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A boat leaves the Guadalupe Ferry Station along the Pasig River in Makati on January 12, 2024.  Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

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Agatha Gregorio

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17477163705081747716364982.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">A boat leaves the Guadalupe Ferry Station along the Pasig River in Makati on January 12, 2024. <em>Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News </em></span></span></span>MANILA — Officials from the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and the Pasig local government appeal to Filipinos to throw their trash properly to prevent flooding as the rainy season nears.</div><p>During Tuesday’s ceremonial blessing of heavy equipment and dump trucks for the Metro Manila Flood Management Project (MMFMP), MMDA Chairman Romando Artes stressed that such initiatives would be useless without cooperation from individuals to keep their trash out of the streets.</p><p>“Kahit ano pong dami ng equipment natin, kahit anong sikap natin na maglinis, kung wala pong disiplina ang ating mga kababayan na patuloy na magtatapon ng basura kung saan-saan… Kahit every week maglinis po kami ng mga lugar malapit sa aming public stations, talaga pong daily ang basura… Dapat po maging disiplinado din ang ating kababayan,” Artes told the media at the MMDA Motorcycle Riding Academy in Pasig.</p><p>Pasig Vice Mayor Robert “Dodot” Jaworski said in his speech he often finds trash in the drainage when he goes around barangays.</p><p>“Pagbukas po ng drainage natin sa communities, ang laman po ay talagang basura. No wonder nagkakaroon po ng mga problema particularly doon sa ating esteros… Kung nais natin maiwasan ang baha, kung tayo lang—isipin na turuan natin ang ating mga anak, bata palang, na itapon ang basura sa tamang lugar. Hindi po natin puwede iasa lang sa ating pamahalaan,” Jaworski said.</p><p>Included in the blessing were 19 dump trucks and four power cleaning machines, among others.</p><p>Artes said they used some of the equipment even prior to the rainy season in collecting trash.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>ON TRACK TO REACH DEADLINE</strong> </div><p>The MMDA chairman added they are on track to meet the November 2026 deadline for the MMFMP, following a two-year extension.</p><p>The agency plans to use what is left of funding for projects that can be completed immediately in order to make it to the said date.</p><p>“Inextend ‘yan nang two years. ‘Yun namang mga natitirang pondo para sa Metro Manila Development Authority o MMDA ay ipinograma natin doon sa mga mabilis matapos. ‘Yung kaya naming tapusin lamang within the extension period given. Hindi na po kami na programa na mga ambitious projects na tingin namin hindi namin kayang tapusin. So I can say na on track naman kami na tapusin ‘yung mga projects na naprograma under Metro Manila Flood Management Project funded ng World Bank,” Artes said during an ambush interview.</p><p>Both the World Bank and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) provided funding for the project under a loan agreement.</p><p>The project was originally expected to be finished by 2024.</p><p>&quot;We have been implementing the project for years. And then because COVID, you know, influenced the project. But after extending the contract, we are on to achieve it,” World Bank Senior Water Specialist Takeshi Murakami said.</p><p>Through World Bank and AIIB funding, procured maintenance equipment includes four backhoe units, eight loader trucks, two telescopic cranes, two excavators, five high-pressure vacuum, emptier and watertight trucks, three boats, and six mobile pumps.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/5/20/from-waste-to-wealth-how-qc-turns-election-waste-into-eco-friendly-bags-1117">From waste to wealth: How QC turns election waste into eco-friendly bags</a></div><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/business/2025/5/19/dating-basura-magiging-kalsada-dpwh-to-use-pet-bottle-waste-in-road-projects-1220">Dating basura, magiging kalsada: DPWH to use PET bottle waste in road projects</a></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div style="text-align:center"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7I3Q4KQq7lM?si=ulPFTCHtg7nY0NkN" title="YouTube video player" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>

<p>Officials from the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and the Pasig local government appeal to Filipinos to throw their trash properly to prevent flooding as the rainy season nears.</p>

Officials from the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and the Pasig local government appeal to Filipinos to throw their trash properly to prevent flooding as the rainy season nears.

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MMDA, Pasig officials call on Filipinos to throw trash properly to prevent floods

Agatha Gregorio,

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Published May 20, 2025 01:01 PM PHT

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