Aired (February 15, 2025): Hindi lang daw basura o kung ano pang bagay ang puwedeng makita sa ilog— minsan, may naliligaw ring grasya. Kaya kahit gaano karumi ang tubig, hindi ito alintana nina Roldan at Chude dahil sa posibilidad ng kayamanang maaari nilang makuha.
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00:00This is the story of Roldan and Metro Manila.
00:14Because the sun is so bright,
00:17Roldan is now able to see the length of a river
00:21not far from Metro Manila.
00:26He won't get lost or get lost.
00:31He won't get lost.
00:37The water is full of garbage and dirt.
00:46But Roldan doesn't ask for help.
00:55Because he doesn't just look for iron or barrier.
01:01Sometimes, in the river of garbage,
01:05the grass gets wet.
01:08And this is what you will see.
01:23In the bloodiest part of this river,
01:26friends Roldan and Metro Manila
01:28go straight to help each other.
01:35They are the partners in the salvage of garbage
01:39and other important things.
01:48One eco-bag,
01:51magnet, and long iron
01:54go down to the shallow part of the river.
01:59They are not that far away
02:02when Roldan notices something.
02:07It's just like him.
02:10He's just up there.
02:13He's handsome.
02:15It's like he has a heart pendant.
02:19We don't know if it's real or fake.
02:22We're testing it to see if it's real.
02:25It's not real.
02:27There's a magnet.
02:33It's not real.
02:36It's just like
02:39stainless steel.
02:45It's just plated.
02:48If it doesn't stick to the magnet,
02:51it can be real.
02:53If it doesn't stick to the magnet,
02:56it can be silver.
02:59What will you teach?
03:01The people I'm with.
03:07They start to look for water.
03:10Roldan is submerging the magnet.
03:25While Chudi is digging the hole.
03:40Roldan is digging the hole.
03:49Later,
03:51Roldan catches a sharp knife.
03:54Roldan catches a sharp knife.
04:09It looks like luck is early
04:12for the couple this morning.
04:20When the pandemic started,
04:22Roldan had to go fishing
04:25in the river.
04:27He lost his job because of the lockdown.
04:30I was thinking about how to feed my family.
04:35Because of the lockdown,
04:38I lost my job.
04:40I was worried.
04:43I thought,
04:45in the river,
04:47I can make money
04:49with trash,
04:51cans,
04:53and copper.
04:55There's an urban legend in their place
04:58that there are riches in the river.
05:01In a story,
05:03it was left by the Japanese in the mountains.
05:07And when it rains heavily,
05:10it is carried down
05:12with rocks and soil.
05:15For Roldan,
05:16it sounds like a true story.
05:20I didn't do it on purpose.
05:22I climbed a rock.
05:25I got a
05:28white gold fish.
05:32It was a black fish.
05:35I tried to catch it.
05:37I didn't believe it.
05:39I didn't know how.
05:41I went to the pawnshop
05:43and caught it.
05:45When I found out
05:47that it was a white gold fish,
05:49I sold it
05:51if they could get it.
05:53I was so happy.
05:55At first,
05:57it was hard to earn money
05:59because of the lockdown.
06:01Everyone needs money.
06:03I thought
06:05that maybe it's just in the river.
06:08We were lucky
06:10that we were allowed
06:12to catch a fish.
06:14Almost every morning,
06:16I would come here
06:18to catch a fish.
06:21Roldan now has a job.
06:24His day job is
06:26a maintenance crew
06:28in a waterproofing company.
06:30His day off is very busy.
06:33I just think
06:35that I don't need to be ashamed.
06:38Because if I am ashamed,
06:41my family will be hungry.
06:42My baby will cry.
06:44I don't have milk.
06:46And this is expensive.
06:48It's honest.
06:50Yes, ma'am.
06:53I joined Roldan and Judy
06:55in their journey.
07:00They said that this is connected
07:02to the top of the mountain.
07:04So, it's a long way.
07:06There are places
07:08where people breathe.
07:10Maybe that's where it comes from.
07:12There's a swimming pool.
07:16Where will you start, sir?
07:18Here.
07:20Okay, sir.
07:22I'll go with you.
07:24I hope we'll see something.
07:26Even if the water is shallow,
07:28it's still dangerous.
07:30That's why Roldan
07:32told me to wear boots and gloves.
07:37He said
07:39that it's dangerous
07:40because I'm just using my hands.
07:42There are holes underneath.
07:50Yes, that's right.
07:52Sir, your feet!
07:59They're not used to
08:01using protective equipment
08:03because it's easier
08:05to dig the ground with bare hands.
08:07How did you see that, sir?
08:09It's just deep.
08:17Because the water here
08:19is deeper
08:21and it's harder to reach,
08:23Roldan thinks
08:25that no one has ever dived here.
08:27The water is strong
08:29so the rocks
08:31are slippery.
08:38But after a few minutes of searching,
08:42we found a broken bottle.
08:46Here,
08:48they found a lot of holes
08:50underneath.
08:52This one is even bigger.
08:54It's also dangerous
08:56because I'm wearing boots
08:58and they're wearing flip-flops.
09:01Later,
09:03the two of us decided
09:05to go to a safer part of the river.
09:09There are a lot of houses around
09:13and there are holes in the river.
09:20I don't know
09:22where the water
09:24that flows from here comes from.
09:27Whether it's from the kitchen,
09:29the bathroom,
09:31or the bathroom.
09:33And if earlier
09:35I only saw garbage,
09:36now,
09:38there are even dirty
09:40and used diapers.
09:42Aside from the bones,
09:44they can't see
09:46what they're picking up.
09:48Because it's all garbage here,
09:50it's not fun.
09:52I hope
09:54they're used to it.
09:57But it's not a coincidence
09:59that Roldan and Sude
10:01came here.
10:03This is the place
10:05This water,
10:07where does it come from?
10:09Because there are houses here.
10:11There are also
10:13waste water.
10:16Does it come from the bathroom here?
10:18Yes.
10:20It comes from the bathroom
10:22and the toilet.
10:24It comes from the bathroom!
10:28It's like we're in a giant
10:30but it's open.
10:31Roldan!
10:36Yes!
10:38Aren't you afraid?
10:40Because first,
10:42there are a lot of bones.
10:44Second,
10:46there's leptospirosis.
10:48Yes, ma'am.
10:50I'm afraid
10:52that I won't be able
10:54to feed my family.
10:56For me,
10:58it's up to God.
11:00We know that this river
11:02is really dirty.
11:04It's mixed with
11:06sewage,
11:08dog poop,
11:10and other things.
11:12I didn't notice it,
11:14but it's up to God.
11:16Since then,
11:18I haven't been sick.
11:21But Roldan said
11:23that there's someone
11:25who's been here before us.
11:27Did you say
11:29there's someone
11:31who's been here before us?
11:33Yes, ma'am.
11:35I mean,
11:37there are a lot of people
11:39who have been here before us.
11:41Yes, ma'am.
11:43There are a lot of people
11:45who have been here before us.
11:47I see.
11:49It's like a treasure hunt.
11:54I feel like
11:56we're in the middle of nowhere.
11:57You know,
11:59it's already chosen.
12:01It's not a new box anymore.
12:03You're just lucky
12:05if you can get
12:07an alahas,
12:09or a bakal,
12:11or anything valuable here.
12:13But of course,
12:15it's much better
12:17if you're not being
12:19harassed by others.
12:21No matter how lucky
12:23an alahas can be here,
12:24it's the same
12:26if you're being led
12:28by someone else.
12:30What's going on, ma'am?
12:32I don't know.
12:34Oh, it's nothing.
12:36I thought it was water.
12:43After almost an hour,
12:52Roldan realized
12:54that he got something.
12:58It's like a pair
13:00of alahas.
13:02It's like a flower,
13:04but it's a fancy jewelry.
13:07Let's put it aside.
13:11There's a pendant.
13:15Here's another one.
13:17There's an alahas.
13:21He got a pendant,
13:22a jewelry.
13:27We also got a lot of jewelry.
13:33Some of them
13:35are from other countries.
13:42They also store
13:44pako,
13:46screw,
13:48and other metals
13:50that can be sold
13:52for a lot of money.
13:54There's even a blade
13:56for the ones he got.
13:58It's really dangerous
14:00because they only use their hands.
14:02This search for life
14:04is a reminder
14:06that sometimes,
14:08life is short.
14:13When we reached
14:15the upper part of the river,
14:17I thought they were done.
14:22But it's not.
14:25So we continued
14:27to the other side of the river.
14:33The water here
14:35doesn't flow anymore.
14:39It's not a river anymore.
14:42It's an estuary.
14:45Why are we here?
14:47Why did you choose this place?
14:49There are stocks of pako
14:50here.
14:52We can go around
14:54here.
14:56Okay.
14:57So you can go around
14:59the rocks here?
15:01Yes.
15:02There are flowers, ma'am.
15:04That's right.
15:06What will happen
15:07if the flowers wither?
15:09Will you just stay here?
15:10Yes, ma'am.
15:12Okay.
15:13Let's pray
15:14that we'll see something
15:15so you can go home.
15:17It's more dangerous here
15:18than before
15:19when we were
15:20in the rocks.
15:22You can sit on the rocks.
15:26We've been through
15:27a lot.
15:39A lot of people
15:40came here to pray.
15:49What did you get?
15:51We got silverware.
15:53We also have coins.
15:54That's a lot, ma'am.
15:55A lot of silverware.
15:57We also have bells.
16:18But even after
16:195 hours of searching,
16:21the bells are still missing.
16:24What do we do, sir?
16:25You've been searching
16:26all afternoon.
16:27You didn't get anything.
16:28That's right, ma'am.
16:29What will you do?
16:32We'll just sell
16:33the pako-pako, ma'am.
16:35We'll sell them.
16:37Or we'll add more.
16:39But it's easier
16:40to find them
16:41before it rains.
16:43Before it rains?
16:44But it's raining now.
16:45That's right, ma'am.
16:46But there are parts
16:47where it's not raining yet.
16:49That's right, ma'am.
16:50Like this morning,
16:51when we went there,
16:53it was raining.
16:55It was early in the morning.
16:57Maybe it's just bad luck
16:58for this day.
16:59Yes.
17:00I wish I didn't
17:01have a plan.
17:02I have a plan.
17:04Try again tomorrow.
17:06Maybe tomorrow
17:07we'll have a chance.
17:08That's right, ma'am.
17:18After returning home,
17:19Roldan cleaned
17:20what we caught.
17:48Here, ma'am.
17:49This is from yesterday.
17:50Oh, this one?
17:51Yes.
17:52So this one,
17:53this hasn't been
17:54looked at yet
17:55because it's new.
17:56Yes, not yet.
17:57Roldan also showed
17:58the fish and stones
17:59he collected
18:00from the river.
18:02These are just
18:03like beads.
18:05Yes.
18:07I don't know.
18:08They're broken.
18:10This is like
18:11a lucky charm.
18:12And these are
18:13old coins, ma'am.
18:14I don't know
18:15what they are.
18:16They also came
18:17from under the rocks.
18:19Yes.
18:20They were just
18:21collected.
18:23This is like
18:24a Euro coin.
18:25I don't know
18:26if it has value.
18:29There's also
18:30Costa Rica.
18:31Does Costa Rica
18:32have that?
18:34This is probably
18:35British.
18:36One pound?
18:37Yes, one pound.
18:38Oh, brother.
18:39This is Malto.
18:40That's around
18:4170 pesos.
18:42One pound.
18:44Oh, my God.
18:45Oh, my God.
18:46Brother's coin
18:47says
18:48it's from
18:491982.
18:51Our president
18:52is his son now.
18:54This is super old.
18:56There are also
18:57coins that
18:58look old.
18:59This is also
19:00from a long time ago.
19:01This was also
19:02collected from
19:03under the rocks.
19:04Yes.
19:05It's just that
19:06it's like
19:07a bronze coin
19:08but it's old.
19:09Yes.
19:11In total,
19:12almost all
19:13coins and coins
19:14were collected
19:15that day.
19:17Here, ma'am.
19:18This one.
19:19Maybe
19:20it's less than
19:2110 pesos.
19:22It's less than
19:2310 pesos?
19:24Yes, ma'am.
19:25Brother,
19:26we've been there
19:27since yesterday.
19:28It's less than
19:2910 pesos?
19:30Yes.
19:31It's like that.
19:32You really need
19:33to be patient.
19:34Yes.
19:35But how many
19:36coins do you have
19:37before you sell?
19:38Around three
19:39like this.
19:40Okay.
19:41Three times the size.
19:42But brother,
19:43it's just
19:4430 pesos.
19:45It's just one
19:46kilo of rice.
19:47We don't have more.
19:48We don't have more.
19:49Rice is expensive.
19:50Yes.
19:51Sometimes, ma'am,
19:52from morning to
19:53afternoon,
19:54I need to
19:55dry the rice.
19:56Brother,
19:57I believe in you.
19:58This is the
19:59most difficult
20:0010 pesos I've seen
20:01in my whole life.
20:02We'll be there
20:03for five hours.
20:04Tomorrow.
20:05I hope it rains
20:06tonight
20:07so that tomorrow
20:08we'll have
20:09something new.
20:10Yes.
20:13The next day,
20:14we went back
20:15to the river.
20:16We jumped yesterday
20:17so we went
20:18to a different
20:19place.
20:20Brother Roldan
20:21said that
20:22this place
20:23is a secret.
20:24Supposedly,
20:25no one has
20:26moved here yet.
20:27I hope
20:28we'll see
20:29something.
20:30I hope
20:31we'll be lucky
20:32today.
20:41But
20:42it's already
20:43too late for us.
20:44This sack
20:45is already
20:46half full.
20:58Roldan
20:59is standing
21:00on the first
21:01part of the river.
21:08He's hoping
21:09to catch
21:10something
21:11here.
21:17Yes,
21:18we can go here.
21:19Just be careful
21:20because
21:21it's slippery.
21:25Oh,
21:26nothing.
21:32What is that,
21:33brother?
21:34What is that?
21:35It looks like
21:36a squid.
21:37It's sleeping.
21:42It's sleeping.
21:50Even the land
21:51on the shore
21:52was ploughed
21:53by Roldan and Chudi.
22:01When it rains,
22:02the water
22:03that flows here
22:04is too much.
22:06If the water
22:07rises,
22:09there are a lot
22:10of chances
22:11that the jewelry
22:12we're looking for
22:13will get trapped.
22:15Yes,
22:16because if it gets
22:17trapped in these
22:18crevices,
22:19it will get
22:20stuck there.
22:21Unlike there,
22:22where the water
22:23flows,
22:24it's straight.
22:27Look,
22:28there's a diaper
22:29for the baby.
22:37If it's like this,
22:38it's deep.
22:40It's deep.
22:41Look,
22:42it's deep.
22:43Yes.
22:44I need to go to
22:45the museum.
22:46It's too deep.
22:47Really?
22:48Yes,
22:49before we can see
22:50the...
22:52Oh,
22:53I wish we had a shovel.
22:54Yes.
22:56It's getting deeper,
22:57ma'am.
22:58It's already
22:59smelling like dirt.
23:04Candy?
23:07It's disgusting.
23:08I thought
23:09it was a rock.
23:10I thought
23:11it was a rock.
23:12The wrapper
23:13of the baby's underwear.
23:15It's disgusting.
23:18We moved
23:19to a big rock.
23:23Roldan still hasn't found it.
23:35It took us a while
23:36to find it.
23:37Roldan found
23:38a piece of paper.
23:40It's broken.
23:42It could be...
23:43It's a coin.
23:44Yes,
23:45it's a coin.
23:46It's just broken.
23:47It doesn't stick
23:48to the magnet.
23:49That's why
23:50it's possible
23:51that it's a coin.
23:53It's been
23:54stuck
23:55under the rock
23:56for a long time.
23:58That's why
23:59its color changed.
24:01We'll find out
24:02when we go to
24:03the coin shop.
24:05There,
24:06we'll find out
24:07if it's a coin
24:08or just a coin.
24:13It's broken.
24:17Later on,
24:18we found
24:19another one
24:20stuck to the rock.
24:22Here,
24:23a chain.
24:24Is it a bike chain?
24:25Yes.
24:26Is it a bike chain?
24:27Huh?
24:28It's not a bike.
24:29It's not a bike?
24:30It looks like
24:31a necklace.
24:34It looks like
24:35a necklace.
24:36I don't think
24:37it's a bike chain.
24:40Where's your magnet?
24:41Here it is.
24:42Our favorite magnet.
24:45It doesn't stick.
24:46What is this?
24:47Plastic.
24:48Plastic.
24:50It's heavy.
24:53It doesn't stick.
25:00Excuse me.
25:02Sir,
25:03can we have a paprize?
25:05For the paprize,
25:06we went straight to
25:07the pawn shop
25:08and to the
25:09alahero of Roldan
25:10for the alahas
25:11and the stones.
25:13We asked
25:14the two of them
25:15to check
25:16to be sure
25:17of the result.
25:19That's a possible
25:20white gold.
25:21It's a white gold chain.
25:22But the pendant
25:23is missing.
25:24Oh, this one?
25:25Yes, white gold.
25:26How much is it?
25:272,000.
25:282,000?
25:29If it's sold?
25:30No, it's not for sale.
25:31Oh, it's not for sale?
25:32Where can we buy it?
25:33Go to the front
25:34At the alahero
25:35of Roldan,
25:36the stones
25:37are also
25:38one by one.
25:40There's no proof
25:41on the diamonds.
25:43But the pearls
25:44that Roldan got
25:45are real.
25:47However,
25:48he doesn't buy
25:49the alahero
25:50of Roldan.
25:54He followed
25:55the alahas
25:56as well as
25:57the coins
25:58that we got.
26:02Is this
26:03his luck?
26:09After a long investigation,
26:11we were literally
26:12trapped
26:13in the coins
26:14that we got
26:15from the river.
26:21One chain
26:22and one pendant
26:23were the real ones.
26:25This is the
26:26alahero.
26:34Tingga.
26:38The other ones
26:39are just accessories.
26:41The real alahas
26:42were offered
26:43for 2,100 pesos
26:44by the alahero.
26:47Is that enough?
26:48Is that enough?
26:54If it's for sale,
26:55we'll put this aside.
26:56Let's put it aside.
26:57Let's put it aside.
26:59Even though
27:00our three-day walk
27:01in the river
27:02is over,
27:03Roldan will still
27:04come back
27:05for the next day off.
27:07I will never forget
27:08this river.
27:10This is the river
27:11that brought us
27:12back to life.
27:14I'm not ashamed
27:15of this river
27:16no matter who
27:17sees it.
27:18This is the river
27:19that brought us
27:20back to life.
27:23It's a joke
27:24to make fun
27:25of luck.
27:27Because of
27:28the bad luck of some,
27:29it's a blessing
27:30for Roldan.
27:34In the next journey,
27:36I hope
27:37that the river
27:38will be filled
27:39with good luck.
27:44I am Mav Gonzalez
27:46and this is
27:47the Eyewitness.
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