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Tabon Alon | movie | 2024 | Official Trailer
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12/23/2024
In surge of each pound of waves echoes the struggle and unyielding conviction of the mussel farmers of Navotas—a fight | dG1faXBjUlFUSWZzZkU
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We are friends of nature, from the soil to the deep waters of the ocean.
00:12
This is what sustains our life, what gives us a home, a livelihood, and above all, our food.
00:22
All of this is in vain.
00:24
But as time goes by,
00:26
it is gradually taken away,
00:28
destroyed,
00:30
and destroyed by the oceans.
00:32
The noise of the ocean
00:34
is now slowly
00:36
being erased.
00:38
This is Navotas,
00:40
the source of almost 70% of the entire supply
00:42
of seafood in Metro Manila.
00:44
This is the industry
00:46
of Manila Bay.
00:48
In Barangay Sipak, Almacen,
00:50
on the other side of Manila Bay,
00:52
there is a community of fishermen.
00:54
But when we went there,
00:56
we only found
00:58
a row of boats
01:00
and mountains
01:02
that are covered in soil.
01:04
There are no reefs
01:06
and no floating boats.
01:08
You can see it right there.
01:10
Right now,
01:12
you can't see anything because it is destroyed.
01:14
A crisis will happen here.
01:16
Not only a crisis,
01:18
but if there is calamity,
01:20
a lot of people will be affected.
01:22
They don't have a choice
01:24
but to live here in the sea.
01:26
Discard it
01:28
because we only get
01:30
our food here.
01:32
We don't get anything else.
01:36
We don't prohibit it,
01:38
but if you go there,
01:40
just be careful if you can catch a fish
01:42
or if you have money for a year.
01:44
It's hard,
01:46
but we are still fighting
01:48
because we need to fight
01:50
for our children.
01:52
When the reclamation
01:54
started,
01:56
it was a big downfall.
01:58
It was a big downfall
02:00
because there was nothing left.
02:02
We are having a hard time
02:04
with our food.
02:06
How about our daily expenses?
02:08
How about that?
02:10
It's hard.
02:12
We wake up in the morning
02:14
and we don't have food.
02:16
How are we going to earn
02:18
500 pesos?
02:20
They are making it hard
02:22
for us.
02:24
The reclamation
02:26
is a project
02:28
of the government
02:30
to promote
02:32
the Philippines
02:34
and provide a solution
02:36
to the lack of land.
02:38
It is helping the fishermen
02:40
and fishermen
02:42
of Navotas.
02:44
The industry
02:46
of agriculture
02:48
needs to be expanded.
02:50
We don't feel it.
02:52
Why did you deprive us of our livelihood?
02:54
If you want to expand it,
02:56
why did you allow it to be demolished?
02:58
Demolish our livelihood.
03:00
More than 70 percent
03:02
of the 250,000 population
03:04
of Navotas
03:06
lives from fishing
03:08
and other marine industries
03:10
in Manila Bay.
03:12
Even though President Bongbong Marcos
03:14
signed the reclamation
03:16
in Manila Bay in 2023,
03:18
the authorities
03:20
continue to demolish
03:22
and dig up cement
03:24
in the area
03:26
which is still making
03:28
thousands of families suffer.
03:30
How can I provide
03:32
for my children's education?
03:34
Even if I can't finish my studies,
03:36
I want my children to continue
03:38
their education.
03:40
How can I provide for them?
03:42
It's too much.
03:44
If they only know
03:46
how painful it is
03:48
because they don't know
03:50
what we are going through.
03:54
But if the situation is reversed,
03:56
they will say,
03:58
why is it like that?
04:00
We are human beings.
04:02
I am also a human being.
04:04
I am not just a parent.
04:06
I have a responsibility to my parents.
04:08
They are destroying
04:10
the ocean.
04:12
They are destroying
04:14
the life of the sea
04:16
which has changed a lot.
04:18
Even on land,
04:20
the rich are doing the same.
04:22
Even though the concrete
04:24
images of Kauanlaran
04:26
do not reflect
04:28
the high buildings
04:30
and the wide roads,
04:32
it is still
04:34
difficult
04:36
for the people
04:38
in every demolition
04:40
and destruction.
04:42
It can't cover
04:44
the tears and screams
04:46
for the fight
04:48
for the unjust
04:50
rights.
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