MGA ITINAYONG TULAY SA IBA’T IBANG BAHAGI NG PILIPINAS NA KUWESTIYONABLE ANG PAGIGING MATIBAY, SINIYASAT SA SPECIAL REPORT NI JESSICA SOHO!
1.2 billion pesos– ‘yan ang nagastos sa bagong-bagong tulay sa probinsya sa Isabela na isang buwan pa lang binuksan, bumigay agad!
Ang mga nakaligtas sa naturang insidente, nakapanayam ni Jessica Soho!
Paano nangyari na ang isang tulay na pinagkagastusan at ginawa ng 11 taon, pinabagsak lang dahil diumano sa bigat ng isang trak?
Sino nga ba ang mga dapat managot sa mga ganitong insidente?
Ang pagsisiyasat sa mga itinayong tulay sa iba’t ibang bahagi ng Pilipinas na kuwestiyonable ang pagiging matibay, panoorin sa Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho Special Report sa video na ito. #KMJS
"Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho" (One at Heart, Jessica Soho) is the Philippines' top-rating news magazine program, hosted by one of the most-awarded broadcast journalists in the country, Jessica Soho. It features human interest stories, food, news personalities, travel, trends and pop culture.'KMJS' airs every Sunday, 8:15 PM on GMA Network. Subscribe to youtube.com/gmapublicaffairs for our full episodes. #KMJS
1.2 billion pesos– ‘yan ang nagastos sa bagong-bagong tulay sa probinsya sa Isabela na isang buwan pa lang binuksan, bumigay agad!
Ang mga nakaligtas sa naturang insidente, nakapanayam ni Jessica Soho!
Paano nangyari na ang isang tulay na pinagkagastusan at ginawa ng 11 taon, pinabagsak lang dahil diumano sa bigat ng isang trak?
Sino nga ba ang mga dapat managot sa mga ganitong insidente?
Ang pagsisiyasat sa mga itinayong tulay sa iba’t ibang bahagi ng Pilipinas na kuwestiyonable ang pagiging matibay, panoorin sa Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho Special Report sa video na ito. #KMJS
"Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho" (One at Heart, Jessica Soho) is the Philippines' top-rating news magazine program, hosted by one of the most-awarded broadcast journalists in the country, Jessica Soho. It features human interest stories, food, news personalities, travel, trends and pop culture.'KMJS' airs every Sunday, 8:15 PM on GMA Network. Subscribe to youtube.com/gmapublicaffairs for our full episodes. #KMJS
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00:001.2 billion pesos, that's what was spent for a new bridge in the province of Isabela, which was opened just a month ago,
00:15was given away immediately. Why? Who should be responsible?
00:211.2 billion pesos, that's what was spent for a new bridge in the province of Isabela, which was opened just a month ago,
00:33was given away immediately.
00:38While their truck was passing by the bridge of Cabagan and Santa Maria in Isabela, on February 27, the bridge suddenly...
00:59...collapsed.
01:02This is serious.
01:05A dump truck and a car.
01:07The view is good, but their work is not good.
01:20What did you see?
01:21I didn't see anything, ma'am.
01:22I just put my hand on the wheel.
01:24Isabela.
01:31When the bridge collapsed, what happened to you?
01:34I fell down.
01:40When we fell, my foot hurt a bit.
01:46For several nights, I couldn't sleep because it was hard to move on.
01:52How did it happen that the bridge, which was spent and built within 11 years,
02:03was just collapsed by a dump truck?
02:06A dump truck and a car.
02:14Until now, the truck is in a state of disrepair.
02:19Its two cars and a motorbike were also damaged.
02:27990 meters or almost 1 kilometer is the length of the Cabagan-Santa Maria Bridge.
02:34It took more than a month for the bridge to be opened.
02:37The cost reached 1.2 billion pesos.
02:42This is very important for an infrastructure that was destroyed immediately.
02:53This is just the beginning.
02:55We went to Isabela to see what happened to us.
02:58We reached here.
03:00The NBI is conducting an ocular inspection.
03:06It seems that they are also investigating the collapse of a part of the bridge.
03:13The part of the bridge that was given was the third span or arch from Cabagan.
03:22The third one collapsed.
03:24So, look at the other side.
03:28All the vehicles that travel from Tuguegarao to Isabela
03:33pass through here first.
03:35It's like it's just opening.
03:38It's a waste.
03:39It's just a month and it's already destroyed.
03:41It's a waste of convenience.
03:43That's the main purpose of why that bridge was built.
03:49Nothing.
03:50Back to zero.
03:53Oh my God.
03:54There it is.
03:59It took more than a decade for this bridge to be completed.
04:03Three presidents passed through it.
04:06Just a month after it was opened, it collapsed.
04:15Eight people were injured in the incident.
04:18Until now, the vehicles have not been removed.
04:21The remains that were left behind are still there.
04:24This vehicle, yuppie, yuppie.
04:26The glass is broken.
04:28Its driver, Johnny, is about to pass out after he was hit by a bone in his foot.
04:34His companion, Brian, was injured and wet on his head.
04:39Where were you when the bridge collapsed?
04:41We were following it, ma'am.
04:43Towards the middle.
04:45It was moving.
04:46It suddenly moved.
04:47It was moving.
04:48It was moving.
04:49It was moving.
04:50It was moving.
04:51It was moving.
04:52It was moving.
04:53It suddenly moved.
04:54It was moving?
04:55It was moving, ma'am.
04:56Then?
04:57It was a gray brace.
04:59Yes, yes.
05:00It was gray.
05:01Yes.
05:02I rushed here, ma'am.
05:03The vehicle suddenly moved.
05:04You were up there?
05:06In the middle, ma'am.
05:07In the middle.
05:08That's when it collapsed.
05:09So you saw it?
05:10I saw it, ma'am.
05:11So I just put my hand on the handlebar.
05:12They were still able to get out of their vehicle.
05:16We took the child from Inova.
05:18Ah.
05:19Because the mother came out.
05:20Yes.
05:21Yes.
05:22The mother couldn't breathe.
05:23I sat there and we took the child out.
05:25Because you were in an accident, you were still rescued.
05:28I covered myself.
05:29It's okay.
05:30My partner, I asked him if he was okay.
05:32He said he was okay.
05:33So we also helped, ma'am.
05:36But while the rescue is waiting, there was another motorcycle that fell.
05:41The driver is single.
05:42He fell.
05:43The one driving the motorcycle was the one who was hit.
05:47His face was swollen after he was hit by the cement.
05:56He is 15 years old, JP.
05:58He is currently being treated at Cagayan Valley Medical Center.
06:02Good morning.
06:04How are you feeling, JP?
06:06Is everything painful?
06:07Yes, ma'am.
06:08When the vehicle fell, what happened to you?
06:11I lost consciousness.
06:13Ah, you didn't know.
06:14The two bones on JP's right foot were twisted.
06:18That's why he needed an operation.
06:20He had a head injury.
06:22His brain was damaged.
06:23There was a little blood.
06:24But according to the doctors, he didn't need an operation.
06:27How do you feel after the operation and the treatment?
06:31Okay.
06:32I feel a little better.
06:34Father Ferdinand is now worried about how the accident could affect his son's dream of becoming a police officer.
06:43He is also a varsity player in basketball in their school.
06:48He might not be able to play anymore because he was hit by something.
06:51That's why I'm sad, ma'am.
06:53His dream was cut off.
06:54Just pray.
06:56Yes, ma'am.
06:57You can do it.
06:59You're still young.
07:00You're still young.
07:01You still have a lot of blood in your body.
07:04Yes, ma'am.
07:05The first thing you need to do is to pray.
07:07As long as you pray, you should be careful.
07:11One dump truck and one car.
07:13The family of Ronel from Santa Maria was driving this white car.
07:18They were just passing by Tulay to buy medicine for his son who was injured before.
07:25Their speed was slow.
07:27Of course, they were using trucks.
07:28Some of them were loaded with bones.
07:30And the dump truck was loaded with boulders.
07:34And suddenly, Tulay gave up.
07:41I was in a blackout because of what happened.
07:45This is what happened.
07:48When we fell, my feet hurt.
07:52We just shouted,
07:53Lord, please take care of us.
07:58Ronel had a back injury to his body.
08:00Aside from the compression fracture in his spine,
08:05his wife, Dinky, was also traumatized.
08:08It was hard.
08:09I couldn't sleep for several nights, ma'am.
08:11That's why I asked for sleeping pills from Doc, ma'am.
08:15I felt like I was falling.
08:18Their son was also injured.
08:20He was also a cancer survivor.
08:22He had a fracture or a bump on his foot.
08:25I am thankful because we are still alive.
08:29It's a good thing, ma'am, that he matured.
08:33Because when I told him that our car was gone,
08:36that we wouldn't be able to use it to check up on him,
08:39he said,
08:40Don't think about it, ma'am.
08:42At least we are alive, ma'am.
08:44That's what he told me, ma'am.
08:55Let's go back to the question.
08:58Why did Tulay give up?
09:00According to the Department of Public Works and Highways,
09:03its maximum capacity is 44 tons or tons.
09:08Meanwhile, according to the initial investigation by the authorities,
09:12one of the vehicles that hit Tulay that night did not move.
09:17It was overloaded.
09:19It weighed more than 100 tons.
09:23There was a convoy of heavily loaded trucks passing by.
09:27Three of them.
09:28The first one passed, but then the next one fell.
09:32The truck was loaded with boulders.
09:35We estimated that the total gross vehicle weight,
09:38including the truck and the load,
09:40was a little over 100 tons.
09:42The calculations were also seen by the investigating teams.
09:47The structure was overstressed by more than 200%.
09:51They have noted that with the collapse of the truck,
09:55that with the collapse of that structure,
09:58the rods also snapped.
10:00It would have been really overweight.
10:03The next day, after the accident,
10:06the driver and owner of the truck faced the police.
10:10We found them in Tabuk City, in Calinga.
10:15The driver, Michael, and his owner, Leonard,
10:19were supposed to deliver the boulders to a private resort in Kabagan.
10:26In order to save an hour and a half from the trip,
10:29they decided to go to Tulay, which was recorded by Michael.
10:34It was like a party.
10:36It was like a party.
10:38My partner and I were the first ones to go,
10:40so that we wouldn't be with Tulay.
10:42According to Michael,
10:44before they went to Tulay,
10:46there was a flagman who fought with them.
10:49I saw the guard in Minas,
10:51and he did that.
10:54So we were let in.
10:56It was like a party.
10:58It was like a party.
11:00But while they were saying goodbye to Tulay,
11:03Leonard noticed something.
11:05He felt like he fell.
11:11He fell on his back.
11:12It was like a cut steel.
11:22The whole dump truck fell.
11:24I thought I was going to die.
11:31After the truck fell,
11:33Michael and Leonard immediately went out
11:35and climbed up to Tulay,
11:37to warn the motorists who were coming.
11:40There might be a motorcycle or a tricycle coming in,
11:44but they couldn't see Tulay.
11:45All the electricity in Tulay was dead.
11:47So we went upstairs.
11:49But when the rescuers arrived,
11:55We left.
11:56We didn't understand what the people there were saying.
11:58Michael and Leonard were injured and had scratches on their faces.
12:02But Michael clarified,
12:04it's not true that more than 100 tons
12:07was the weight of the truck they were driving,
12:10including the cargo they were carrying.
12:12It wasn't 100 tons.
12:13It wasn't a mining truck.
12:15It wasn't 100 tons.
12:16It wasn't a mining truck.
12:18We went through a lot in Tulay.
12:20That's the only thing that Tulay gave us.
12:26We didn't want to cut off Tulay.
12:29Because we didn't expect it.
12:31Of course, it's new.
12:32We know that it's new and durable.
12:36Even the form of the company that owns the truck
12:40was praised by the driver's statement.
12:43It's impossible that 100 tons was the weight of the truck
12:46including the cargo it was carrying.
12:49And as proof,
12:51they weighed their truck,
12:53the same truck that was injured in Tulay.
12:56The total weight of the truck
13:02was only 19 tons.
13:05And the cargo it was carrying
13:07was 41 tons.
13:09In total,
13:1161 tons.
13:12It exceeded the maximum capacity of the Cabagan-Santa Maria Bridge.
13:17But it was far from the estimate of DPWH
13:21of 100 tons.
13:23Tulay is in Taboc.
13:24Even if all three of them pass at the same time,
13:27it's okay.
13:28In 2014,
13:30under the administration of President Noy Noy Aquino,
13:34when DPWH approved the construction of Tulay,
13:39the contract for the construction
13:46was awarded to RD Interior Junior Construction.
13:50In 2018,
13:52under the administration of President Duterte,
13:56there was an additional expansion
13:58when DPWH extended Tulay
14:02to pass through the flood line.
14:06This bridge has a lot of cracks.
14:09It's scary.
14:10In 2023,
14:12under the administration of President Bongbong Marcos,
14:15even if Tulay was not opened yet,
14:17it was included in the so-called retrofitting
14:21or strengthening
14:23to avoid flooding,
14:25especially when there is a flood.
14:27But a year passed,
14:29the expenses increased by P115 million.
14:34Until February 1,
14:37when it was finally opened to the public.
14:43But not only in Isabela,
14:45there is this problem.
14:47In Iloilo City,
14:49the UNCA flyover was controversial
14:53approved by DPWH and LGU in 2019.
14:58Construction started in 2020
15:02and the cost reached P680 million.
15:09But just a few weeks after it was opened to the public,
15:14it was destroyed immediately.
15:16There are still debris falling,
15:18so some motorists are forced to walk down from here.
15:24The flyover was also flooded with two floors
15:28because according to the study,
15:30the land where it is being built is soft
15:34or what is called liquefaction.
15:37Retrofitting interventions were done there
15:40to stop the settlement.
15:41It was done.
15:43In Mindanao,
15:44there is also the Pangil Bay Bridge
15:48that connects the provinces of Lanao del Norte
15:52and Misamis Occidental.
15:55Just two months after it was opened,
15:58in September 2024,
16:00the asphalt was also destroyed
16:03so it was flooded.
16:06Just like what happened in Isabela,
16:08the Pangil Bay Bridge was approved in 2015
16:12under the administration of President Aquino.
16:15It was started in 2016 under the administration of President Duterte.
16:20It was opened and destroyed immediately two years after President Marcos sat down.
16:26Since it was still under the warranty of the contractor,
16:29they replaced the asphalt on their own.
16:32The Bantilan Bridge in Quezon Province and Batangas
16:36was also destroyed by a typhoon in 2022.
16:40That same year,
16:41the Carlos Romulo Bridge in Bayambang in Pangasinan also collapsed
16:47due to the overloading of vehicles passing by.
16:54Let's go back to the bridge in Isabela.
16:57We consulted with a structural engineer,
17:01Engineer Cresencio Natividad.
17:04This building was designed based on AASHTO,
17:08that's our bridge design code.
17:10Initially, they said that the maximum capacity of this bridge is 45 tons.
17:16But this truck is 102 tons.
17:19Is that where you can see if the truck is really overloaded?
17:23Yes, ma'am.
17:24Though I'm not sure about the weight of the truck,
17:27as per DPW, it's 102 tons.
17:29You can see that there are a lot of stones that fell.
17:33Does it look like those stones are 100 tons?
17:38As I said, that's the computation of DPW.
17:41It's probably a little exaggeration.
17:43Maybe that will include the other loads that were left.
17:46The other vehicles are also there.
17:48The carrying capacity of this is actually about 30 cubic meters.
17:52If it's computed into tons, it would be?
17:55If you say it's 1 ton per cubic meter,
17:58it's already 30 tons.
18:00Plus the tail weight of the truck is 15 tons.
18:04It's more than that.
18:07But that's still way below 100 tons, Secretary.
18:10But the stones are heavy.
18:12I know the problem.
18:14I was there at the site,
18:16and I inquired if there's a weighing facility.
18:21But I've seen that in some highways like Kenon.
18:24You can see the weight of the truck.
18:27That area doesn't have that.
18:30We don't have that because this bridge, by the way,
18:32has not really been accepted by the department yet.
18:35So there are no formal turnovers yet?
18:37There are no formal turnovers yet.
18:39How is that, Secretary?
18:41Your bridges can only carry so much,
18:43but there's no weighing of the cargo trucks that pass by.
18:48That's really a big challenge, actually, Jessica.
18:51I can accept that as a predicament
18:53because we cannot put all the weighing stations in all places.
18:59And this highway is just a secondary road.
19:03The weighing stations you see are along the primary roads.
19:07The principle here is that our deck is long.
19:11If it's all by itself, it won't be able to carry it.
19:14That's why we put an arc with tension rods to help carry it.
19:19So the arc is not just a design?
19:21It's not aesthetic.
19:22We also have what we call a transfer of load.
19:25The load that our deck slab is carrying is being transferred.
19:29Since it's already been given, it won't be able to carry the load.
19:32There should be another team that will also monitor.
19:36They will check the design,
19:38they will check what the contractor is doing,
19:41aside from the PWAs, especially these special projects.
19:45We are actually trying to engage the participation
19:49of the Association of Structural Engineers of the Philippines
19:52to help us out in the process
19:54of determining the structural stability of the bridge now
19:58so that we can proceed with the reconstruction
20:00of the damaged portion or adjust the structure in itself.
20:04Secretary, pardon me for saying this.
20:07These infrastructures that have been spent billions of pesos
20:11become objects of ridicule by people
20:14because they see that they have been doing it for a long time,
20:17that they are Peruvians, and that their work is defective.
20:21So they can't help but think that there is corruption there.
20:24What is your reaction when people say that?
20:28Well, there's a big perception nowadays.
20:31But for structures like this,
20:34you cannot really afford to compromise the structure as designed.
20:38So if there would be any kind of corruption,
20:43let's just say that it would be very minimal, in my opinion.
20:49Because the condition of these structures is very specific.
20:54The work items are very specific.
20:57If you are going to build a house,
20:59you cannot make it thin.
21:04Proper engineering is very important at the very beginning.
21:07You have to be sure that your assumptions are correct
21:10and the way you design this is correct.
21:12I also asked Secretary Bonoan
21:14if the company that made the bridge,
21:18RD Interior Junior Construction,
21:22according to Secretary Bonoan himself,
21:24has been a contractor of DPWH projects for a long time.
21:28So there's a track record for that?
21:30There's a track record for that.
21:31And so far, this is the only incident that has been done by him.
21:37We tried to get the company's permission,
21:40but they did not respond.
21:42There are two words, transparency and accountability.
21:46The concept of accountability,
21:48and the documents and actions of the government should be open to the people
21:53so that we can understand.
21:55It is difficult to catch those who will respond
21:57if it is not clear who implemented the government's programs.
22:01The government's funds are wasted.
22:03The people's lives are wasted.
22:05And after a while, maybe permission.
22:07That means cost of death because of these accidents.
22:10For residents who are suspecting anomalies
22:14plus your department, I'm sorry to say,
22:17has the disadvantage of being perceived for irregularities and anomalies in the past.
22:22So all of this, what can you answer to them?
22:25Well, I think the president is very aware of these insinuations
22:28and he has given us full instructions
22:31that we have to be very transparent in all the works,
22:34in all the infrastructure projects that we are undertaking now.
22:37This Thursday, President Marcos himself visited Isabela.
22:42The construction is okay.
22:44The contractor followed the plan.
22:46He did it by the book.
22:48They did it after the specifications.
22:50But the specifications are wrong.
22:52According to President Marcos' interview,
22:54there is a difference in the design of the roof.
23:00It is a design flaw.
23:01The design is wrong.
23:02The project cost is 1.8 billion.
23:04So it was reduced to under 1 billion to survive.
23:10The design is really weak.
23:12Because if you look at it, this is supposed to be a suspension bridge.
23:16This is the only suspension bridge that I have seen in the whole world that is not a cable.
23:21And that is the one that was given.
23:23If it is a cable, it should not be given.
23:25When there is a big project like that,
23:27there is a supervisor, a consultant.
23:30Here in this case, it's like the DPWH did it.
23:33They are the only ones who supervised.
23:35When we design a roof, we follow a bridge code.
23:39This bridge code is based on the American code.
23:42Not all roofs are dangerous to overloading.
23:46Because most roofs that have beams and concrete,
23:51the reserve strength of our design is high.
23:54That's why it can be overloaded.
23:57But the long steel, even if it is new,
24:01a 100-ton truck passed by, it really can't handle it.
24:05It seems like you are not affected by the controversies, the suspicions,
24:11the things that are thrown at you.
24:13We are clear.
24:15We are following the instructions of the President
24:17to be transparent and professional in the work that we are doing.
24:21We tried to get a statement from the former secretary of DPWH
24:26under the administration of Duterte.
24:29Now, Senator Mark Villar refused to give a statement.
24:34The Senate will also investigate what happened.
24:38Did they do it properly?
24:41Or is there a chance?
24:43Or is there a possibility?
24:45Who should be held accountable?
24:47We will try also to see what is the liability of the truck driver or the truck owners.
24:53Because they entered there, only light vehicles were allowed.
24:56There was an announcement.
24:58There was a pass kill on both ends of the bridge.
25:01That only light vehicles are allowed and heavy vehicles are not allowed.
25:05We really didn't see anything.
25:06There was no prison.
25:08During that time, we were not yet able to ascertain the criminal liability of each one.
25:15Our investigation is still based on the incidents that happened.
25:20He can file a criminal case, cyber libel if it was done online, or oral defamation.
25:27There are a number of Supreme Court decisions that make DPWH liable
25:34because of their gross negligence.
25:36I would like to say something to address all of these issues.
25:40We have a motto here, Build Better More.
25:44In the next few years, we will see that there will be many major projects that will be underway.
25:50And the infrastructure landscape of the Philippines will be better.
25:56That's what we see under this administration.
25:58They should not save on the funds that they are making.
26:05Their livelihoods are safe, right?
26:09Their pockets are not safe.
26:12There are still a lot of places in our country where the government's services and infrastructure are not enough.
26:21Children are forced to go to the brink of death just to be able to go to school.
26:29Farmers are having a hard time getting their products to their families.
26:35There are diseases that need to be treated in the country
26:40so that they can go down the mountains and reach the hospital.
26:44And then, this happened.
26:47Roads and roads that were built with billions of pesos
26:52that were given in a blink of an eye.
26:59Let's be brave and be real
27:02so that what we are paying for will not go to waste.
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