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00:08 I think (speaking in foreign language)
00:10 it's been more than 10 years.
00:13 (speaking in foreign language)
00:16 Actually, well, in the side of the road.
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00:32 In fact, I think (speaking in foreign language)
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00:56 This is one of the challenges that we're actually facing.
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01:05 In the last two years, I think, if I'm not mistaken.
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01:11 We've had challenges over the years,
01:16 actually coordinating with (speaking in foreign language)
01:22 cooperatives, actually, Mr. Chairman,
01:27 particularly in, one is the valuation
01:31 of the cost of transferring the ports,
01:35 and the second is the ability of the cooperatives
01:40 to transfer it by themselves.
01:43 Actually, although we have, lately, we have already--
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01:55 Actually, Your Honor, even when they started
02:05 to put up their poles there,
02:08 (speaking in foreign language)
02:12 sorry, location of their poles,
02:17 whenever the department would need to widen the roads.
02:20 But it's easier said than done, actually, admittedly,
02:25 because of the intricacies in the valuation,
02:29 and actually locating the electric poles.
02:34 But lately, Your Honor, because of this predicament,
02:40 we have again sat down with the,
02:48 with National Electrification Administration,
02:53 who is overseeing, actually,
02:55 (speaking in foreign language)
02:59 electric cooperatives, and I think we should be able
03:02 to come up with a more--
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03:15 Yeah, I think, if I remember also,
03:27 I guess the problem with these posts is that,
03:30 when it comes to, technically, they're supposed to move it.
03:34 The agreement is they're really supposed to move it.
03:36 Unfortunately, with cash flow issues, they're not able,
03:40 and they have to find a relocation site,
03:42 which they're not always able to do.
03:44 So hence, they're not able to move it,
03:46 but at the same time, the project has to be finished
03:48 at a certain, you have a certain time period
03:50 to finish the project.
03:51 So you still have to continue with the project,
03:53 even though, oftentimes, these cooperatives
03:58 don't have the means to,
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04:03 you cannot bulldozer the lines,
04:04 because (speaking in foreign language)
04:07 if something happens to the lines,
04:08 so the DPWH cannot just arbitrarily move it.
04:11 So that was the challenge.
04:12 I'm just sharing this, because that was the challenge.
04:15 We cannot move it.
04:16 We have to wait for them.
04:17 The problem is they don't also have the resources
04:19 to move all their lines, which usually are very numerous,
04:23 although, technically, they're supposed to.
04:25 That was the agreement.
04:25 So that was the challenge.
04:27 (speaking in foreign language)
04:27 - For example, next year, you have a two billion allocation.
04:31 - That's correct, yeah.
04:32 (speaking in foreign language)
04:35 - Yes, yes.
04:36 So I think with that, (speaking in foreign language)
04:41 - Mr. Chair?
04:50 (speaking in foreign language)
04:51 Mr. Chair, with the permission of Senator--
04:53 - Vice Chair, yes, yes, go ahead, Vice Chair.
04:55 - Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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