00:00There is no burial taking place every night in this cemetery in Noveleta, Cavite
00:07because compared to other places, it seems like there are more garbage being dumped here.
00:13That's why even the dead are probably suffering from this increasing problem.
00:19A complaint was sent to Raracibo, a few residents of Noveleta, Cavite.
00:24They said that their cemetery is already flooded.
00:28It's almost like a garbage dump.
00:30This is where all the garbage is dumped.
00:32You can't go to other places.
00:34It's not right to make this Noveleta Public Cemetery a garbage dump.
00:37The residents of Noveleta, Cavite should be ashamed
00:40because it seems like there are more garbage being dumped here.
00:43That's why the streets and alleys leading to other cemeteries are almost flooded.
00:49This is a dump site.
00:52Maybe the dead have already risen to complain about this, ma'am.
00:59One of the residents of Noveleta, Aling Mele, 67 years old,
01:04died in 2018.
01:06She was 43 years old when she died.
01:09I feel bad.
01:11It's just near you.
01:13It's like you're dragging her.
01:15I can't drag her anymore.
01:18But in 2022, her husband's cemetery started to become a garbage dump.
01:23The people who pass by will say,
01:27I feel bad for the dead.
01:29It's so smelly because there's a lot of garbage.
01:32There's a different smell in everything there.
01:36August 8, 2024.
01:38On the day of her death,
01:40Ms. Mele went to visit her ex-husband.
01:44This was the first time she visited him after more than a month.
01:48But when she arrived at the cemetery,
01:50Ms. Mele's house was flooded with garbage in front of Ms. Romy's house.
01:55We're just trying to pass by.
01:58There's no way.
02:00You can't get in.
02:02Sometimes there's a dead dog.
02:04There's a dead cat.
02:06So you can't last long.
02:07At first glance, you'd think it's a legitimate garbage site.
02:12Or a garbage dump.
02:14This place was found in a barangay in Noveleta, Cavite.
02:20There are structures in the back.
02:23Those are the nitsos or moseleyos of our fellow countrymen.
02:28And how can you go to the cemetery
02:32if you're going to pass by a mountain of garbage like this?
02:35This is also where an Inidoro was buried.
02:38Old and broken shoes.
02:40Corpses.
02:41Corpses of food and vegetables.
02:45And what's left of the garbage that rests here.
02:49The smell of rotten rice.
02:52A few moments later, a man came to throw two bags of garbage.
02:57What did you bring?
02:59Garbage from our house.
03:01Why are you throwing garbage here?
03:03Because this is where everyone throws garbage.
03:07This is the only place where I know how to throw garbage.
03:10Does anyone throw garbage at you?
03:12No one.
03:13There used to be someone.
03:15How long has it been since someone threw garbage at you?
03:18About two years.
03:22Residents are waiting for a receipt to confirm that garbage is being thrown here.
03:27Until around 8 p.m.,
03:30trucks, bicycles, and sidecars enter the cemetery.
03:36All of these have garbage bags.
03:41When they go out after a few moments,
03:43Oh!
03:44Magic!
03:46Their garbage bags are gone.
03:48They will enter the cemetery.
03:52On the second day of the receipt,
03:55the complaints of the residents outside the cemetery were one by one.
04:00Every day, there are people carrying garbage.
04:04Not only here, but also in other places.
04:08Just remove the garbage.
04:11A lot of people get sick here.
04:13It was clean when we lived there.
04:16Because every day, someone throws garbage.
04:18Wherever they go, they throw garbage.
04:21When you go out, you can already smell it.
04:23How long has it been since you noticed that there is a lot of garbage?
04:28It's been a long time. We haven't been here for a long time.
04:31That's why the receipt was brought to the government of Noveleta, Cavite.
04:35The garbage problem of their place.
04:37And according to them,
04:39a cleaning operation is already underway in the place.
04:42When the receipt returned to the cemetery,
04:45slash, garbage dump,
04:47a payloader is already busy cleaning up.
04:51The garbage that has spread to these points
04:54was removed and cleaned.
04:57The garbage that has spread to these points was removed and cleaned.
05:01Now, the payloader is busy cleaning up.
05:04We will get people to clean up the slushy areas.
05:09We will clean up all the slushy areas.
05:14According to Section 25 of the Republic Act No. 9003
05:19or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000,
05:23no garbage should remain inside a transfer station for more than 24 hours.
05:30According to Menro of Noveleta,
05:33The garbage that is in our transfer station
05:37is the garbage of the entire Noveleta.
05:40Because we are in a centralized transfer station.
05:43Actually, this is really clean.
05:45Just recently, we had a typhoon.
05:47Typhoon Karina.
05:48Of course, the garbage that we carry,
05:51we bring it here.
05:53This was followed by oil spills.
05:55Garbage from Manila Bay,
05:57which we have a coastal cleanup every day,
06:00we also bring it here.
06:01Until it reaches the point where it doesn't spill anymore,
06:04the garbage is collected.
06:06That's why, even the places where there are potholes,
06:09the garbage is already blocked.
06:12Also included in Section 48 of the same law
06:15that prohibits the establishment of
06:17any establishment within 200 meters
06:21from any landfill.
06:23But the location of this transfer station
06:26is right next to a public cemetery
06:28and just a few steps away from houses.
06:32But according to LGU of Noveleta,
06:34Actually, there is a plan to move this transfer station.
06:39As far as I know, in Rappel 4,
06:41they are looking for a place to move
06:44and make this place clean.
06:46LGU of Noveleta is also surprised
06:48when residents say that no one is carrying garbage for them.
06:52It's impossible for them to say that no one is carrying garbage.
06:56Almost all barangays are complaining
07:00that no one is carrying garbage.
07:02So they will collect it if they are paying
07:04for those who are carrying garbage for them.
07:06The local government assured that
07:08the clearing operations will continue
07:10in their so-called temporary transfer station.
07:14But they also reminded the residents.
07:17We also asked the residents of Noveleta
07:21to help LGU
07:24because the implementation of waste segregation
07:28will be strict
07:29to reduce the volume of garbage
07:33that comes to the transfer station.
07:36LGU will not be able to do that
07:38if the residents of each barangay will not cooperate.
07:43Aside from assuring LGU
07:45of proper waste management and disposal,
07:47R-Recibo will continue to monitor the actions
07:50of the local government
07:52in their area
07:54to maintain respect for the residents.
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