Lumubog na bayan ng Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija, muling nasilayan | I Juander
Aired (May 19, 2024): Dahil sa tindi ng init ng panahon, ang lumubog na bayan sa Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija, muling nasilayan. Ano kaya ang kuwento sa likod ng lumubog na bayan na ito? Panoorin ang video.
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00:00 In the middle of this vast country, in the town of Pantabangan, you will see an island.
00:07 But if you get closer, you will see a huge church, a laza, and a cemetery.
00:14 This place is a place of conversation, a town that once was a slum.
00:27 I wonder met the man who has been working as a fisherman and banker in Intang Lake, Pantabangan,
00:34 Father Roberto.
00:36 We earn our living here. We don't have any other job.
00:43 We are the only ones who live here.
00:46 This vast area where he fished every day,
00:51 is also the former settlement of their slum town.
00:55 And just last month, he was shocked when their slum town was again destroyed.
01:03 I wonder why the former settlement of Pantabangan was destroyed and collapsed again.
01:12 Father Roberto was 12 years old when he saw their old town in its entirety.
01:20 But a few years later, his memories of their place are still fresh.
01:26 This is the former slum town of Pantabangan. This is the church.
01:29 It was not destroyed before. When it collapsed, it was completely destroyed.
01:34 This is the old door. That wall was still standing. It was just a wall.
01:41 It was like that.
01:43 This was the altar before. This is the place.
01:47 This is the room where the priest used to enter.
01:52 This is the whole church. This is the whole interior.
01:56 This is the altar.
02:01 There are two rows of bapuda.
02:06 This is where they used to attend church with their family.
02:11 After the mass, on the other side, you can see their plaza.
02:16 This was the statue before. It was there that it was knocked.
02:21 This is the estate. This is the plaza.
02:25 We used to come here when we were kids.
02:28 But the place that he grew up in was unexpectedly erased from the map.
02:36 Because their small town was flooded by water and was gradually submerged.
02:44 To make the Pantabangan Dam that we know today a better place to build.
02:49 Because of this location, which is surrounded by water and mountains,
02:57 in the 1960s, the construction of the Pantabangan Dam was legalized.
03:02 We are also worried.
03:05 There are many people who are worried.
03:07 That's why they will do it.
03:10 I was already submerged. I was in a vehicle, a boat that was submerged.
03:14 At that time, people were not able to eat.
03:17 You can see their boats are submerged in water.
03:21 You can also see in the old video that we thought, from the Filipino artist, Amang Pintor,
03:27 the appearance of the old town, the former house, school and community.
03:32 But if there is something that can save the old town's things and memories,
03:38 this is where the former resident, Father Felipe, lived.
03:42 This is the panel of our house in the old town that was submerged.
03:48 All the houses were destroyed.
03:50 I saved this.
03:51 So this is more than 100 years.
03:53 This is where we lived.
03:56 This is where I grew up and thought about all the houses.
04:01 They first collected the water from the houses they were living in.
04:07 They say that they still use it sometimes.
04:10 When the heat is high, the water level drops.
04:15 And this March, it was the fourth time that the old town raised the cost of living.
04:20 They say that their town made a sacrifice.
04:25 But they are still very grateful for the help and house they were given.
04:30 Especially because the dam that was built in exchange for their former town,
04:34 became a source of income.
04:37 This is what provides water to the fishermen and farmers in Nueva Ecija and other nearby towns.
04:42 Who would have thought that this dam has a hidden story,
04:47 that was buried in the town's map,
04:49 but not in the memories of the people who lived here.
04:54 We will never forget the history of the old town of Pantabangan.
04:58 Because it is still in the minds of the people here.
05:04 And they prayed that this dam would never be erased from our history.
05:11 [Music]
05:35 [BLANK_AUDIO]