Delikado (94 min)
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Palawan appears to be an idyllic tropical island. Its powder-white beaches and lush forests have made it one of Asia’s hottest new tourist destinations. But for a tiny network of environmental crusaders and vigilantes trying to protect its spectacular natural resources, it is more akin to a battlefield. DELIKADO follows Bobby, Tata and Nieves, three magnetic leaders of this network, as they risk their lives in David versus Goliath-style struggles trying to stop politicians and businessmen from destroying the Philippines’ “last ecological frontier”. It is a timely film emblematic of the struggles globally for land defenders as they are being killed in record numbers trying to save natural resources from being plundered by corporations and governments. As the world faces its sixth-mass extinction and the climate emergency worsens, DELIKADO offers a story of courage and resilience to inspire others into action. It is also a unique expose of former president Rodrugo Duterte’s “war on drugs’ in the Philippines, which claimed thousands of lives and the International Criminal Court of Justice has said may amount to a crime against humanity. DELIKADO shows the drug war was used as a tool for politicians to control the levers of economic and political power. DELIKADO offers a story of courage and resilience to inspire others into action.
Hot Docs | Ravi Srinivasan
“Delikado is a timely environmental thriller on how corrupt corporate and political interests are swallowing small Indigenous communities across the globe by diminishing their resources and limiting their power, one tree at a time.”
Human Rights Watch | Luciana Tellez-Chavez, Researcher, Environment and Human Rights Division
“Delikado is an important and powerful film. The tension is palpable throughout … but so is the incredible courage of the environmental defenders portrayed.”
Golden Globe Awards | Silvia Bizio
“a timely environmental thriller”
The Sundance Institute | Paola Mottura, Director of the Documentary Film Fund
“Delikado offers a breathtaking insight into what it means to be an environmental activist in the Philippines today”
Unseen Films | Steve Kopian
“Delikado is a hell of a film….Shot like a thriller…..Be prepared to get angry.”
Citation
Main credits
Malakunas, Karl (screenwriter)
Malakunas, Karl (film director)
Malakunas, Karl (film producer)
Nix, Laura (screenwriter)
Collins, Michael (screenwriter)
Other credits
Cinematography, Tom Bannigan; editor, Michael Collins, Eric Daniel Metzgar; music, Nainita Desai.
Distributor subjects
Philippines; Land Defenders; Tourism & Climate Change; Human Rights; ActivismKeywords
FULL FILM TRANSCRIPT - DOCUMENTARY FILM “DELIKADO”
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ORIGINAL LANGUAGE dialogue and text |
ENGLISH TRANSLATION |
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Opening Credits FADE TO BLACK |
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00:00:38 |
Birds chirping Gecko sound |
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00:00:41 |
TEXT ON BLACK The island of Palawan in the Philippines contains one of the oldest, largest and most diverse rainforests in the world. |
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ADDITIONAL TEXT ON BLACK It is also one of the most dangerous places to be a land defender. |
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Para-Enforcer 00:01:37 |
Ingatan Mo po kaming lahat, Panginoon.
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Take care of us, Lord.
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00:01:39 |
Patuloy po kaming proteksyunan ng Iyong Banal na Espiritu. |
Please provide us protection, Your Holy Spirit. |
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00:01:44 |
Panalangin ko Panginoon kung ano po ang mga plano ng kaaway sa amin hindi magtatagumpay. |
I pray, Lord, our enemy’s plans will not succeed.
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00:01:45 |
Kung ‘di, Panginoon kami ang magtatagumpay. |
Instead, the Lord shall prevail. |
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00:01:47 |
Alam Mo, Panginoon ang aming pinaglalaban ang kagubatan. |
You know, Lord, we are fighting for the environment. |
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00:01:49 |
Kaya, Ikaw Panginoon ang lumikha nito. |
------ (You have created this.) |
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00:01:52 |
Kami rin po Panginoon ang pinagkatiwalaan na mag-iingat nito. |
We know, Lord, you expect us to take care of it. |
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00:01:53 |
Ito po ang aming dalangin sa pangalan ng Panginoong Jesus, amen. |
This is our prayer, in Jesus' name, Amen. |
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Tata 00:01:58 |
Psst. |
Psst.
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00:02:48 |
CHARGEN “Kap” Ruben Arzaga |
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Kap 00:02:48 |
(whispering) May nagko-kopra rito sa kabila.
(enacting the words) Nadidinig ko. |
----- (Someone’s cutting the trees over there.)
----- (I can hear them.) |
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00:02:56 |
CHARGEN Tata Balladares |
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Para-Enforcer 00:02:58 |
Upo ka muna. Magtago lang tayo nang matagal. |
----- (Stay seated) ----- (Let’s keep hidden.) |
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Tata 00:03:10 |
Mag ----
isa-isa lang. |
Now if we crawl this way,
we should do it one by one. |
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Hindi tayo dapat makita.
Baka makita tayo dito sa lookout dito,
todas tayo. |
------(We shouldn’t be seen.)
Because if the lookout spots us,
we're dead. |
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Para-Enforcer 00:03:15 |
Kuhain natin yung lookout? |
Do we apprehend the lookout? |
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Tata 00:03:16 |
Ha? |
What? |
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Para-Enforcer 00:03:17 |
Ang lookout, hahawakan? |
Are we dealing with the lookout? |
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Tata 00:03:19 |
Ah, hindi mo kailangan.
Babarilan ka. |
Ah no.
He will shoot you. |
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Tata 00:03:45 |
Ito talaga.
Malapit na yang lugar,
huwag apurahin.
Walang nakakita sa atin so huwag nating apurahin. |
------ (This is the area.)
------ (It’s quite near.)
Let's not rush the seizure.
No one has spotted us so let's not rush it. |
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Tata 00:04:16 |
Psst... Psst... Urong. Huwag mong lapitan yun. |
----- (Psst... Psst... Back up) ----- (Don’t go near it.) |
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Tata 00:04:22 |
Huwag na tayong... Huwag kayong mag lapit. Huwag kayong mag lapit. |
----- (Let’s not...) Don’t go near it. |
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Tata 00:04:42 |
Double time, double time na. Bilisan mo nang paggawa. |
Double time... rush it. |
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Tata 00:04:44 |
Gawa na kaagad. Sibat na tayo |
Just work on it quickly and let's leave. |
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Tata 00:05:04 |
Bilisan mo nang gawin. |
Work on that quickly. |
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Para-Enforcer 00:05:08 |
Matigas.
Don’t panic. Don’t panic.
Tapos na. Tapos na. |
Some tough metal...
Don’t panic.
We’re done. |
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Tata 00:05:42 |
Itong laban namin bilang sa pagpo-protekta ng ating likas yaman lalong-lalo na dito sa Palawan
ay isang giyera nga ito para sa amin. |
Our struggle to protect the environment
is actually a war for us. |
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00:05:52 |
CHARGEN Tata Balladares PNNI Para-Enforcer |
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Tata 00:05:57 |
Marami sila na aming kalaban. |
We have so many enemies. |
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00:06:02 to 00:07:50 |
OBB |
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00:07:50 to 00:08:00 00:08:00 to 00:08:05 |
Title Card: DELIKADO FADE TO BLACK |
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00:08:40 |
CHARGEN Palawan NGO Network Inc. (PNNI) Headquarters |
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Bobby 00:08:43 |
Ah, Chicken. Ngayon si Pio. Ngayon si Senkyu. Ngayon si Pio. |
Ah Chicken. ---- (Now it’s Pio.) ---- (Now it’s Senkyu.) -----(Now it’s Pio.) |
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Para-Enforcer 00:08:54 |
Si Pio. So sasama daw siya kasi hindi... |
---- (It’s Pio. He said he’ll go...) |
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Bobby 00:09:09 |
OK lang. Ok. Sige lang, no problem. No problem. |
---- (It’s ok.) ---- (It’s ok, no problem.) |
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Tata 00:09:11 |
Grabe, pahirapan.
Nawasak kahapon yung isang gulong. |
We had a tough time.
We busted a tire yesterday. |
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Para-Enforcer 00:09:13 |
Wasak. |
---- (Destroyed) |
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Tata 00:09:13 |
Wasak na wasak talaga eh. |
It was totally destroyed |
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Bobby 00:09:15 |
Pare, bago yun. |
That was a new tire. |
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Para-Enforcer 00:09:16 |
Kaya nga po, Sir.
Sorry sir.
Pasensya na. |
----- ( I know, Sir.)
Sorry sir.
Sorry Sir. |
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Bobby 00:09:22 |
Grabe ang gastos natin.
Kinakain natin ang savings natin. |
We have so many expenses.
We are using up our savings... |
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Bobby 00:09:29
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The reason why we created para-enforcers is to create a deterrent against illegal logging and illegal fishing in the province. Because 10 years ago, there was absolutely no fear by the violators to log or to fish illegally. |
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00:09:39 |
CHARGEN Bobby Chan Attorney Executive Director of PNNI |
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Bobby 00:09:52 |
People see it as a really nice tourist destination, but they don’t see that inside, it’s eating itself up. Now there’s a frenzy of influx of people - investors, tourists, businessmen - to bring their commercial enterprise into the province. |
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Bobby 00:10:17
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We need third world solutions to third world problems, so we decided, let’s try to put our efforts on environmental enforcement. I caught my first chainsaw, and then being a neophyte, I surrendered it to the authorities. And then after three months, I caught it again. Before, all they had to do was pay a bribe and they get the chainsaw back. So I decided that’s the last time I would surrender a chainsaw to the authorities in this province. I’m an excellent lawyer, so I know… Especially environmental law. |
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Tata 00:11:09 |
Bweluhan na natin.
Kap. (makes a come here gesture with his hand) |
----- (Let’s start the seizure.)
Kap, come here. |
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Bobby 00:11:10
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I wouldn’t say that we work outside of the law. I think we work within the law. That’s why we’re revolving around the concept of citizen’s arrest. |
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Tata 00:11:23
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Stop!
Tigil!
Lapag! Lapag!
Oh, ikot! Ikot!
Takpin niyo na ito.
Walang kikilos. Bulog (is this a name of one of the para-enforcers?)
Relax lang ha.
Ikot. Ikot. Ikot.
Dito lang kayo. Dito lang kayo sa...
Stop lang ha. |
Stop!
Stop!
Get down! Get down!
Surround them!
Cover it.
No one move.
Just relax.
Surround the perimeter.
Stay here. |
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Bobby 00:11:40 |
It’s not totally illegal, but it’s meta-legal. It’s somewhat legal. |
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Tata 00:11:47 |
Ikot lang ha.
Sa PNNI ito ha? Secured. |
Surround them...
We are from PNNI, okay? Secured. |
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Tata 00:11:53 |
Sa batas kasi ng illegal logging ay kailangan mong magputol
kung dala mo ung permit ng kahoy at saka rehistro ng makina.
Sapagkat ang makina ngayon meron tayong Chainsaw Act ha. PCSD Chainsaw Act.
Naintindihan din namin yung kalagayan ninyo ha.
Na ito ay tanda lang siguro ng kahirapan
although may ibang hanapbuhay...
O talagang hanapbuhay na talaga ninyo? |
According to the law, you can only cut trees
When you have the permit and the registration for the chainsaw
because we have the PCSD Chainsaw Act.
We also understand your situation.
That maybe, you’re doing this because of poverty…
------ (Although there are other sources of income)
Is this your main source of income? |
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Violator 00:12:12 |
Tanda lang ng kahirapan, sir. |
We have no choice, sir. |
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Tata 00:12:12 |
Ok. |
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Bobby 00:12:16
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Sometimes it’s addicting. After you get your first chainsaw, you just need a couple of days rest and then you want to go back into the forest and get some more.
How do you think we came up with around 700 of them?
So, we decided to graduate from catching chainsaws to going after the conveyances. |
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Tata 00:12:45 |
Kumpiskahin namin yung bangka mo.
Pagtapos magfa-file po kami ng kaukulang kaso sa iyo. |
We are confiscating the boat
and then we’ll file a case against you. |
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Bobby 00:12:52
00:13:20
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The trucks, the jeepneys, the tricycles, the boats, the ships. Everything that carried illicit or hot lumber, we decided to confiscate them so that we can establish a bigger deterrence. Of course now I have four more like this in the pier, but this was the first.
This museum is actually a statement to show the communities that it can be done by ordinary people, that there is a group now in the province that is not afraid and that wants to do things differently.
When I caught my first chainsaw, it was with Tata.
When I met Tata, he was a logger, you understand? He did the logging himself. |
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Tata 00:13:56 |
Isang... isang... isang masalimuot siya na kuwento. |
That’s a… That’s a very complicated story.
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TEXT ON BLACK In the late 1970s, the Philippine Military created a special force to defend Palawan from Muslim and communist rebels, and to protect natural resources. |
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ADDITIONAL TEXT ON BLACK To escape poverty as a teenager, Tata signed up. |
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Tata 00:14:18
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Oo, under kami nuon ni ano... under kami nuon ni General Angeles.
Siya yung naging general nuon sa WesCom nung mga time na yun. |
Yes, we were under General Angeles.
He was the general of WesCom at that time. |
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Tata 00:14:28 |
Isang umaga nga, nagulat na lang ako sa kampo namin habang nagdu-duty ako. May isang lantsang dumating.
Tapos nung dumating yung lantsa, ang dala pala duon sa lantsa ay 22 na chainsaw galing Malaysia na mga bago. |
One morning at the camp, ----- (I was shocked) ----- while I was on duty) a flatboat suddenly arrived
and I learned that it was carrying
22 new chainsaws from Malaysia. |
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Tata 00:14:45 |
Kaya nga parang nagugulat din kami nuon kung kami yung dapat na magpo-proteksyon sa kagubatan tapos... parang... ang tuloy kami pa yung... |
We were shocked and confused because we thought we were there to protect the forest but it turned out the other way around... |
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Tata 00:15:12 |
Hindi namin akalain na isang araw ay... ang nabalitaan na lang namin na yung mga kadre namin, yung mga opisyal namin ay parang... sila na yung mga ka-transaksyon. |
We never expected that one day we’d learn that our officials
were the ones making deals. |
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Tata 00:15:32 |
Yun na nagsimula yung illegal logging dito sa Palawan. |
That’s how illegal logging started in Palawan. |
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Tata 00:15:40 |
Nung that time na yun, nung ako sa isang araw kaya kong pumutol ng mga 60 puno na Kamagong,
60 puno yan, na malalaking puno yung kaya kong putulin yan sa isang araw lang. |
Those days, I could cut up 60 Kamagong trees per day.
60 big trees, every day. |
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Tata 00:15:52 |
Kaya halos daan-daan, thousand na puno yung na... napipinsala. |
That’s thousands of… of destroyed trees. |
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Tata 00:16:03 |
Kasi siyempre sa military kasi yung tinatawag natin na follow the leader eh, minsan ginagamit na lang. Kaya naisip ko na tutal naging peaceful naman, alis na lang ako sa ganitong trabaho. |
Of course in the military, you’re supposed to follow the leader but when I felt that we were being used, and our land was finally free of conflict I decided to quit the job. |
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Tata 00:16:21 |
Yung dati kong nagawang mali dati ay... parang pagsisilbihan ko na nang husto.
Parang sabi ko lang ba na, ibubuwis ko na ung aking buhay para lang makabawi ako dun sa una kong mali na ginagawa. |
So I thought, even with all the mistakes I’ve made I can still do my best to serve.
---- (I said to myself) I’ll risk my life to make up for all I’ve done wrong. |
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FADE TO BLACK |
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TEXT ON VIDEO El Nido Palawan’s Main Tourist Town |
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Nieves 00:17:03 |
Oooh hoo! Oooh hoo! |
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00:17:09 |
CHARGEN Nieves Rosento Mayor of El Nido |
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Nieves 00:17:38 |
Magandang umaga po.
Kailangan din po natin, ‘di ba? kami ngayon sa palengke bawal na ang plastic.
Ano ang binibili namin? Kailangan po namin ng maraming basket. |
Good morning.
Plastics are banned in our wet market
so when we buy goods, we should use baskets instead. |
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Old woman 00:18:03 |
Mayora... |
Look at my mayor. |
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Speaker 00:18:13 |
Ninang...
Ano yun?
Saka na lang... |
Godmother?
Yes?
We’ll talk later. |
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Nieves 00:18:16 |
I have to take relax. |
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Nieves 00:18:19 |
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Let’s eat. |
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Nieves 00:18:23 |
Ibigay mo sa akin... hindi ko na-ano yun. |
------ (Give it to me.) No, I haven't heard. |
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Speaker 00:18:25 |
Hektarya nga po Mayor ang kinaingin nila. |
Hectares of forest have been cleared, Mayor. |
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Speaker 00:18:30 |
Ibigay mo sa akin. Ibigay mo sa akin. |
Give the report to me. Give it to me. |
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Nieves 00:18:31 |
Saan na yung picture?
Meron po kaming mga reports dun sa PAO. (PAO sound was edited out?) |
Where are the pictures?
We already filed with the Public Attorney’s office. |
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Nieves 00:18:33 |
Ibigay mo sa akin. Ibigay niyo. |
Give me those reports. |
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Speaker 00:18:34 |
Pinicture-an namin, pinutol-putol nila... Tapos ngayon nag-aano na naman kasi yung taga... |
We took photos of them cutting down… They’re doing widespread clearing. |
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Nieves 00:18:40 |
Sige, sige. Papuntahan ko kaagad dun.
Pasyalan ko. |
Okay, I’ll have it inspected straight away.
I’ll go visit. |
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Nieves 00:18:47
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I live a simple life because my father is a farmer. My parents wanted that I should be involved in finance, in banking. But when I was in college I get really involved in community development projects and environmental groups.
I'm just only 20 years old, going to 21 when somebody informed me that there is a project in El Nido. I decided to be part of the team. That’s also the one reason why I entered in the governance because of the concern of the environment. It’s just only recently that we have tourism. Tourists are coming here because we have a lot of nice forests... the rivers, the seas.
Tourism is really an income which boosts the economy of Palawan. But we have to promote Palawan as an eco-tourism destination, not just a mass tourism. Not all of the areas should be converted into commercial areas. |
I live a simple life because my father is a farmer. My parents wanted that I should be involved in finance and banking. But when I was in college I got really involved in community development projects and environmental groups.
I'm just only 20 years old, going on 21 when somebody informed me that there is a project in El Nido. I decided to be part of the team. That’s also the one reason why I entered in the governance because of the concern of the environment. It’s just only recently that we have tourism. Tourists are coming here because we have a lot of nice forests... the rivers, the seas.
Tourism is really an income which boosts the economy of Palawan. But we have to promote Palawan as an eco-tourism destination, not just mass tourism. Not all of the areas should be converted into commercial areas. |
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Nieves 00:20:03
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So tumataas din po yung threats sa aming mga environmental officers.
Tumatapang eh, yung mga illegal loggers
na parang mas lalo po silang nagiging... Hindi na sila natatakot. |
Threats to environmental officers are also increasing here. The illegal loggers are becoming bolder.
They don’t fear anyone anymore. |
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Nieves 00:20:18 |
El Nido, so yung recently lang po meron na naman tayong isang forest ranger namatay because of isang case ng apprehension na nangyari.
Grabe... I’m sorry...
Ang lungkot. |
In El Nido, we recently had a forest ranger
who was killed during an operation.
This is too much.
How sad. |
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Bobby 00:21:05 |
Okay, tulad ng pinag usapan natin ah.
Yung two teams na se-secure ng chainsaw, yung isang team na magse-secure ng safety.
Si Tata ang mangingibabaw pagdating sa operations ah.
Walang hihiwalay. Good luck. |
Okay, just like we discussed.
Tata is in charge of operations.
Nobody splits from the group... Good luck! |
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Bobby 00:21:27 |
When my team leaves for an area, I get a little bit tense because their lives are in danger. I used to go with them, but I’m a bit of a liability already because I’m too slow already. |
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Tata 00:21:57 |
Hindi kagaya ng dati na parang hindi sila, hindi sila matatapang.
May dala na silang mga, mga baril kasi parang meron na silang mga sinasandalan na mga malalaking mga negosyante. |
Illegal loggers used to be complacent and peaceful
but now they carry guns because they’re backed by big businessmen. |
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Bobby 00:22:52
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I’m not really comfortable with having too much, even for myself. So it was easy for me to run a network with even less funding because I really wasn’t used to having more funding. My father was a shoe shine boy for the priests, and they decided to give him an Ateneo education. Now he’s an accountant and he said his kids, his boys, all of us, we went through Ateneo that was run by the Jesuits. That’s the only legacy that he can provide for us. And our motto is to be men for others. Since elementary, law school, doctorate, because Jesus Christ served.
I would like to believe that God is pushing us to do this work. When you try to save his creation, you get a glimpse and a feeling of something that’s divine. It’s indescribable. |
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Speaker 00:26:15 |
Good job. |
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Para-Enforcer 00:26:19 |
Ilang balik... Lima, lima. |
We cut back and across five times. |
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Para-Enforcer 00:26:22 |
Inikot talaga namin bago kami naka ano.... |
We circled all the way around the logging site. |
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Pero, nakuha talaga siya. |
----- (But we found them.) |
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Tata 00:26:25 |
Sabi niya, “Abante na!” Sabi ko, “Huwag.” |
Junior said "Let’s move!" I told him "No." |
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Para-Enforcer 00:26:29 |
Kaingin na... kaingin na bago. |
I said there was a clearing. |
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Para-Enforcer 00:26:32 |
Nakita apat katao. |
We saw four loggers. |
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Tata 00:26:34 |
Mabukahan ka pa ng shotgun diyan ha. Kakahiya rin pa naman itayo yan pag nasapul ka. |
You could have been shot. It would have been embarrassing if we had to carry you out. |
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Kap 00:26:44 |
Yung tao na merong pagbanta sa amin dahil hinuhuli namin sila.
At may mga tao ang reaksyon nila ay lumalaban sa amin.
Kung hindi ito masusugpo ang illegal na gawain o activity, tingin ko, bago magdadalaga at magka pamilya ang anak ko, si bunso mauubos itong malalaking puno. |
The people we arrest threaten us.
Some of them fight back.
If this illegal activity isn’t stopped
I think before my youngest daughter becomes an adult and has her own family all the big trees will be gone. |
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Tata 00:27:18 |
Oh sige, sige... |
Okay... Let’s go. |
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Bobby 00:27:28 |
(singing) Sometimes goodbyes are not forever It doesn’t matter if you’re gone I still believe in us together I understand, more than you think I can You have to go out on your own So you can find your way back home
And somewhere down the road Our roads are gonna cross again It doesn’t really matter when But somewhere down the road I know that heart of yours will come to see That you belong with me |
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Para-Enforcer 00:28:31 |
Again! |
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Bobby 00:28:33 |
Happy Birthday, Dado! |
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Dado 00:28:33 |
Thank you! |
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Bobby 00:28:35 |
Happy Birthday, Dado. |
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Dado 00:28:38 |
Thank you! Thank you! |
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Bobby 00:28:56 |
The mayor of El Nido, she is an ally. We supported her candidacy. We help her in her environmental issues. |
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00:29:16 |
TEXT ON BLACK Mayor Nieves Rosento’s term is nearing its end. She is running for re-election. |
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Nieves 00:29:10 |
Hi. This coming election, this will dictate my future and the future of El Nido. My opponent, Edna Lim she was the mayor for almost 15 years here in El Nido. Actually, she was aligned with Alvarez. So she was aligned with the party of the governor. It’s so hard, it’s so very hard because my opponent, they have a lot of money. But for me, I don’t have that. Just only have, of course, the support of the people… support of the local residents. |
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00:30:23 |
CHARGEN Tagbanua Tribal Meeting |
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Nieves 00:30:20 |
Ito ang aming panalangin sa matamis na pangalan ni Jesu Kristo na aming Tagapagligtas.
Sa ngalan ng Ama, Anak, Espiritu Santo, amen. |
---- (We pray this in the sweet name of our Savious Jesus Christ.)
---- (In the name of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen) |
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Bobby 00:30:33 |
Ito ang mga para-enforcers ko. Kung nakikita niyo, wala silang dala. Lahat iyan naka tsinelas. Si Tata ang nasa gitna pero ang secret ay meron pala siyang kasamang na dalawang Tagbanua
na sumasama sa mga para-enforcers ng PNNI para manghuli ng mga chainsaw sa kanilang gubat.
Nagda-dalawang isip na kaya niyo ring gawin sa inyong mga pamunuan ‘no? |
These are my para-enforcers. As you can see, they are not carrying anything. All of them wear flip flops… Tata is in the middle but the secret is he happens to be with two people from the Tagbanua tribe who joined the PNNI para-enforcers to confiscate chainsaws in the forest.
You can absolutely do this under your own leadership. |
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Woman 00:31:03 |
Sir, duon po sa amin, sa ngayon, parang may pumupunta, o kaya talagang may mga project ngayon dun na... pero yung katulad ng mga... yung mga yan.... Pero yung mga, sabing mga may mga nagpupunta dun, mga nag-aano ng mga tourism.
Ano po yan?
Kung... galing po yan dito sa mataas natin na hindi na pwede ...
Hindi na ibigay yung lupa namin?
O ano ang maging tulong po ninyo Sir Roy?
Ano ang gawin natin duon?
Kasi talaga ngayon na mismo maubos yung ano namin. |
Sir, in our area some people come with projects like those coconut plantations
or they tell us it's for tourism.
What does that mean?
Are those directives coming from top officials?
Do we have to sell our land?
How can you help us?
What can we do?
We don't want to lose our land. |
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Bobby 00:31:39 |
Ngayon, bilang pagkilala ng karapatan niyo bilang isang katutubo na pamahalaan ang sarili niyo, siyempre nasa inyo yung kapangyarihan na mag-okay o hindi,
‘Di ba?
At huwag niyo nang sabihin na malaking tao, malaking tao...
Sino ang namimili? |
Now to recognize your rights as indigenous people
to govern your own affairs, you have the power to say yes or no.
Right? Don’t just keep saying it’s a big and powerful person...
Who is buying the land? |
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Woman 00:31:57 |
Ang sabi po nila ng mga nabilhan, si Gov daw ang bumili |
Those who sold their land said it was the governor... |
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Bobby 00:32:00 |
Si Gov. |
The governor! |
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Remedios 00:32:08 |
Ang mga magagandang lupain malapit sa dagat kung malapit sa mga tourist destinations ay binili na nung pinaka “Tatay ng Probinsiya.” |
The beautiful land by the sea or near tourist destinations have already been bought by the man called “Father of the Province.” |
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00:32:21 |
CHARGEN Remedios Cabral Tagbanua Elder |
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Remedios 00:032:25 |
Kasi nga hindi ko ibebenta sa kanila kaya ang sabi ng dalawang tao niya, “Ipapatay ka ni Ama kung hindi mo yan ibebenta.”
Sabi ko, “Ipaglalaban ko yan kasi libong taon na yan sa mga ninuno ko.”
Iba yung pakiramdam ng katulad sa amin na mag natis dito, netibo dito. Ang damdamin namin nasa lupa.
Parang ito na yung magulang namin yung lupa.
Ang gubat iyan ang buhay ng mga katutubo.
Hawak mo na yung lahat ng mga may hawak tungkol sa kalikasan.
Nakakalungkot ‘di ba? |
Because I won't sell the land to them two of his people told me "The Father will have you killed if you don't sell this.”
I said "I will fight for the land because it has belonged to my ancestors for thousands of years.”
The way we natives feel for the land is different.
Our feelings are fused with the earth.
The earth is like our parent.
The forest is the lifeblood of the indigenous people.
He has control over everything concerning the environment.
It's depressing, right? |
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00:33:31 |
TEXT ON BLACK One of Bobby’s para-enforcers, “Kap” Ruben Arzaga, receives a tip that trees are being illegally cut in the mountains of El Nido. |
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00:33:38 |
ADDITIONAL TEXT ON BLACK Since PNNI does not have the money to send a team to accompany him, Kap investigates with a group of local men. |
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Kap 00:34:19 |
(whispering) Ito ang may-ari nitong....
Ano ang kuwan nato? |
---- (This is the owner of this...)
---- (What is the plan?) |
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00:34:50 |
CUT TO BLACK |
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00:35:45 |
CHARGEN Nieves Rosento Mayor of El Nido |
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Nieves 00:35:45 |
Meron isang pagkakataon tumatawag ho siya sa akin. Kung pano ho niya ide-deal yung mga tumatawag at mga nagte-text po sa kaniya.
Ni-remind ko po siya, “Kap, tayo’y isang mandirigma sa mundong ito.”
Una, nais ko po sa mga illegalista, hindi kami hihinto.
Akala niyo kami’y natatakot. Hindi kami natatakot.
Ang nakakalungkot po... isang linggong nakaburol si Kapitan, dalawang chainsaw sa Barangay Villa Libertad ang nag operate.
Anong puso meron tayo bilang isang kababayan?
Anong puso meron tayo na patuloy natin sinisira ang kalikasan? |
One time, Kap called me
and he said “Mayor, how do I deal with all the threats I’m getting?”
I told him “Kap, we are warriors in this world.”
First, to the illegal loggers we will never stop.
If you think we are afraid, we are not. What is heartbreaking is during this week of Kap’s wake two chainsaw loggers from Villa Libertad cut down trees again.
Do we not have empathy for our own people?
If we keep destroying our environment, what kind of people are we? |
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00:37:21 |
Paanuhin lang po natin yung mga tao... Paanuhin lang po natin ang pamilya. |
People should back up… Let’s make room for the family. |
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Kap’s Daughter 00:37:34 |
(crying) Uwi na tayo, Uwi na tayo. Papa.
Tara na, Papa.
Papa, halika na.
Papa, huwag mo akong iwan.
Papa, nami-miss na kita. |
Let’s go home, Papa.
Come on, Papa.
Papa please, let’s go home.
Please don’t leave me... Papa.
------ (Papa, I miss you.) |
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Bobby 00:37:58
00:38:16 |
Kapitan Arzaga was more than just a para-enforcer. He was our friend and if you… Wait.
We’ve lost many already. Three this year, I think. We have around 13, so… I can’t help but feel responsible especially to the families they left behind. I’m just really close to closing the whole program. I’m seriously considering preventing more deaths like this. |
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Tata 00:38:58 |
Sino pa ang gumawa nito?
Wala na ‘di ba?
Kami na lang.
Ito na lang mga kasamahan namin ang gumawa nito kaya napaka hirap.
Ito, trabaho ito ng gobyerno.
Bakit kami pa nagta-trabaho nito?
Kaya napaka hirap.
Oo, nagbubuwis kami ng buhay. |
Who else will do this?
No one else, right?
We are the only ones.
Only a few of us are doing this so it’s really hard.
This is the government’s job.
Why are we the ones having to do this?
It’s grueling.
We’re sacrificing our lives here. |
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Tata 00:40:21 |
Sige na. |
--- (Go ahead.) |
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Maggie 00:40:30 |
Lagi-lagi yan kami nag uusap pag gabi.
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We talk every night. |
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00:40:37 |
CHARGEN Maggie Balladares |
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00:40:37 |
Sabi ko, “Tama na yan Dear. Pagod na pagod ka na.”
Kasi kung minsan pagdating niya,..
yun na basta lagi ko siyang pinaaalalahanan na, “Mag-ingat ka Dear.”
Sabi niya, alam naman daw niya ang ginagawa niya at saka hindi naman siya basta-basta mag ano yung pumapasok sa mga ganun na... hindi daw nila sigurado. Kagaya nga yung nangyari kay Kap.
Sabi niya, “Kung kasama niya siguro ako nuon, hindi daw yun mangyari.”
Alam ko na rin ang trabaho niya.
Sabi niya, pag hindi na raw niya kaya, kung matanda na raw siya, hindi na niya kaya maglakad, baka raw titigil na rin siya. |
I tell him “You need to stop, you’re exhausted.”
------- ( because sometimes when he comes home...)
I always remind him to be careful.
He says he knows what he’s doing and his team doesn’t go into dangerous areas unless they are sure of their security.
Not like what happened to Kap.
He said “If I were with him, that would never have happened.”
I know what the job entails.
He said if he can no longer do it if he gets too old and frail to conduct operations
then he might retire. |
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Tata 00:41:44
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Tingnan mo na rin kung anong activities ni Roy.
Pag mag takbo sila, hindi natin kayang abutin.
Ang bilis. |
Roy, monitor their activity.
If they run away, we won’t be able to catch up with them.
They’re fast… |
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Tata 00:42:03 |
Anong lugar ito brod? Anong lugar?
Meron kayong tinatago brod ha.
Relax lang kayo.
Steady lang kayo, naka-upo ha.
May tinatago kayong sodium. |
Hey brother, what area is this? Where are we?
Brothers, looks like you’re hiding something...
Just relax!
Stay where you are.
You’re hiding sodium cyanide. |
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Tata 00:42:27 |
Ito Roy, Lapu. Yan oh, maamo na siya.
Positive ito, nakuha sa sodium yan ah.
Relax ka lang brod. Upo ka lang diyan brod.
Brod, layo layo ka kaunti sa bangka brod. |
Roy look, it’s a lapu-lapu fish. There, it’s already moving.
We’re positive this was caught with sodium cyanide.
Just relax there brother, stay seated.
Stay away from the boat, brother. |
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00:42:38 |
Ayan, ayan oh! Positive oh!
Picture-an mo! Picture-an mo! Yan, positive.
This boat is illegal fishing. |
There! It’s positive!
Take a picture! It’s positive!
This boat is illegally fishing. |
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00:42:47 |
Steady lang kayo To, relax lang kayo.
Tingnan niyo mga posisyon niyo. |
Stay put, relax.
Stay in your positions. |
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Magsabi na lang kayo ng totoo.
Sa inyo ito ‘di ba?
Alam naman natin yan sa inyo talaga ito.
Kasi hindi naman namin kayo dadalhin.
Pauwiin na namin kayo. |
Just tell us the truth.
---- (This is yours, right?)
because we know this is yours.
We won’t arrest you.
We will let you go home. |
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00:42:57 |
May pamilya ka?
Ilan ang anak mo? |
You have a family?
How many children do you have? |
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Fisherman 00:43:00 |
Anim |
Six. |
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Tata 00:43:00 |
Ilan ang asawa?
Ah, isa lang?
Joke, pinapatawa lang kita.
Huwag kang kabahan, pinapatawa lang kita.
Relax ka lang. Hindi naman kami... |
How many wives do you have?
Just one?
Just kidding, I’m just making you laugh.
Don’t be afraid, I’m just making you laugh.
Relax, we’re not going to… |
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Tata 00:43:08 |
Ang sa amin, salamat din kami na wala rin naman kayong ginagawang aksyon.
Ano, basta kami, mag ano lang, mag usap usap lang tayo.
Sa Batas ng Pangisdaan, bawal gumamit ng nakakalasong bagay sa karagatan.
Baka sakaling ang aming abugado na si Atty. Robert Chan ng Palawan NGO Network o PNNI na pakawalan kayo ha.
Nasa kaniya ang desisyon kaya tatawagan namin siya mamaya. |
For us, we’re thankful that you aren’t resisting.
What matters to us is that we talk.
Under fisheries law it is prohibited to use poisonous substances in the ocean. Maybe our lawyer, Attorney Robert Chan of the Palawan NGO Network maybe he will let you off the hook.
It’s his decision so we will call him later.
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Tata 00:43:36 |
Siguro naman, hindi naman namin kayo dito iwanan kasi alam naman ang isla.
Itabi rin naman namin kayo kung saan kayo nanggagaling.
Duon, kaya lang ‘di ba? |
We won’t leave you here, we know it’s an island.
We’ll bring you back home.
------ (Over there.) |
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We won’t leave you here. |
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Tata 00:43:45 |
Ito To, huwag kang... huwag kayong mag ano sa amin, ito part ito ng trabaho ha. |
Please don’t hold grudges, we’re just doing our job.
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Tata 00:43:50 |
Pasalamat lang kayo kasi merong nagpa-patrolya sa ating karagatan.
Na ang ating din naman sunod na henerasyon ng ating mga anak ay mayroon pang maabutan na ganito. |
Be thankful there are people patrolling the sea.
So that the future generations, our children,
will still have something to see. |
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Tata 00:44:40 |
Nanggaling si Lolo sa operasyon.
Kid: Ha?
Galing si Lolo sa operation, pagod.
Kid: Ano yun?
Ha? Wala |
Grandpa just came from an operation.
What?
Grandpa came from an operation and he’s tired.
----- (What is that?)
------ (Nothing...)
You'll stay with me? |
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00:45:03 |
Sige, tulak!
Tulak! Tulak! |
---- (Ok, push!)
---- (Push! Push!) |
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00:45:09 |
Time out, time out...
1, 2, 3...
Baba, baba. |
Down, down |
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Bobby 00:45:32
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The decimation of this area has been more or less 50 hectares of mangrove forest and our para-enforcers wasted no time in confiscating the elusive chainsaw responsible for the… for the… Responsible for the…destruction. Pero, another word for the destruction. Responsible for the…Blegh!” |
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Bobby 00:46:10 |
Our biggest threat now is when politicians have their way, all at the expense of our remaining forests, and we have to stop these politicians and we have to stop our governor. |
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00:46:32 |
CHARGEN Jose Alvarez Governor of Palawan |
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Bobby 00:46:41 |
The governor owned a logging company in the province, 1991, 1992. You know once a logger, always a logger. |
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Bobby 00:46:57 |
You see a large amount of forests being cleared so that they can build plantations. And that is what’s happening now. |
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Alvarez 00:47:09 |
Ang Palawan napaka lawak na teritoryo..
Pinaka malaking probinsiya sa buong Pilipinas. |
Palawan is such a wide territory.
It’s the largest province in the entire Philippines. |
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Alvarez 00:47:13 |
In three years, I built 5,580 kilometers of roads with a justification that we should develop the last frontier in order to contribute to the national economy. |
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Alvarez 00:47:27 |
Hindi pwede yung patulog-tulog, napaka laki, napaka yamang probinsya.
Tulog.
Pero yung pine-prepare ko talaga for the next generation.. |
Palawan cannot just be sleeping, it’s a big and rich province.
And sit dormant? What I’m really preparing for the next generation is... |
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Alvarez 00:47:36 |
Palawan becomes the Hawaiian Islands of the United States. |
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Interviewer 00:47:38 |
Wow... |
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Bobby 00:47:41
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In this province, there are very few individuals who will say no to him. And our group is one of them. In fact, we're the biggest opposition, but it's nice because if the loggers see that if the governor himself cannot get his chainsaws back, then nobody can. |
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Bobby 00:48:06 |
Last sentence. Last sentence. Big finish Roy. |
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Bobby 00:48:11 |
Bible verse for the governor, something about Hell. ‘For there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. For there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth…’ |
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Bobby 00:48:26 |
Print. Sign, sign people, and let's file it today. |
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00:48:36 |
CHARGEN Office of the Governor Jose Alvarez |
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00:48:59 |
TEXT ON BLACK Governor Alvarez declined to be interviewed for the film.
He responded publicly to one of Bobby’s letters. |
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Alvarez 00:49:06 |
Now, nag sulat si Bobby Chan. |
Now, Bobby Chan has written another letter. |
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Alvarez 00:49:12 |
Ano ba ang ginagawa natin? |
---- (What are we doing?) |
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Alvarez 00:49:13 |
Makinig na lang tayo kay Bobby Chan palagi?
Kung makakalait sa atin dito para akala mo siya lang ang marunong.
Did you read his letter, sister? It’s so repulsive, insulting, obtrusive.
Eh hindi naman siya pinili ng tao. |
Why do we have to listen to what he has to say all the time?
He mocks us as if he’s the only smart person here.
Did you read his letter, sister? It’s so repulsive, insulting, obtrusive.
He’s not even an elected official |
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Alvarez 00:49:31 |
Ito si Atty. Bobby Chan, sobra na ito siya. |
Attorney Bobby Chan is crossing the line. |
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Alvarez 00:49:36 |
Dahil hindi naman tayo pwedeng magpa insulto-insulto lang nang ganito, maraming tao.
Mas matanda ako sa kaniya, kung gusto niya, suntukan kami.
Ano gusto niya, giyera? |
because we can’t let these kind of men insult us.
I’m older, but if he wants to fight with our fists then sure.
What does he want, war? |
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00:49:53 |
CHARGEN Biodiversity Festival, Palawan |
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Alvarez 00:49:53 |
Ladies and gentlemen, it is my great pride and honor to introduce to you, Rodrigo Roa Duterte, President, Republic of the Philippines. |
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Duterte 00:50:12 |
Maraming salamat po. |
Thank you very much. |
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Duterte 00:50:14 |
Kindly sit down. Thank you for your courtesy. Just to give honor, and maybe I'll have to also acknowledge the persons here. Congressman Frederick Abueg, Palawan Governor Jose Alvarez. |
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Duterte 00:50:35 |
Pinsan ko man yan. Sa totoo lang.
I never thought na ganun kalaki ang boto na makuha ko, wala akong pera.
Huwag kang malungkot Gov, ha.
Tutal nagtulong ka man sa akin sa pera pero medyo kulang man yun. |
In all honesty, he’s my cousin.
I never thought I’d get a lot of votes
because I didn’t have money.
Governor, don’t feel bad.
You helped fund my campaign but you didn’t give me enough. |
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Duterte 00:50:58 |
Palawan is critical. Very critical. |
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Duterte 00:51:03 |
Akin lang is this is a beautiful place. It is a resort.
Alam mo ang sabihin ko, pati mga barangay dito? |
For me, this is not just a beautiful place, it is a resort.
You know what I tell everyone including in the villages here? |
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Duterte 00:51:13 |
Just follow rules. |
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Radio Host 00:51:19 |
Mga brigada alas nwebe disinwebe na po ng umaga.
Ito nasa kabilang linya naman natin si Sir Gilbert, magandang uamga po.
Alam ho natin isa ho kayo sa mga mataas na opisyal diyan sa kapitolyo na talagang magiging in-charge sa pag... para mapangalagaan yung... at ma proteksyunan yung kalikasan natin sa Palawan, Sir.
Pero iba ho yung pananaw dito ng ating Executive Director ng PNNI, si Atty. Robert “Bobby” Chan. |
Alright, fellow brigade members it’s 9:29 in the morning.
Here on the other line, we have… Sir Gilbert, good morning.
We know you’re one of the high-ranking officials in the capital who is in charge of protecting the environment in Palawan, Sir.
But now the Executive Director of PNNI sees it differently. Attorney Robert “Bobby” Chan. |
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Sir Gilbert 00:51:46 |
Hindi kami magkakilala ni Bobby Chan, wala rin akong pakialam sa kaniya.
Pero huwag niya lang iki-criticize ang governor.
Kung putang ina si governor sa iyo, putang ina ka rin.
Sabi mo hindi ka nagpaputol ng buhok.
Sisiguraduhin ko sa iyo, sasayad ang buhok mo sa lupa. |
Bobby Chan and I don’t know each other and I don’t give a damn about him.
He just needs to stop criticizing the governor.
If you think the governor is a mother fucker, then you’re a mother fucker too.
You said you haven’t had your hair cut…
Well I assure you, your hair will touch the ground. |
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Bobby 00:52:06
00:52:27 |
One of the right hand men of the governor threatened to kill me in radio. So we're a little bit apprehensive because suddenly they're casing our joints. Because of that, we consider every day as a red alert day.
I can't go anywhere except to church because of the threats against me, even with Tata. |
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Tata 00:52:36 |
Sa security, 3 meters and 7 meters, pero dalawa. |
For security, we’ll have two people stationed 3 and 7 meters away. |
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Bobby 00:52:55 |
My daughter used to be close to me. Now she's closer to my wife. They have to be relocated to Manila and stay there so that they won't be in harm's way. My wife doesn't want me to do this. The wife of Tata doesn't want him to do this. All our families don't want us to do this, but it's like, you have this singularity of purpose that makes your mind clear that this is what you have to do when you get up in the morning. Yeah, I'd like to believe it's grace. |
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Nieves’ Staff 00:53:49 |
Alam mo naman ang kabila. Mainitan yan lagi. |
You know your opponents. They fight fire with fire.
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Be careful. |
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I'll go ahead. Don’t be afraid. |
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00:54:04 |
CHARGEN Adelita ARzaga Kap Ruben’s Widow |
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Adellita & Nieves 00:54:04 |
Amoy pawis...
Musta? Musta?.
Medyo ok naman po. |
----- (I’m sweaty.)
----- (How are you?)
----- (I’m doing ok.) |
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Nieves 00:54:09 |
Hinarass pa kami ng pulis duon.
Saan?
Manlag? |
The police harassed us again last night.
----- (Where?)
In Manlag? |
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Nieves’ Staff 00:54:11 |
Manlalic |
---- (In Manlalic.) |
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Nieves 00:54:11 |
Kaming dalawa ni Vice.
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Yes, me and the vice mayor. |
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Nieves’ Staff 00:54:13 |
Grabe naman... |
That's crazy. |
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Nieves 00:54:13 |
Grabe ibang mga tao eh. |
Some people are too much. |
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Nieves’ Staff 00:54:16 |
Parang tinawagan ng... |
So someone called them? |
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Nieves 00:54:16 |
Tinawagan.
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Yes, they called the police.
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00:54:18 |
May nanggulo duon... |
---- (Someone started a commotion.) |
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Nieves 00:54:18 |
Tapos sabi namin, parang mga wala pa akong 5 minutes nung dumating ako, maya-maya dumating na yung mga pulis. |
I hadn't been there five minutes
then the police arrived a few moments later. |
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00:54:39 |
CHARGEN Kap Ruben’s Widow and Daughters |
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Adeltita 00:54:48 |
Kaya ang aming dalangin, kapayapaan nawa ang suma amin sa oras na ito Panginoon.
Na walang anumang masamang gagawin po ninuman, ang kaaway sa lugar na ito, sa pagpupulong, o sa pag...
Ito po ang aming dalangin na merong pananampalataya, amen. |
We pray for peace at this time, Lord.
That the mayor’s opponents will not do anything evil to this gathering.
This is our prayer, in complete faith, Amen. |
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Nieves 00:55:06 |
Nakakalungkot pong isipin na ikaw na nagtatanggol ng kalikasan, marami na pong buhay ang ibinuwis.
Buhay po ni Kapitan ng Villa Libertad, Kapitan Arzaga, binuhos niya po sa pagtatanggol ng bayang ito.
Nakakalungkot pong isipin na kami pong nagtatanggol ng kalikasan, na kami pong nagmamahal ng El Nido ay patuloy na inaakusahan ng mga maling bagay.
Nararamdaman ko po, naaalala ko ang lugar na ito.
Sobrang lungkot po. Sobrang lungkot po ang naramdaman ko.
Si Kapitan po ng Villa Libertad dati, kasama po namin sa nagtatanggol sa bayan.
Sabi nga po namin kahit buhay namin, ibubuwis namin upang ipagtanggol ang bayang ito.
Kahit buhay po namin, ibubuwis namin upang patuloy po naming proteksyunan ang bayang ito. |
It’s so sad to think that so many environmental defenders are sacrificing their lives.
The life of Kap Arzaga, the chief of this village.
He was killed defending this town.
It’s so sad to think that environmental defenders, those of us who love El Nido
continue to be accused of things we didn’t do.
I remember… I remember when this place…
It’s very depressing. It hurts so much.
Kap was one of this town’s defenders.
We vowed to risk our lives to defend this town.
We’re willing to sacrifice our lives to protect our home. |
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Bobby 00:56:20 |
Most of the environmental actions of the mayor affect the governor, especially in El Nido. Most of the projects that the governor has been doing are geared towards the benefit of big business and tourism. Because of that, the governor is building roads into forests to commit to those investments. Things are up for grabs and people would like to own islands, beaches with forests. And that's causing a lot of destruction on our…both our coast and the rest of environment because the road network is becoming bigger and it's transgressing into all growth forests. And then there's a frenzy of resort ownerships that eventually destroy our coastal areas. So slowly, the last frontier is becoming the lost frontier. |
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Nieves 00:57:22
00:57:39 |
Who will fight for El Nido, and who will be having this fight to maintain El Nido. We don't want El Nido to be devastated in the future because this is our home.
It is so very hard because I get some threats also. A lot of investors have been affected by all of this. They have money, they have contacts, they have some generals, they have some police groups with them. |
Who will fight for El Nido, and who will be having this fight to maintain El Nido. We don't want El Nido to be devastated in the future because this is our home.
It is so very hard because I get some threats also. A lot of investors have been affected by all of this. They have money, contacts, generals. They have some police groups with them. |
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Edna Lim 00:58:03 |
Una sa lahat, siyempre ang sasabihin ko sa akin pong mamamayanan dito sa bayan ng El Nido, gagawin ko ang lahat ng mga priority para sa bayan ng El Nido. |
First of all, I would tell the people of El Nido
will act on all of El Nido's priorities |
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00:58:11 |
CHARGEN Edna Lim Candidate for Mayor of El Nido |
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Edna Lim 00:58:17 |
At tutulungan ko ang lahat ng mga negosyante especially in the tourism.
We will continue tourism not only here in town but all over in he barangays, existing barangays.
Yan ang nakikita ko.
Boom. |
And I will help all the businessmen especially those in tourism.
We will continue tourism not only here in town but all over the villages. Existing villages.
That’s what I envision.
A boom. |
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News Anchor 00:58:49 |
These are mayor Antonio Halili's last moments captured with a cell phone at a flag-raising ceremony. A national anthem plays, the mayor in the dark suit, hand over heart. The camera cuts away and you hear a single gunshot. |
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Person in the Crowd 00:59:07 |
Oh my God! |
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News Anchor 00:59:11 |
The shooting also caught on camera from behind. Halili runs to the right then drops to the ground. Shot dead, a single bullet to the chest. But the mayor once known as the iron man of Tanauan for his crackdown on crime was most recently suspected of being involved with drugs himself. According to the Philippine News Agency, the country's National Police Commission reportedly placed him on a narco list. |
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News Anchor 00:59:38 |
Human rights watch believes the list is part of President Duterte's attempt to influence the outcome of the elections. The President, however, stands by the list. |
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Duterte 00:59:45 |
At least I kill to protect people. |
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News Anchor 00:59:48 |
Several thousand people have been killed in Duterte's anti-drugs campaign and human rights advocates fear it could be just the start. |
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News Anchor 01:00:22 |
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte releases the controversial list of politicians allegedly involved in illegal drugs. Speaking from Davao City, Duterte read several names on the list, which includes elected officials and candidates for the upcoming May mid-term polls. |
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Duterte 01:00:41 |
My decision to unmask these drug personalities was anchored on my trust in the government agencies who have vetted and validated the narco-list. Nieves Cabuñalda-Rosento, Mayor of El Nido. |
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Duterte 01:00:57 |
Narinig na kita ma’am, noon pa. |
I heard about you, ma’am, way back. |
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Duterte 01:01:01 |
This is actually treason. |
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Duterte 01:01:03 |
Putang inang mga nandiyan sa droga.
Yung mga big time sa probinsiya. |
These drug trafficking sons of bitches…
The big-time traffickers in the province. |
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Duterte 01:01:11 |
They flaunt their joys and their happiness at the expense of the Filipino blood. |
They flaunt their joys and happiness at the expense of the Filipino blood. |
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Duterte 01:01:21 |
At dapat ka talagang mamatay. Putang ina mo! |
Then you deserve to die, you motherfuckers. |
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Duterte 01:01:28 |
Why do you do that to your country? I will kill you? Yes. Destroy my country and I will kill you. So I will just declare that the last remaining years ko, will be the most dangerous years for a person into trafficking sa drugs. |
Why do you do that to your country? I will kill you? Yes. Destroy my country and I will kill you. So I will just declare that the last remaining years of mine, will be the most dangerous years for a person into trafficking drugs. |
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Man 01:01:57 |
May kalaban na eh. |
We have an enemy. |
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Nieves 01:01:58 |
“Naririnig ko na ang pangalan niyo madame.”
Sino yung nagre-report sa kaniya na naririnig niya?
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He said “I’ve been hearing your name, Madam.”
But who did he hear my name from? |
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Nieves 01:02:05 |
Na involve ito? |
---- (That I am involved?) |
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Nieves 01:02:05 |
Ibig sabihin, someone’s very close.
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That means it’s someone very close.
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Man 01:02:08 |
Baka old friend. |
---- (Might be an old friend.) |
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Nieves 01:02:08 |
Old friend or close to the President. |
An old friend or someone close to the president. |
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Nieves’ Family Member 01:02:11 |
Kunwari, wala kang resources sa justice ng Pilipinas.
Mga abogado nga takot sa pulis eh. |
What happens if you don’t have resources to seek justice in the Philippines?
Even the lawyers are afraid of the police. |
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Nieves 01:02:19 |
Hold hands? Sige. |
Hold my hand. --- (Ok.) |
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Nieves 01:02:29 |
Iligtas Mo po kami o Diyos sa kamay ng aking mga kalaban.
We ask this. Hinihiling po namin Panginoon ang kaligtasan ng aking pamilya, ang kaligtasan ng aking asawa, ang kaligtasan ng aking mga anak. Sa Iyo po namin inilalapit.
Wala na po kaming ibang malalapitan kungdi Ikaw lamang. |
God, save us from the hands of our enemies.
Lord, we ask for my family’s safety
my husband’s safety and the safety of my children. We beg for your help.
We have no one else to turn to but you.
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Neives 01:03:00 |
Kaya natin. |
We can do this. |
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Nieves’ Husband 01:03:24 |
Na ano sa ano...
Huwag mong ikalabit. Diin mo husto. Tukod mo. |
It got caught...
Don’t pull the trigger but twist that part fully.
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Nieves 01:03:27 |
Yun na.
Dyan mo ikasa.. |
----- (There.)
Slowly cock the gun. |
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Nieves’ Husband 01:03:30 |
Press mo, kasa, huwag mong...
Relax muna. |
Press that while cocking.
Just relax. |
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Nieves’ Husband 01:03:34 |
Concentrate. |
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Nieves 01:04:24 |
Kami mula ng Mabini sinusundan kami ng pulis.
Ang siyang nananakot na sa tao at ang problema kasi itong mga pulis ginamit na ng mga pulitiko na gusto tayong i-harass dahil ano?
Gusto nila power, na ganito po ang ginawa.
Pero ang sabi ko lang po talaga sa atin, huwag po tayong matakot.
So kung mananahimik tayo nang ganyan, hindi tayo mangangampanya dahil takot tayo, mananalo yung mga yan. |
We’ve been followed by police since Mabini.
They’re scaring people away and the problem is the police are being used by politicians and they want to harass us.
It’s all about power.
What I’m trying to say is don’t be afraid.
If we stay silent, if we don’t campaign because we are afraid they will win. |
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Nieves 01:05:12 |
Ang tumatakbong lider ay sumusuporta sa Team Rosento. |
---- (This candidate is supporting Team Rosento.) |
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Nieves 01:05:16 |
Sa bayan ng El Nido... |
---- (In the city of El Nido...) |
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Nieves 01:05:27 |
Para pantay munang makinabang at ayusin natin para sa susunod na salinlahi.
Lahat ng mga kababayan ko ay makikinabang pa rin muli... |
---- (So we can equally benefit and fix this for the future generation.)
---- (So that all my fellow countrymen will still benefit...) |
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Nieves 01:05:46 |
Mag iwan, mag iwan tayo ng mga tao sa ano ah...
Mag iwan tayo ng mga tao sa may labasan. |
Let’s have someone keep watch on the exit.
Have someone stationed at the exit. |
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Nieves’ Staff 01:05:52 |
Mga PO1 ang dumating dito...
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I told you the police are here. |
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Nieves 01:05:54 |
Pag sumunod yan...
Grabe ang mga yan. |
But if they follow us…
They’re outrageous. |
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Nieves’ Staff 01:06:03 |
Grabe ang tingin eh. |
I don’t like the way they’re looking at us. |
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Nieves 01:06:06 |
Vice, diretso na tayo sa farm.
At least pagka medyo may ano, eh di duon na tayo sa farm.
Huwag na tayong umalis, bakit? |
Vice, let’s go straight to the farm.
At least if we encounter problems, we’re at the farm.
We don’t need to leave. |
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Nieves 01:06:24 |
Bukas, hindi na talaga tayo bukas pwede lumabas nang gabi.
Ingat. |
Tomorrow, we really can’t afford to go out at night.
We have to be more careful. |
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Nieves 01:06:35 |
(singing) By the power of Your love I am secured, I am. By the power of Your name I am redeemed, I am. |
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Bobby 01:07:11 |
Ito na yung huling operation sa north.
Botohan natin kung ano ang gusto nating ano, logging o illegal fishing? |
This is the last operation up north.
So let's vote on what we want to pursue... logging or illegal fishing? |
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Speaker 01:07:19 |
Ang sa akin Sir, siyempre matagal-tagal na ring hindi nababalikan yung ano, yung area ng El Nido at saka marami nang recruit.
Mas maganda siguro yun na lang... |
It’s been a while since we’ve been to El Nido
and there are many loggers.
So I think it’s better to prioritize. |
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Tata 01:07:30 |
Ang... nung mula mamatay si Kap, lamang sila eh.
Ang lumabas yan dun ngayon sa mga kuwento nila sa totoong kuwento talaga yan, na takot na raw tayo bumalik ulit. Oo. |
Since Kap died, they have the upper hand.
Rumors go around that
we seem afraid to go back there
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Para-Enforcer 01:07:41 |
Pahinga na tayo. |
----- (That we should retire already.) |
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Tata 01:07:41 |
At saka ang sabi nila, subukan na ninyong ulit bumalik, mababawasan pa rin kayo ulit ng isa.
Oo, kasi wala nang pumapasok diyan, walang DENR pumapasok diyan, walang pulis, hindi yan sila ino-operate.
Ito pag pinapasok natin ito kasi sa kanilang lugar na yan ngayon.
Yang lugar na yan ngayon, tayo lang diyan ang papasok nang gagawa tayo ng sarili nating daan. |
and they say if we try to return,
we’ll lose another comrade.
No one enters that area anymore, not the environment department not even the police.
When we enter this area, it's now marked as their territory.
We'll be trespassing when we enter their area. |
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Bobby 01:08:01 |
It's easy to get over being depressed when you have a little rage in you and that rage, it's all too familiar for us as a group. |
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Tata 01:08:12 |
Ang ano ko diyan, pinaka final ko diyan, dyan siya nadisgrasya,
kung kailangan nating makabawi, makabawi tayo diyan.
Pero mas maganda yung naghanda tayo ng isang daang porsyento. |
For me, my final thought is he was killed there.
If we can avenge him, we should.
But we need to be 100 percent prepared. |
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Bobby 01:08:22 |
Eto, ano ito eh... utang natin ito kay Kap eh.
Pagbigyan natin sila.
Bigyan natin ng magandang laban. |
Okay, we owe this to Kap.
Let's give them what they want.
Let's give them a good fight. |
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Bobby 01:08:33 |
Thank you, Sir
No problem.
Ok.
Let’s go... |
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Bobby 01:09:10 |
Sometimes when I hear the critics say, "We should not do it because people get killed," I know that that is a good argument. I know. But we have to do it because nobody else will. |
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Para-Enforcer 01:09:48 |
Tang ina!
Kitang-kita oh.
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---- (Mother fucker!)
You can see them in broad daylight.
They're getting something. |
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Para-Enforcer 01:09:56 |
Kuha ang ano, kuha ang....
Deed of same plate??? |
---- (Do you see it?) |
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Para-Enforcer 01:10:00 |
ito ano?
Baril yan ano?
May dala bang baril?
Hawak, ganyan... Puro yan, baril. |
--- (This is the one, right?)
You can see the gun, right?
Are they all carrying guns?
---- (Yes, they’re all carrying guns.) |
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01:10:27 |
(whispering) Change Operator... Operator |
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Tata 01:10:58 |
(whispering) Malayo. |
How far is it? |
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Para-Enforcer 01:11:01 |
(whispering) Parang dito... Kuya. |
It sounds like it came from here. Brother, here. |
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Tata 01:11:06 |
Parang dito... Hindi... Dito... |
It sounds like it’s from here. ---- (No.) Over here. |
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Para-Enforcer 01:11:26
01:11:48 |
Daanan. Daanan. Daanan.
Bilisan... |
It’s a path.
Quickly. |
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Tata 01:11:50 |
Roy... |
Roy, come here. |
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Tata 01:11:53 |
Tinahol natin ang aso ha... |
The dogs already barked at us. |
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Tata 01:11:55 |
Ibig sabihin, ang mga.. look out nandito yan ah.
El Nido ito, dito nabaril si Kapitan Arzaga.
Kaya konting kaluskos, upo, huwag maglakad.
Pag may naramdamang tao, upo na kaagad. |
That means their lookouts are on full alert. The lookout is always guarding the path.
This is El Nido, this is where Kap Arzaga was shot.
So crouch at the slightest rustle.
If you sense someone near, sit down. |
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Tata 01:12:19 |
(whispering) Psst... Tawid na, tawid na.
Tawid... |
Let's cross. Come on... Go!
---- (Cross)
We do it like this, okay? |
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Tata 01:11:55 |
May camera ka?
Mauna ako, sumunod ka sa akin ah.
Pag sensyas kong ganyan ha,
mag cover ka nung...
pag sabi ko ganyan ha.. kasi kami... kaming apat ang susunod ah... Kasi ano yan.
Anim na tao yan ah.
Kung kailangan habulin...
Hindi bale... makakuha lang tayo ng isa.
Concentrate. |
Do you have the camera?
I will go first and then follow me.
When I make this signal
you guys cover me
then the four of us will charge.
There are six people.
If we need to chase them, chase them.
It’s okay if we only catch one.
Concentrate. |
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Tata 01:12:58 |
Brod! Brod! Huwag tatakbo brod! Magandang umaga! Walang tatakbo! Magandang umaga! Walang tatakbo!
Ang makina andyan lang yan. I-cover niyo muna. Hawakan mo lang. Takbuhin mo dun sa kabila. Huwag... Upo... Upo... Hindi ako aalis... Relax ka lang... Dyan lang, diretso na... Dulo, dulo lang... Isiguro muna natin yung isang makina... Kilala ko ‘to, kilala ko ‘to. May baril ‘to. May baril? Oo, ito... Oo, may baril ito. Oo, kaniya. Hindi ko lang po naibalik yun. |
Hey brother! No one runs! Good morning! No one runs! Good morning! No one runs!
The chainsaw is somewhere there... Look for it! Hold this. Run to the other side. Hey don’t pull that out! Sit down. I’m not leaving, I’m staying put. --- (Just relax.) There, he headed straight. There, at the end. Get that one and secure the chainsaw. Wait, I know him. He might have a gun. Does he have a gun? ---- (Yes, here) ---- (Yes, he has one.) ---- (Yes, this is his gun.) ---- (I wasn’t able to return it.) |
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Tata 01:13:35 |
Hindi ka namin dadalhin ah.
Narito kami para lang respondihan yung report sa amin ng komunidad ah. |
Okay relax, we won’t take you with us.
We’re responding to a community report. |
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Tata 01:13:43 |
Ito lang yung aming itatanong sa iyo. |
---- (This is our question.) |
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Tata 01:13:44 |
May permit ba yung kahoy na pinutol niyo? |
Do you have a permit to cut this tree? |
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Logger 01:13:47 |
Ewan ko, hindi ko alam... Kung ako, helper lang ako. |
I know nothing. I’m just a helper. |
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Tata 01:13:50 |
Helper ka lang? Yung chainsaw na ginamit niyo, may rehistro yan? |
Just a helper? --- (The chainsaw you used,) Is the chainsaw registered? |
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Logger 01:13:53 |
Ewan ko. |
I don’t know. |
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Tata 01:13:58 |
Okay ito ah, ganito na lang sa atin ah.
Walang kulong ito pero mafo-forfeit lang ang iyong gamit ha.
Kasi maganda naman din yang ano mo pakitungo mo sa amin.
Sige, relax ka lang. |
Okay man, here’s what we’ll do.
You won’t be jailed but we’ll take the chainsaw, okay?
Because you showed us good behavior.
Relax, okay? |
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Tata 01:14:12 |
Announcement lang na kailangan na nating, kung hindi man baka mamaya hindi natin expected na pinapasok na tayo. Kaya... |
---- (Just to inform.) We have to leave. They might surprise us and attack. |
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Nieves 01:14:43 |
Salamat po.
In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen. |
---- (Thank you.)
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Group |
Amen. |
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Nieves 01:14:46 |
So upo na po tayo.
So, all set na tayo para sa ating ano... yung kailangan lang natin ay i-maintain natin yung security.
Yung security natin so nasa critical period na tayo ngayon.
Ang isang pinaka mahalaga ay yung a day, a day before election.
Kami nagpapasalamat kami sa inyo na talagang nananatilli tayo na kahit sa kabila ng harassment.
Magdadagdag din kami ng security. Magpapadala kami, additional support, staff ng ano... para lang merong at least mga siguro dalawa o tatlo na other group. |
Let's all sit down.
We’re all set and what we need is to maintain security.
Our security, since we’re at a critical period right now.
One of the most important days is the day before the election.
We are thankful you are standing with us,
despite the harassment.
We’ll beef up security and deploy additional support staff even just an additional two to three other groups. |
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Nieves 01:15:26 |
Sinabihan ho tayo na tayo raw po ay narco politician, drug pusher, drug user, protektor ng droga.
Pero hindi po kami natitinag.
Nakalipas po
Umalis kayo ng El Nido.
Ako ay ordinaryong mayor ng El Nido.
Wala akong pera na pumunta ng ibang bansa at wala akong kasalanan.
Haharapin ko ang mga tao dahil kailan man kung kami po’y nagkamali, kung kami po’y nagtaksil sa bayang ito, hindi po kami muling haharap sa inyo.
Ang El Nido ay ang aking tahanan at tahanan ng susunod kong henerasyon.
Hindi ko po pababayaan na masira ang bayang ito ng iilang tao lamang na nais mag hangad at personal na interes ang isinusulong. |
I have been accused of being a narco politician a drug pusher, drug user protector of drug dealers.
But that won’t stop me.
---- (I’ve surpassed.)
I won’t leave El Nido.
I am an ordinary mayor of El Nido.
I don’t have the means to move to another country and I didn’t do anything wrong.
I can face you all because I didn’t do anything wrong. I have not betrayed you. I couldn’t face you now if I had.
El Nido is my home and the home of our next generations.
I will not allow our home to be destroyed by those looking after their personal interests. |
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Nieves 01:16:29 |
Hi, bumoto na kayo? |
Hi, have you voted? |
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Speaker 01:16:41 |
(singing) There’s an army rising... |
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Speaker 01:16:59 |
Oh tama ito... Sa ano, sa Mayaod ah.
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--- (Oh this is right... Mayaod)
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Speaker 01:17:00 |
Saan ba yung Mayaod? |
Where is... Mayaud? |
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Nieves 01:17:03 |
Lim: 76 |
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Nieves 01:17:07 |
76 |
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Speaker 01:17:07 |
Okay. |
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Nieves 01:17:09 |
Rosento: 175 Rosento: 256 Lim: 118 |
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Nieves 01:17:21 |
Panalo raw ako ng hundred plus sa Maranlao.
Dalian mo na... |
They said I won by 100 plus votes in Maranlao.
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How many votes? |
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Speaker 01:17:24 |
Rosento: 323 |
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Nieves 01:17:26 |
Rosento: 468 |
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Speaker 01:17:28 |
Wow, Mabini. |
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Nieves 01:17:29 |
Lim? 328 |
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Nieves 01:17:33 |
Sana lahat ng barangay ganyan ang mangyari.
Pag ganyan ang mangyari, panalo tayo.
Yeah! |
I hope all villages will vote like that.
If that happens we win.
Yeah! |
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Man in white & Nieves 01:17:41 |
Wow! Pumasok na!
Feeling-era |
---- (Wow! You’re in!)
---- (I’m very assumptive.) |
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Nieves 01:17:46 |
Kinukuha ko pa, 256 Rosento. Corral 261.
Hindi pa nafo-forward yung kay Lim. |
I’m still getting it...256 for Rosento, 261 for Corral.
They haven’t forwarded Lim’s votes yet. |
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Speaker 01:17:53 |
520 si Lim |
Lim gets 520. |
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Nieves 01:17:57 |
Grabe...
Oo nga, pero 1600 ang natanggap niyo? |
Outrageous.
Yes, but you received 1,600? |
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Speaker 01:18:06 |
Mas kita na. |
The difference is noticeable now. |
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Nieves 01:18:09 |
1600 ang tinanggap bawat isang tao sa Mayaod.
Ang tindi. |
Each person in Mayaud received 1,600 pesos.
That’s extreme. |
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Nieves 01:18:17 |
Rosento: 137
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Nieves 01:18:21 |
Lim: 232 |
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Speaker 01:18:21
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232 |
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Nieves 01:18:24 |
Nabili rin pala ito ano?
Batoy: 562 562 |
These votes were bought too.
562 562 |
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Nieves 01:18:30 |
Sa akin, ilan ang lamang? 4849? |
How big is the lead over me... for 4849? |
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Speaker 01:18:32 |
849 lang
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--- (849 only) |
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Speaker 01:18:35 |
Saan yun? |
---- (Where is that?) |
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Nieves 01:18:39 |
Talo kami pareho ni Corral?
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So Corral and I both lost? |
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Edna Lim 01:19:19 |
Ako ang paningin ko at opinyon ko sana kay Mayor Nieves at saka nagbigay siya ng document |
My opinion and my perspective on Mayor Nieves
she should have given documents. |
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Edna Lim 01:19:26 |
at any papers that “I am not a drugs.” I am not a narco list. |
Or any papers saying “I am not involved in drugs.” “I am not on the narco-list.” |
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Edna Lim 01:19:34 |
Para yung pangalan niya na... ano niya ‘di ba?
Kaya lang parang no action. |
So that her name could've been cleared, right?
But she didn’t take any action |
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Karl (director, off camera) 01:19:43 |
Back to the election campaign… Your opponents have alleged vote-buying. They said that your team was giving money to people in the community to vote for you. They’ve made that allegation. What’s your response? |
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Edna Lim 01:19:58 |
All politics are giving money to the people. Needs. Needs. |
All politicians are giving money to the people. “Needs...” |
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Edna Lim 01:20:05 |
Lahat naman ng mga politika nagbibigay ng pera sa tao eh, kasi mahilig silang humingi.
Yun ang sabihin mo sa kaniya. |
All politicians are giving money to the people
because they like to ask for money.
That's what you tell her. |
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Edna Lim 01:20:11 |
And that is only allegation. |
And that’s only an allegation. |
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Edna Lim 01:20:15 |
Pero hindi kami gumagamit. Hindi ako gumagamit ng pera para botohin. |
But we don't do that. I don't give money for people to vote for me. |
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Edna Lim 01:20:23,120 |
That's personal question. |
That's a personal question. |
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Tata 01:20:55 |
Kaya nga kung titingnan ko nga sa aking sarili... kung titingnan ko yung aking... aking ginagawa sa loob ng ilang taon ay parang sapat na. |
When I think about it if I look at everything I’ve done over the years
I feel I have done enough.
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Woman 01:21:14 |
Kumain na kayo... |
Okay, you guys eat well. |
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Tata 01:21:16 |
Kung wala na itong grupo na ito, pag na-stop ito, hindi na yan masilayan pa ng aking apo, ng kaniyang anak kung anong kagandahan dati na nakikita niya ngayon dito sa... dito sa lugar na ito. |
But if our group stops working, my granddaughter and her future child
won’t be able to see the beauty that she sees today.
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Tata 01:21:27 |
Parang uulan siguro ito ngayon.
Pwede nilang ipagmalaki yun
sa ibang tao na, “Ganito yung ginagawa ng aking Lolo.”
Na “Isa rin na talagang nagpo-proteksyon.” |
It looks like rain, dear.
Perhaps someday, my family can be proud
and tell others “This is what my grandpa did.”
“He was one of those protecting the environment.” |
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Nieves 01:22:04 |
I am so disappointed because I've done a lot in serving community, in having... protecting El Nido... so it’s really painful ‘no? It’s really painful. |
I am so disappointed because I've done a lot in serving the community in protecting El Nido... so it’s really painful. |
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Nieves 01:22:19 |
So parang nagulat kami na they have that so much resources.
Sobrang daming pera.
Nakaka apekto yung pamimili ng boto duon sa pagpili ng tamang lider. |
We were shocked that they had so many resources.
So much money.
Vote-buying affects people's ability to choose the right leader. |
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Nieves 01:22:36 |
After three years, I will be back. I will be back. For now, I really want to be the governor of Palawan. The first lady governor of Palawan. I really want to... to... prepare myself for that.
Gusto kong maging gobernador ng Palawan. |
After three years, I will be back. I really want to be the governor of Palawan. The first lady governor of Palawan. I really want to... Prepare myself for that.
I want to be the governor of Palawan. |
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TEXT ON VIDEO Manila Capital of the Philippines |
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Protesters 01:23:24 |
What do we want? Climate justice! What do we want? Climate justice! Climate justice! |
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Bobby 01:23:51 |
You’re Rachel? Right?. |
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Rachel 01:23:52 |
Really nice to meet you! Finally! |
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Bobby 01:23:54 |
You look different in a suit. |
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Ben 01:23:57 |
How are you, mate? Good to see you! How’s things? You've had a haircut too. Have you seen the reports? |
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Bobby |
No, I haven’t seen.
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Ben 01:24:04 |
There you go.
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Bobby 01:24:05 |
Thank you. I’m going to read this later. |
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Ben 01:24:06 |
Yeah. One of this hot off the press. |
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Bobby 01:24:13 |
Wow. |
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Presenter 01:24:25 |
I'd like to introduce our key spokesperson for the day, Ben Leather from Global Witness. |
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Ben 01:24:32 |
Good morning, everybody. I'm here to present the results of a three-year investigation across several regions and a range of businesses across the Philippines. Our investigation finds that last year, the Philippines became the most dangerous country on Earth with more killings than anywhere else of environmentalists and land rights activists. Activists faced not only murder, but systematic threats, attacks, imprisonment, attacks against them, their colleagues, but also their family members. Crimes that are rarely ever prosecuted.
This is fueled by corruption and conflict of interests among companies and local politicians, such as governor Jose Alvarez in Palawan, leaving the burden of environmental protection to fall upon civil society, to fall upon defenders, and to fall upon those communities most impacted by abusive business projects and by climate change. It falls upon people like Bobby Chan and the PNNI in Palawan who are standing up to illegal logging. And at the time of these climate strikes this week, it seems pertinent to ask if we cannot protect the people defending the planet, how are we going to protect the planet? |
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Bobby 01:25:54 |
Ok, I'm the guy with the collection of chainsaws, and why do we do it? Because you know, as they said, the system of impunity, of government, has forced us to do the work of government. Forced us to go after the loggers and get their chainsaws. To go after the illegal fishers and get their dynamite boats. To go after the illegal miners and get their mining equipment. And it's now part of my office and I converted it into a museum and you're welcome to visit it. Just pay 50 pesos so that we can make money. But the thing is, and we have to stop scaring ourselves with this system of impunity.
One of the recommendations of Global Witness, and I praise them for me, it’s brazenly written, to give civil society full oversight. |
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Bobby 01:26:48 |
Malaki yun ah. |
That’s big, right? |
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Bobby 01:26:51 |
For us to have oversight of governmental functions in the environmental field. It can be done. |
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Protestors 01:27:13 |
Martial Law sa Mindanao. Masakit, masakit!
Tunay na reporma sa lupa. Ipaglaban!
Ipaglaban! Tunay na reporma sa lupa!
Duterte, patalsikin! Pasismo tibagin! |
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Bobby 01:27:43 |
Wow. I didn't even know about this resort. They really had better research because I really did not know about the resort of the brother. I know about the linkages of the governor to certain resorts in El Nido, but not about the brother.
So I think… Long overdue because it's the truth. I think we're not only going to have a problem with the governor, I think we're going to have a problem with the president, with this. Yeah, with this kind of writing.
I miss my friend. |
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01:29:00 |
Ok.
Angat! Angat! Angat!
Ok, baba... |
OK
---- (Lift! Lift! Lift!)
---- (Ok, down!) |
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01:29:11 |
TEXT ON BLACK Since the completion of this film, the Palawan Government led by Governor Jose Alvarez, confiscated all of PNNI’s chainsaws... |
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01:29:19 |
ADDITIONAL TEXT ON BLACK And declared Bobby Chan persona non grata. |
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01:29:32 |
TEXT ON BLACK Three more environmental campaigners and lawyers in Palawan have been murdered. |
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01:29:48 |
Oo, kasi madulas masyado....
Delikado. |
Be careful...
It’s dangerous. |
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01:29:59 |
TEXT ON BLACK Despite increased government intimidation, the PNNI Para-Enforcers continue their confiscation missions. |
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01:31:00 |
TITLE CARD Delikado |
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01:31:08 |
CHARGEN In Memory of “Kap” Ruben Arzaga
And the hundreds of land defenders around the world who have been murdered |
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01:31:19 |
Closing Credits |
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