Mga mag-aaral, buwis-buhay na dumadaan sa sirang tulay makapasok lang! | Reporter’s Notebook
Sira-sirang hanging bridge ang araw-araw na tinatawid ng mag estudyanteng ito sa San Miguel, Bulacan, makapasok lang sa paaralan. Hanggang kailan nila kailangang tiisin ito? #GMAPublicAffairs #GMADocumentaries #ReportersNotebook
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00:00At a height of more than 30 steps,
00:13a few students are trying to cross a hanging bridge in Barangay Cebu Springs, San Miguel, Bulacan.
00:21The child, Christine Joy Blanco, is only a year old. She is careful to cross the bridge before entering the school.
00:28It is very difficult to cross the bridge.
00:31I am afraid that the bridge will collapse.
00:34We will not cross the bridge. We will hold on to the bridge.
00:38At this time, our bridge is still intact.
00:42That is why it is okay to cross the bridge.
00:45This is the part that is already broken.
00:48It is already moving.
00:51One wrong step and it can fall into the deep and the river will overflow.
00:59In the same bridge, some residents are trying to cross the bridge cables to go up.
01:07We don't need to go through here.
01:11Will they be able to cross safely?
01:17How did this bridge end up in this situation?
01:22We want to have a bridge so that all the students and residents can cross.
01:31On the other side of the river, another bridge was discovered by a reporter's notebook.
01:38It is broken and there is no longer a hanging bridge.
01:42Only cables and foundations are left in the bridge.
01:46But despite the danger, the residents are still trying to cross the bridge.
01:51Even though the river is strong.
02:01In the middle of a bad time in Barangay Cebu Springs,
02:05The children are poor, that is why we have to remove the bridge.
02:08There is nothing we can do.
02:16Christian Joy, or CJ, is trying to cross the broken hanging bridge.
02:22He is going to go to school.
02:24Sometimes, when the river is deep, we cross it.
02:29I just want to tell them to hurry so that they can cross.
02:33They are trying to get a resident to use the footbridge.
02:37As you can see, the residents are having a hard time.
02:41They are trying to go down from the end of the footbridge.
02:47Just one wrong step and you can fall.
02:51Aside from that, the footbridge itself is really dangerous
02:54because it is broken.
02:58The broken hanging bridge is the only way to cross the school entrance
03:03when the water level is high in the Madlum River.
03:06It's broken. We can't cross it.
03:09We have to hold on to it.
03:11We hold on to it and then we walk.
03:14But in every crossing of CJ's footbridge,
03:17the children are still trying to cross it.
03:20The children are still trying to cross it.
03:24But in every crossing of CJ's footbridge,
03:27his mother, Crisanta, is still worried.
03:31Of course, we are also worried.
03:33We are afraid that the river will be damaged.
03:36Sometimes, the current is really strong.
03:44This is where we cross when we don't have a choice.
03:54At this point, our bridge is still intact.
03:59That's why it's okay to cross it.
04:02This is the part that is already broken.
04:06It's already moving.
04:11We are going down to the footbridge.
04:24I just want us to be able to build a bridge
04:29so that the students won't have a hard time.
04:33It's also dangerous. They might fall into the river.
04:44We don't need to cross this.
04:47The scene that was captured in the video last week
04:50was also stopped.
04:52Residents can be seen at the other end of the hanging bridge.
05:00They are having a hard time going up
05:02to the broken parts of the bridge.
05:05They are being tied to cables
05:07so that they can go up and cross the river.
05:12In our visit to Sibol Springs, San Miguel, Bulacan,
05:16the weather is fine,
05:18so residents are using a raft
05:20to cross the Madlum River.
05:24The rafts are made of wheels,
05:26wooden beams,
05:28and old drums.
05:33Later on,
05:35some residents were riding one by one
05:38on a motorcycle across the river
05:40to Dona Remedios Trinidad, Bulacan.
05:46Some residents pushed it across
05:48to the other side.
05:52Other residents were helping
05:54by pulling the rope
05:56so that the residents can cross.
06:03Alvin is 12 years old
06:05and he is one of those who push rafts.
06:13This is what he saw as a way
06:15to earn and help his family.
06:27He also had several accidents
06:29while rafting.
06:32Do you always get hurt?
06:34Yes.
06:35Where?
06:36Here.
06:37Where did it come from?
06:38I slipped while rafting.
06:41Does your wound hurt?
06:43Just a little.
06:44Alvin stopped in Grade 1
06:46because of the hardship of life.
06:48It's hard for me.
06:50I can't afford to buy rice.
06:53I feel sorry for my mother
06:56because she is far away.
07:00But whenever he sees students
07:02crossing the river,
07:05I feel jealous.
07:06What do you want to be when you grow up?
07:08A soldier.
07:09I want to train in the mountains.
07:12When no one was riding the raft
07:14that was being pushed and pulled by Alvin,
07:17he forgot to work
07:19so that he can swim in the river.
07:22The next day.
07:29It's 5 p.m.
07:31and it's time for CJ to go home.
07:36He will ride the raft
07:38to cross the river.
07:43When it's deep,
07:45I told them that if they can't cross the river,
07:48they will be punished.
07:50I told them that if they don't have money,
07:53they can just pay for the raft.
07:56It's dangerous
07:58because they might drown.
08:01Especially if it's flooded.
08:03There's no raft at night.
08:05There's no raft at night.
08:08Maybe that's why you will be forced
08:10to cross the river.
08:14We were able to reach this truck
08:16that was being pushed by the students.
08:20When it's deep,
08:22there are two trucks.
08:24One has a permit,
08:26and the other doesn't.
08:28There's a straight track
08:30for the people of the world.
08:32They go straight.
08:34When it's deep,
08:36one of them is on standby
08:38on the other side.
08:40The other one is here.
08:42The children are forced to ride the raft.
08:45This is the daily struggle
08:47of the residents
08:49to cross the river.
08:54We don't need to cross the river.
09:01Why did this happen
09:03in Barangay Cebu Springs?
09:06The story of the city leader,
09:08Mang Alberto,
09:10was able to cross the river
09:12in 2013.
09:14He was able to cross the river
09:16by motorcycle
09:18and by car.
09:20The traffic was heavy.
09:22There was a typhoon
09:24that reached the town.
09:26It started off badly,
09:28but gradually,
09:30we were able to cross
09:32the river.
09:34Five or six years later,
09:36we were able to cross the river.
09:38Since then,
09:40the river has not been built
09:42in their area.
09:44There are requests,
09:46but the government
09:48hasn't made any yet.
09:50We want to have a river
09:52so that
09:54all the students
09:56and the residents
09:58can cross the river.
10:00On the other side
10:02of the Madlum River,
10:04reporters discovered
10:06the remains of an old bridge.
10:10In 2013,
10:12GMA Public Affairs
10:14first released
10:16the story of students
10:18crossing the river
10:20using ropes.
10:22They have been crossing
10:24the Monkey Bridge for a lifetime.
10:26There are five children
10:28crossing the bridge.
10:30The old man
10:32can't cross the bridge
10:34because he's too young.
10:36The old man
10:38can't cross the bridge
10:40because he's too young.
10:42Because of this dangerous bridge,
10:44the local government
10:46built the Monkey Bridge,
10:48but only a few years later,
10:54the ropes were damaged.
10:56A big flood
10:58destroyed the bridge.
11:02A lot of cables
11:04and posts were left in the bridge
11:06because the bridge
11:08was never built again.
11:10Some residents were forced
11:12to use the Monkey Bridge again.
11:16One resident
11:18was able to cross the river
11:20using ropes.
11:22Some residents
11:24were able to cross the river
11:26using ropes.
11:28Some were hoping
11:30to cross the river using a raft.
11:32But for the local mayor,
11:34there was no hope.
11:36The local government
11:38promised us
11:40that we would
11:42continue to cross the river
11:44if we could.
11:46We promised them
11:48that we would continue to cross the river
11:50The third district engineering office
11:52of DPWH Bulacan
11:54explained that
11:56they were able to raise
11:585 million pesos in the fund
12:00and that the new design of the bridge
12:02has already started.
12:04But their office
12:06is still asking for additional funds
12:08so that the construction
12:10of a new and safer bridge
12:12can start.
12:14The target length is 37 meters.
12:16The design of the Bailey Bridge
12:18is still in development.
12:20We are still figuring out
12:22what will be the total cost
12:24of our project.
12:26The target for completion
12:28is to complete
12:30our documents
12:32and our program of work and plans.
12:34It will start early.
12:40For the damaged bridge
12:42in CJ and Alvin's area,
12:44we will include it
12:46in our project
12:48to fund
12:50the next funding here.