help.
02:24At first, I thought there was no calamity.
02:29But year after year, even though I have been living here for a long time, I am nervous.
02:35Even though their income is small,
02:37their dreams for their 8 children are still anchored in Cancun.
02:43I said, when you are done, I will not get it.
02:47That's yours.
02:51This village is inhabited by 50 families.
02:55They say that their family is very rich.
02:57They don't have any other income.
03:00Aside from this, they also fight against the bad weather.
03:07It's very dangerous.
03:08The storm is very strong.
03:11But what the whole community fears the most
03:14is the possible evacuation from their homes
03:17because they will not be able to live in their homes.
03:21They are afraid of the storm.
03:23But what the whole community fears the most
03:26is the possible evacuation from their homes
03:29because they are illegal settlers in their area.
03:33Based on the data released by the PSA or the Philippine Statistics Authority,
03:37in March of 2024, 2.11 million Filipinos are unemployed.
03:43One of the reasons for this is the number of calamities and storms that hit our country this year.
03:49But according to the local government of Angono,
03:51they are doing something so that people like Lorrie Jean will not always depend on the floodwaters.
03:58One thing they identified here is the water hyacinths that are being processed.
04:03Our CTLO and TESDA also have capacity development training that they just need to avail.
04:12This is the paradox of the story in each number.