MANILA, Philippines — “Estero rangers” have six weeks to help improve the condition of Metro Manila’s creeks and tributaries, Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu said yesterday. The 1,000 estero rangers have until Dec. 31 to “bring about change” in the estuaries and 700 barangays assigned to them, he said. You were trusted not only to clean the trash in the estuaries, but also to prohibit people from throwing trash in these areas,” Cimatu told the estero rangers. The agency said that two estero rangers will be initially deployed to each barangay, or a total of 1,422. Under the contract, an estero ranger gets a monthly salary of P8,500 on a five-day workweek schedule.

Source: Philippine Star November 16, 2019 16:00 UTC