00:00Residents of San Pedro City, Laguna will now help clean up the oil spill in Luzon
00:06through the Cash and Food for Work program.
00:09The details of this were reported by Philippine Information Agency, Calabarzon.
00:16Two weeks after the fire that struck some factories in Barangay San Antonio,
00:22San Pedro City, Laguna,
00:24which resulted in an oil spill, the LGU's cleanup operation was a success.
00:29The Philippine Coast Guard, Bantay Lawa, and other agencies of the government in the San Isidro River.
00:35From January 26, it reached 246,000 liters of oil that was recovered.
00:41Now, only 500 meters of the river is still affected by the oil spill.
00:46To speed up the cleanup, the San Pedro LGU is now implementing the Cash and Food for Work program
00:52to encourage some residents to help with the operation.
00:57We will hire applicants who want to help us with the cleaning operations here in the oil spill.
01:05And then they will receive around 500 per day.
01:10There is an additional augmentation of the team for clearing operations.
01:14It will help our objective to speed up the clearing of the San Isidro River.
01:23For now, it is under control.
01:25The oil spill in Laguna de Bay is not expected to spread.
01:28But there are obstacles, such as garbage, to remove the oil from the river.
01:34We are asking for your cooperation in our cleanup drive because this is for you and for us.
01:42So that we can return the river and avoid throwing garbage.
01:47PCG and LGU assured 24x7 that they are doing cleanup operations in the oil spill area.
01:53The target is to remove the oil from the river within two to three weeks.
01:58From PIA Calabarzon, Riz Adrina, Palitang Pampansa.
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