{"id":167786,"date":"2018-06-23T08:33:44","date_gmt":"2018-06-23T12:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=167786"},"modified":"2018-06-23T08:33:44","modified_gmt":"2018-06-23T12:33:44","slug":"dpwh-urged-to-replace-davors-rattan-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/06\/23\/dpwh-urged-to-replace-davors-rattan-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"DPWH urged to replace DavOr\u2019s rattan bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_167015\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-167015\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/sap-go16_5b2299f31b9744_35134359.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-167015\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/sap-go16_5b2299f31b9744_35134359.jpg\" alt=\"About Senator Trillanes\u2019 claim that I'm putting up an act, I'm not since I'm not a politician. I don't have plans, I did not plan this,&quot; the Palace official told reporters during his visit to cancer patients at the Philippine Children\u2019s Medical Center in Quezon City. (PNA photo)\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/sap-go16_5b2299f31b9744_35134359.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/sap-go16_5b2299f31b9744_35134359-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-167015\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Go has asked the DPWH and other line agencies to evaluate the situation (PNA photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has been urged to build a bridge for residents of Barangay Pichon, Caraga Davao Oriental following reports that students in the area use an improvised rattan cable to cross the river just to get to school.<\/p>\n<p>President Rodrigo R. Duterte\u2019s top aide Christopher \u201cBong\u201d Go made this call after Pablo Banabal, principal of Butay Integrated School, shared a video of his students riding the rattan cable on his Facebook account.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Naawa ako sa mga estudyante, binaliwala ang takot na sumakay sa rattan cable para lang makapasok<\/em>\u00a0(I pitied the students who defied fear to ride the rattan cable just to go to school),\u201d Go was quoted saying in a News Line Philippines report posted on its website newsline.ph Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe President vowed to support all students especially those in the remote areas,\u00a0<em>kaya magpadala kami ng<\/em>\u00a0(that\u2019s why we\u2019re sending a) team to check the condition of the river and ultimately build a bridge for the students and the people in the area,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Go has asked the DPWH and other line agencies to evaluate the situation and eventually build a bridge to prevent students from having to get to school by taking a dangerous route.<\/p>\n<p>The same report showed that schoolchildren started using the rattan cable daily after the floodwaters swept the bailey bridge constructed by the provincial government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe decided to have our own version of a bridge using our ethnic way. The rattan bridge worked, and it is serving us,\u201d Banabal said.<\/p>\n<p>Banabal, however, expressed gratitude to Go for addressing the students\u2019 problem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am so happy,\u00a0<em>narinig na ang Prayer namin<\/em>\u00a0(our prayer was answered),\u201d the principal said.<\/p>\n<p>The village of Butay is the education hub for about 300 Mandaya learners who walk for six hours to reach the village of Butay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has been urged to build a bridge for residents of Barangay &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":167015,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[52145,52146,30026,14165,16251],"class_list":["post-167786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-barangay-pichon","tag-caraga-davao-oriental","tag-christopher-bong-go","tag-department-of-public-works-and-highways","tag-rodrigo-r-duterte","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}