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HEALTH CHECK. Dr. Monrey Isaiah Mancilla, head of the DOH-Bicol Non-Communicable Disease Control and Prevention Cluster. He said on Monday (Feb. 27, 2023) the DOH-5 is targeting a total of 2,460,994 residents of the region for health assessment through the Philippine Package for Essential Non-Communicable Diseases Interventions (PhilPEN) from March 1-31. (Photo courtesy of DOH-Bicol) LEGAZPI CITY - The Department of Health in Bicol (DOH-5) is targeting a total of 2,460,994 residents of the region for health assessment through the Philippine Package for Essential Non-Communicable Diseases Inter...

Strartors of the environmental protection agency. the residents on the ground say they don't necessarily trust the information they're being given especially if the air is being declared safe now or the water safe now, will that continue to be true down the line? does a testing actually deal with that? what can you do about this lack of trust from the people on the ground there that say this has been happening to them for decades? >> thank you for having us, dana. let me just say we have been on the ground since day one partnering with the state. we have to be transparent. we have to provide d...

We also have tested over 460 homes, we will do another 28 today and we are working on scheduling another 27 appointments. we're also supporting the state in its water quality monitoring and i agree with the governor's assessment. remain on bottled water until those tests are complete. >> and he was talking specifically about the well water there. what about rivers and streams? we heard from a resident who says she drives her kids to schools, she sees all of this piping, she sees things happening in the rivers and streams and she can't get an answer as to what is going on there. is that testing...

Identified. you also have local officials saying outright he would suggest drinking bottled water. what do you make of that? >> well, thank you for having me, and let me just say, we have been on the ground from day one working with state and local officials. we have deployed aerial monitoring and a high-tech airplane to detect air quality implications. we've deployed mobile sources, vans. we are stationary air monitoring equipment. we've been in over 460 homes testing air quality. we're going to test 28 more homes today. there are 27 others we're trying to schedule appointments. we feel very ...

Chemicals so we could get a railroad open. what do you make of that, sir? >> let me just say that we are going to enforce the law and hold norfolk southern accountable. we've issued a notice of liability that holds them accountable. they have signed it and said they would comply. the goal is as we enter into the cleanup phase under our circle of law, we can hold this company accountable so that they foot the bill and taxpayers don't and so let me be clear. we p understand some of the anxiety of the community, but we are with the community. we're going to hold this company accountable, and we'r...