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00:18 Considering its fundamental importance, water security deserves a special focus.
00:24 Our efforts must not be scattershot, but rather cohesive, centralized, and systematic.
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02:53 The government has not given any data on the number of Filipinos who have access to clean and safe water.
03:02 This is due to the progress on the Philippine Sustainable Development Goals based on the SDG Watch
03:07 released by the Philippine Statistics Authority in June.
03:11 The government's advice to Filipinos is to save water because of the expected effects of El Niño until the first half of 2024.
03:19 But what will be saved if there is no clean water supply from the start?
03:25 And in the midst of a crisis of severe drought, the only thing that is safe and viable for our millions of Filipinos
03:32 is to ensure that clean water does not flow into their homes.
03:36 George Cahiles, CNN Philippines.
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