00:00Not only for the sake of safety, but also for the sake of the safety of the islanders in Palawan.
00:06They brought garbage from the surrounding ships of China to their port.
00:12Darlene Cai was there.
00:19The white and dusty sand in the bay of Pagasa Island is being swept away by the garbage being brought to the port.
00:27Most of the plastic, like the bottles and sacks, according to the local government, has Chinese characters on the packaging or label.
00:33Mostly, it's really from the garbage of China.
00:37It's not surprising because we can see that they have vessels there.
00:45So maybe they threw the garbage here in our coastal area of the island.
00:57The presence of Chinese ships in the surrounding of Pagasa Island, which is part of the Philippines, is not missing.
01:06But it is being carried by China.
01:08In the distance, you can see the ships of the China Navy, as well as the China Coast Guard and Chinese militia vessels.
01:14Residents are saddened by the increasing number of problems they are facing.
01:18We are very saddened by the cleaning of our coastal area.
01:27We can't do anything about it.
01:29All we can do is to organize programs to address the problems.
01:38That's why the residents are continuously cleaning up the area and the local government is asking the residents of Pagasa to do the same.
01:43In the two coastal cleanups this September, they were able to collect 36 sacks of garbage.
01:48They will continue to do this.
01:50From here in Pagasa Island, Darlene Kai, for Tutok 24 Hours.
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