Around 163 metric tons of garbage have been hauled from the stretch of Baseco Beach in Barangay 649, Tondo in Manila as of Wednesday, the city government said.
Nine members of the Department of Public Services (DPS) Baseco Beach Warriors have been hauling trash off the area every day since January.
They recently received new PVC boats from the city government to help them in doing their jobs.
DPS Director Kenneth Amurao called on residents of the barangay to help them in maintaining the cleanliness of Baseco Beach.
"Kailangan po natin ang kooperasyon ng bawat isa. Lilinisin at lilinisin po namin ito sapagkat ito ang aming trabaho ngunit bilang mamamayan, dapat sa atin mismo magsimula ang disiplina (We need the cooperation of each one of you. We will continue to clean this because it is our job, but as citizens, the discipline should start from ourselves)," he said in a statement.
"Para rin ito sa inyo at sa inyong mga anak nang matamasa nila ang maayos at malinis na Baseco (This is for also for your children so they can experience an orderly and clean Baseco)," he added.
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163 tons of garbage hauled from Baseco Beach since January
By MINKA KLAUDIA S. TIANGCO
Around 163 metric tons of garbage have been hauled from the stretch of Baseco Beach in Barangay 649 as of Wednesday, the city government said.
Nine members of the Department of Public Services (DPS) Baseco Beach Warriors have been hauling trash off the area every day since January.
They recently received new PVC boats from the city government to help them in doing their jobs.
DPS Director Kenneth Amurao called on residents of the barangay to help them in maintaining the cleanliness of Baseco Beach.
"Kailangan po natin ang kooperasyon ng bawat isa. Lilinisin at lilinisin po namin ito sapagkat ito ang aming trabaho ngunit bilang mamamayan, dapat sa atin mismo magsimula ang disiplina (We need the cooperation of each one of you. We will continue to clean this because it is our job, but as citizens, the discipline should start from ourselves)," he said in a statement.
"Para rin ito sa inyo at sa inyong mga anak nang matamasa nila ang maayos at malinis na Baseco (This is for also for your children so they can experience an orderly and clean Baseco)," he added.