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Some residents in Barangay Paco in Obando, Bulacan expressed worry over the cracks in a nearby dike, where water continued to flow amid the high tide and bad weather.Kagawad Uldog Jacinto first shared photos and videos on social media about the cracks in the embankment to raise awareness of the incident, saying it was time to act on this.“Nangangamba yung mga tao, lalo na yung may-ari ng bahay na baka magtuloy-tuloy kaya kailangan nang aksyunan. Yung tagas kasi tulad niyan, okay lang naman.” he said. “Kaya lang pag bumigay yan, makikita mo... Mainam pa rin na magkaroon ng total rehabilitation para maging pang-matagalan yung solusyon.”Officials from Barangay Paco began putting sandbags around the dike to stifle water pressure and prevent the continuous flow of water from the other side.But Francisco Santiago, whose house is in front of the dike, described the measure as a stop gap. He, however, thanked the officials for the quick response.“Yung asawa ko, ayaw tumingin. Sobrang nakakatakot. Kung isipin mo ang paglubog ng baha, paglubog ng bahay, bigla yan pag dumating” Santiago said.“In fairness naman sa munisipyo, hindi pinapabayaan, kaya nga lang remedy lang. Pagka high tide, yan ang problema, itutulak ang pader na yan,” he added. Roberto Marquez, the village chairman, urged residents not to worry.“Actually hindi nasira... tagas, so tumatagas yun sa ilalim, maaaring substandard, to be honest substandard kaya tumatagas yun,” Marquez said.“So ngayon, hindi sira... kung saka-sakali ngang bumigay, ang tapon niyan, sa ilog din. Palaisdaan mula sa ilog. Gagapang muna ang tubig sa ilog,” he added.For its part, the municipality of Obando vowed to rehabilitate not only the dike but also other related infrastructures in their area.Obando Mayor Ding Valeda also admitted that the infrastructure was already old.“Yung problemang yun nakita na namin noon pa. Yung sa sitwasyon ay hindi naman siya masyadong critical kaya inadvise ko sila, after mag-lowtide at humupa na ang panahon, eh agaran naming ipaaayos yang area na yan,” Valeda told ABS-CBN News in a phone call.“Siyempre sa tagal ng panahon, 10 years na po eh. Sa 10 years, hindi na natin masasabi kung gaano katibay ang gravity wall. Kahit anong inikutan ko ngayon kahit sea wall ay kinakalawang na rin,” he added.

Some residents in Barangay Paco in Obando, Bulacan expressed worry over the cracks in a nearby dike, where water continued to flow amid the high tide and bad weather.

Some residents in Barangay Paco in Obando, Bulacan expressed worry over the cracks in a nearby dike, where water continued to flow amid the high tide and bad weather.

Residents of Paco, Obando worry over cracks in dike; authorities vow rehabilitation

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Residents of Paco, Obando worry over cracks in dike; authorities vow rehabilitation

Job Manahan,

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Published Jul 24, 2025 06:58 PM PHT

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