President Duterte on Sunday renewed his warning to Canada to reclaim the garbage they shipped to the Philippines or else he will transport and dump them on their beaches.
Duterte, in a speech at the opening ceremony of the Palarong Pambansa in Davao City, said Canada has made the Philippines a dumpsite.
“In 2014, there are about 200 containers there sent by Canada para tayong ginagawa ng dumpsite,” he said.
“Sabihin mo sa kanila i-karga ko ‘yan next week. ‘Pag hindi niyo tinanggap ‘yang basura ninyo, ibubuhos ko ‘yan doon sa magandang beach ninyo,” he added. “We are not a garbage dump here. The Filipinos are not scavengers.”
Before flying to China for the second Belt and Road Forum last week, Duterte warned Canada to take back the garbage they sent to the Philippines in 2013 immediately or he will send it back to them.
“I cannot understand why they are making us a dumpsite, and that is not the only case on point. Papasunod-sunod ‘yan na pinapadala yung basura sa atin. Well, not this time. Magkaaway kami ng…,” he said.
Duterte also raise the possibility of going to war against over Canada’s garbage. “Eh, ‘di ano, awayin natin ang Canada. We’ll declare war against them, kaya man natin ‘yan sila,” he added.
Duterte has asked the Department of Finance to prepare a boat to enable the country to send Canada’s garbage back and even warned that he will dump some of them in front of the Canadian Embassy in the Philippines if they don’t take it back. (Argyll Geducos)
