Mga mag-aaral, buwis-buhay na dumadaan sa sirang tulay makapasok lang! | Reporter’s Notebook - video Dailymotion

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Sira-sirang hanging bridge ang araw-araw na tinatawid ng mag estudyanteng ito sa San Miguel, Bulacan, makapasok lang sa paaralan. Hanggang kailan nila kailangang tiisin ito? #GMAPublicAffairs #GMADocumentaries #ReportersNotebook

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00:00At a height of more than 30 steps,

00:13a few students are trying to cross a hanging bridge in Barangay Cebu Springs, San Miguel, Bulacan.

00:21The child, Christine Joy Blanco, is only a year old. She is careful to cross the bridge before entering the school.

00:28It is very difficult to cross the bridge.

00:31I am afraid that the bridge will collapse.

00:34We will not cross the bridge. We will hold on to the bridge.

00:38At this time, our bridge is still intact.

00:42That is why it is okay to cross the bridge.

00:45This is the part that is already broken.

00:48It is already moving.

00:51One wrong step and it can fall into the deep and the river will overflow.

00:59In the same bridge, some residents are trying to cross the bridge cables to go up.

01:07We don't need to go through here.

01:11Will they be able to cross safely?

01:17How did this bridge end up in this situation?

01:22We want to have a bridge so that all the students and residents can cross.

01:31On the other side of the river, another bridge was discovered by a reporter's notebook.

01:38It is broken and there is no longer a hanging bridge.

01:42Only cables and foundations are left in the bridge.

01:46But despite the danger, the residents are still trying to cross the bridge.

01:51Even though the river is strong.

02:01In the middle of a bad time in Barangay Cebu Springs,

02:05The children are poor, that is why we have to remove the bridge.

02:08There is nothing we can do.

02:16Christian Joy, or CJ, is trying to cross the broken hanging bridge.

02:22He is going to go to school.

02:24Sometimes, when the river is deep, we cross it.

02:29I just want to tell them to hurry so that they can cross.

02:33They are trying to get a resident to use the footbridge.

02:37As you can see, the residents are having a hard time.

02:41They are trying to go down from the end of the footbridge.

02:47Just one wrong step and you can fall.

02:51Aside from that, the footbridge itself is really dangerous

02:54because it is broken.

02:58The broken hanging bridge is the only way to cross the school entrance

03:03when the water level is high in the Madlum River.

03:06It's broken. We can't cross it.

03:09We have to hold on to it.

03:11We hold on to it and then we walk.

03:14But in every crossing of CJ's footbridge,

03:17the children are still trying to cross it.

03:20The children are still trying to cross it.

03:24But in every crossing of CJ's footbridge,

03:27his mother, Crisanta, is still worried.

03:31Of course, we are also worried.

03:33We are afraid that the river will be damaged.

03:36Sometimes, the current is really strong.

03:44This is where we cross when we don't have a choice.

03:54At this point, our bridge is still intact.

03:59That's why it's okay to cross it.

04:02This is the part that is already broken.

04:06It's already moving.

04:11We are going down to the footbridge.

04:24I just want us to be able to build a bridge

04:29so that the students won't have a hard time.

04:33It's also dangerous. They might fall into the river.

04:44We don't need to cross this.

04:47The scene that was captured in the video last week

04:50was also stopped.

04:52Residents can be seen at the other end of the hanging bridge.

05:00They are having a hard time going up

05:02to the broken parts of the bridge.

05:05They are being tied to cables

05:07so that they can go up and cross the river.

05:12In our visit to Sibol Springs, San Miguel, Bulacan,

05:16the weather is fine,

05:18so residents are using a raft

05:20to cross the Madlum River.

05:24The rafts are made of wheels,

05:26wooden beams,

05:28and old drums.

05:33Later on,

05:35some residents were riding one by one

05:38on a motorcycle across the river

05:40to Dona Remedios Trinidad, Bulacan.

05:46Some residents pushed it across

05:48to the other side.

05:52Other residents were helping

05:54by pulling the rope

05:56so that the residents can cross.

06:03Alvin is 12 years old

06:05and he is one of those who push rafts.

06:13This is what he saw as a way

06:15to earn and help his family.

06:27He also had several accidents

06:29while rafting.

06:32Do you always get hurt?

06:34Yes.

06:35Where?

06:36Here.

06:37Where did it come from?

06:38I slipped while rafting.

06:41Does your wound hurt?

06:43Just a little.

06:44Alvin stopped in Grade 1

06:46because of the hardship of life.

06:48It's hard for me.

06:50I can't afford to buy rice.

06:53I feel sorry for my mother

06:56because she is far away.

07:00But whenever he sees students

07:02crossing the river,

07:05I feel jealous.

07:06What do you want to be when you grow up?

07:08A soldier.

07:09I want to train in the mountains.

07:12When no one was riding the raft

07:14that was being pushed and pulled by Alvin,

07:17he forgot to work

07:19so that he can swim in the river.

07:22The next day.

07:29It's 5 p.m.

07:31and it's time for CJ to go home.

07:36He will ride the raft

07:38to cross the river.

07:43When it's deep,

07:45I told them that if they can't cross the river,

07:48they will be punished.

07:50I told them that if they don't have money,

07:53they can just pay for the raft.

07:56It's dangerous

07:58because they might drown.

08:01Especially if it's flooded.

08:03There's no raft at night.

08:05There's no raft at night.

08:08Maybe that's why you will be forced

08:10to cross the river.

08:14We were able to reach this truck

08:16that was being pushed by the students.

08:20When it's deep,

08:22there are two trucks.

08:24One has a permit,

08:26and the other doesn't.

08:28There's a straight track

08:30for the people of the world.

08:32They go straight.

08:34When it's deep,

08:36one of them is on standby

08:38on the other side.

08:40The other one is here.

08:42The children are forced to ride the raft.

08:45This is the daily struggle

08:47of the residents

08:49to cross the river.

08:54We don't need to cross the river.

09:01Why did this happen

09:03in Barangay Cebu Springs?

09:06The story of the city leader,

09:08Mang Alberto,

09:10was able to cross the river

09:12in 2013.

09:14He was able to cross the river

09:16by motorcycle

09:18and by car.

09:20The traffic was heavy.

09:22There was a typhoon

09:24that reached the town.

09:26It started off badly,

09:28but gradually,

09:30we were able to cross

09:32the river.

09:34Five or six years later,

09:36we were able to cross the river.

09:38Since then,

09:40the river has not been built

09:42in their area.

09:44There are requests,

09:46but the government

09:48hasn't made any yet.

09:50We want to have a river

09:52so that

09:54all the students

09:56and the residents

09:58can cross the river.

10:00On the other side

10:02of the Madlum River,

10:04reporters discovered

10:06the remains of an old bridge.

10:10In 2013,

10:12GMA Public Affairs

10:14first released

10:16the story of students

10:18crossing the river

10:20using ropes.

10:22They have been crossing

10:24the Monkey Bridge for a lifetime.

10:26There are five children

10:28crossing the bridge.

10:30The old man

10:32can't cross the bridge

10:34because he's too young.

10:36The old man

10:38can't cross the bridge

10:40because he's too young.

10:42Because of this dangerous bridge,

10:44the local government

10:46built the Monkey Bridge,

10:48but only a few years later,

10:54the ropes were damaged.

10:56A big flood

10:58destroyed the bridge.

11:02A lot of cables

11:04and posts were left in the bridge

11:06because the bridge

11:08was never built again.

11:10Some residents were forced

11:12to use the Monkey Bridge again.

11:16One resident

11:18was able to cross the river

11:20using ropes.

11:22Some residents

11:24were able to cross the river

11:26using ropes.

11:28Some were hoping

11:30to cross the river using a raft.

11:32But for the local mayor,

11:34there was no hope.

11:36The local government

11:38promised us

11:40that we would

11:42continue to cross the river

11:44if we could.

11:46We promised them

11:48that we would continue to cross the river

11:50The third district engineering office

11:52of DPWH Bulacan

11:54explained that

11:56they were able to raise

11:585 million pesos in the fund

12:00and that the new design of the bridge

12:02has already started.

12:04But their office

12:06is still asking for additional funds

12:08so that the construction

12:10of a new and safer bridge

12:12can start.

12:14The target length is 37 meters.

12:16The design of the Bailey Bridge

12:18is still in development.

12:20We are still figuring out

12:22what will be the total cost

12:24of our project.

12:26The target for completion

12:28is to complete

12:30our documents

12:32and our program of work and plans.

12:34It will start early.

12:40For the damaged bridge

12:42in CJ and Alvin's area,

12:44we will include it

12:46in our project

12:48to fund

12:50the next funding here.

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