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00:00We are friends of nature, from the soil to the deep waters of the ocean.

00:12This is what sustains our life, what gives us a home, a livelihood, and above all, our food.

00:22All of this is in vain.

00:24But as time goes by,

00:26it is gradually taken away,

00:28destroyed,

00:30and destroyed by the oceans.

00:32The noise of the ocean

00:34is now slowly

00:36being erased.

00:38This is Navotas,

00:40the source of almost 70% of the entire supply

00:42of seafood in Metro Manila.

00:44This is the industry

00:46of Manila Bay.

00:48In Barangay Sipak, Almacen,

00:50on the other side of Manila Bay,

00:52there is a community of fishermen.

00:54But when we went there,

00:56we only found

00:58a row of boats

01:00and mountains

01:02that are covered in soil.

01:04There are no reefs

01:06and no floating boats.

01:08You can see it right there.

01:10Right now,

01:12you can't see anything because it is destroyed.

01:14A crisis will happen here.

01:16Not only a crisis,

01:18but if there is calamity,

01:20a lot of people will be affected.

01:22They don't have a choice

01:24but to live here in the sea.

01:26Discard it

01:28because we only get

01:30our food here.

01:32We don't get anything else.

01:36We don't prohibit it,

01:38but if you go there,

01:40just be careful if you can catch a fish

01:42or if you have money for a year.

01:44It's hard,

01:46but we are still fighting

01:48because we need to fight

01:50for our children.

01:52When the reclamation

01:54started,

01:56it was a big downfall.

01:58It was a big downfall

02:00because there was nothing left.

02:02We are having a hard time

02:04with our food.

02:06How about our daily expenses?

02:08How about that?

02:10It's hard.

02:12We wake up in the morning

02:14and we don't have food.

02:16How are we going to earn

02:18500 pesos?

02:20They are making it hard

02:22for us.

02:24The reclamation

02:26is a project

02:28of the government

02:30to promote

02:32the Philippines

02:34and provide a solution

02:36to the lack of land.

02:38It is helping the fishermen

02:40and fishermen

02:42of Navotas.

02:44The industry

02:46of agriculture

02:48needs to be expanded.

02:50We don't feel it.

02:52Why did you deprive us of our livelihood?

02:54If you want to expand it,

02:56why did you allow it to be demolished?

02:58Demolish our livelihood.

03:00More than 70 percent

03:02of the 250,000 population

03:04of Navotas

03:06lives from fishing

03:08and other marine industries

03:10in Manila Bay.

03:12Even though President Bongbong Marcos

03:14signed the reclamation

03:16in Manila Bay in 2023,

03:18the authorities

03:20continue to demolish

03:22and dig up cement

03:24in the area

03:26which is still making

03:28thousands of families suffer.

03:30How can I provide

03:32for my children's education?

03:34Even if I can't finish my studies,

03:36I want my children to continue

03:38their education.

03:40How can I provide for them?

03:42It's too much.

03:44If they only know

03:46how painful it is

03:48because they don't know

03:50what we are going through.

03:54But if the situation is reversed,

03:56they will say,

03:58why is it like that?

04:00We are human beings.

04:02I am also a human being.

04:04I am not just a parent.

04:06I have a responsibility to my parents.

04:08They are destroying

04:10the ocean.

04:12They are destroying

04:14the life of the sea

04:16which has changed a lot.

04:18Even on land,

04:20the rich are doing the same.

04:22Even though the concrete

04:24images of Kauanlaran

04:26do not reflect

04:28the high buildings

04:30and the wide roads,

04:32it is still

04:34difficult

04:36for the people

04:38in every demolition

04:40and destruction.

04:42It can't cover

04:44the tears and screams

04:46for the fight

04:48for the unjust

04:50rights.

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