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You are more than welcome to use my design, I have a construction video listed for it. I would be so happy to see others making some of my Kabooms

Could be anything. Widening the road like another commenter said, stopping landslides, maybe a retaining wall because someone wants to build a large structure further up the hill. Who knows?

@@alphaxanon It generally is possible to review the construction plans at the local government, as such construction has to be filed and approved based on allowed site usage, whether it's government property, etc. Would be interesting to know what the reason behind such a concrete monstrosity is. Definitely won't help with tourism and doubt many of the locals would opt for it.

The locals call it "Concrete Madness" . They get huge kickbacks and get rich off of road construction. So they make new roads to nowhere and widen many not needing it,,,then put in retaining walls. It has ruined this once pristine island, so many trees cut down, many century's old.

It looks to me like they’re going to widen the road. Traffic will go a lot faster for better or worse.

@@ab3000x I mean looking at the amout of traffic in this video, what's the point of widening the road? Why would you need a wider road for 3-4 motorcycles per minute of traffic?

$$$$$$ kickbacks

I gave all my custom made big nets, hooks and rake to the provincial government crew of men I trained for six months, then they were told to stop cleaning the Kabooms every week. That was March 2023. Anyway it is impossible to scoop with a net now with all the natural debris. I just need better chest waders as the cheap ones available here get holes quickly and fill with water. Check this FaceBook group who cleans rivers, they have full protective gear for all working, something I wish I could afford. web.facebook.com/Cleanuptv

Well I have been getting tired of this, but no one else is willing. Lately? more is being done with both Kaboom cleanings and even scheduled garbage pickups. I am only setting an example of what needs to be done as I can't get a meeting on Camiguin. Oh they are watching me and following some of what I do, just not directly helping me. Problem is no government employees would want to get in canals to clean, unless provided with chest waders and rubber gloves,,even then probably not. Other option is to hire help at double the local wages and provide them with the protective gear. Only the two smaller canals can be cleaned with nets. Bohol Island is better far as support goes and hope Camiguin see this.

you know filipino doesnt want to do voluntary to clean up their environment unless there is a money involved, im sorry to say this but thats the reality..god speed sir and be their good example to their community.

Three years ago? I didn't go down in, just netted what I could. Really don't bother me now, it's just a way to get it done quickly and more completely. Check this FaceBook group out, they can afford to hire people and provides them with full protective gear,,nice. web.facebook.com/Cleanuptv

Yes, basically $5 each for less than an hours work. I even offered up to 1000 peso to have King Kaboom cleaned,,no takers.

This and all Kabooms do their job well, if cleaned weekly. Problem comes when it's not cleaned, some trash sinks and goes under, other goes over top in very heavy rains. Crazy thing is large groups do twice a year river cleanups, but upstream where no or little water is. While all the trash eventually ends up stopped by the Kabooms which are left full and ignored.

It does seem that way, over three years now pushing this mission on Camiguin Island and in a few months on Bohol Island I have had more support than all my time on Camiguin. If I didn't love Camiguin so much after living here for 18 years I would just walk away. But when things like this happen I dig in even harder. Leadership is apathetic when it comes to the environment, the motto is "Progress never Stops" but only on big money projects,,,,,there is no money to be made in waste management. I have been visiting the new principals at the schools and trying to work with DepEd even more than before. Educating our future leaders may be Camiguin's only hope.

@@TropicalOceanCleanup your dedication and love regardless of the circumstances is impressive. Tip my hat to you.

You can blame the education system here on that, how can the children be taught when the teachers are blind to our environmental issues? I have increased my efforts with the Dept of Education and talking to the principals of many schools on Camiguin. All seem interested in adopting more education on environmental awareness. But not sure as of yet if they will be allowed to work with an outsiders help, everything needs permission from the top, no independent decision making.

I was there to clean the Kaboom, had many sacks, told him if he wanted coconuts fine just don't walk on Kaboom and release trash. I asked if he could bag some of the trash, I would even pay him, not interested. Both LGU and the coast guard have done a cleaning on this kaboom in the past. But short lived, I will get down in and clean it myself and replace the damaged bottles.

That is why no audio, I blew up when I saw what he was doing. When I calmed down I explained to him, but doubt he understands. It will take the Government to make an announcement about what the Kabooms are and why they are important. Never happen on Camiguin because they are not important to them. On Bohol? They want to make a tarpulan sign to put at each one explaining. I did that on Camiguin but they took them down.

Yes, the Government has not cut loose the Kabooms now for months after I reported them to DENR hotline. But then they never service them either, except the one next to the governors house. Sadly to this day not one mention in over three years about what the Kabooms are and why they are important, because they are not important to the current admin here. Really not sure how the big King Kaboom has survived this long, drunks regularly walk on it to collect coconuts worth 5 peso each. Each time damaging the bottles and releasing large amounts of trash. No other NGO has this problem with their trash barriers. Camiguin might be hopeless but I still plan to build more Kabooms but only in badly needed rivers and canals around the Philippines. Jagna Bohol now has two Kabooms and I will see how they treat them. Wish I had started on Bohol, the resistance on Camigun cost me 2/3 of my support as people gave up hope. But I still have a few that have faith in me and Camiguin will become famous one day when my success goes viral. But as a environmentally backwards destructive island. It is very hard to watch as I love this island so much.

@@TropicalOceanCleanup It's just incomprehensible to me how the leadership in Camiguin sees no problem with trashy beaches and trashy island, especially when they have someone (you) willing to do the heavy lifting to get some solutions in place, and all they would have to do is maintain them. But maybe the next generation (your eco warriors) will demand better of their government, once they grow up.

The problem lies within DENR who has no enforcement authority at all on Camiguin island. Nothing they say or do can help protect or even get the Kabooms serviced (or protect any environmental violation on the island) Oh they tried with their DENR "Adopt and Estuary" meeting and contract signing March 2023 which failed badly. We are just lucky the Kabooms can take so much abuse/neglect and still be working. I have faith help will come one day, will the Kabooms still be here when it does is the question.

Hope to have Bohol Junior Eco Warriors group up and going in next few months. The children being taught to care for the environment gets more attention than the once and awhile adult efforts.

We are holding steady at 14 currently, just the right classroom size.

These kids are special, they are a very close knit team.

@@TropicalOceanCleanup 💕