Canada’s garbage will be shipped back to the North American country on May 30.
That’s according to Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary (DFA) Teodoro Locsin Jr., who announced in a tweet last night that the Philippine government is just waiting for some documents before the garbage is sent back to Canada.
In his tweet, Locsin said that all the containers which have the garbage are ready to go.
“Anybody gets in the way one way or another, I will screw you dry. Don’t provoke me,” he said to no one in particular.
ALL CONTAINERS CONTAINING GARBAGE CLEANED AND READY TO GO. WAITING FOR A COUPLE OF DOCUMENTS AND ROUTINE PERMISSION FROM CHINA FOR TRANSSHIPMENT TO CANADA. DEPARTURE IS MAY 30. Anybody gets in the way one way or another, I will screw you dry. Don’t provoke me.
— Teddy Locsin Jr. (@teddyboylocsin) May 27, 2019
A netizen responded to Locsin’s tweet to tell him that the announcement was “good to know.” Locsin responded by expressing his gratitude to President Rodrigo Duterte “for pushing the right button” and to Canada “for fully cooperating to get it done as he wanted: pronto.”
Locsin also slammed former president Benigno Aquino III for his alleged inaction with regards to the Canadian garbage issue. “Created under PNoy; left to fester 4 years; solved by Duterte,” he wrote.
That’s not only nice to know; it is nicer to be appreciative. To President Duterte for pushing the right button—believe me no one advised him—and to Canada for fully cooperating to get it done as he wanted: pronto. Created under PNoy; left to fester 4 years; solved by Duterte.
— Teddy Locsin Jr. (@teddyboylocsin) May 27, 2019
In a follow-up tweet, Locsin thanked businessman Enrique Razon, the founder of International Container Terminal Services, a global port management company, for “picking up our part of the tab.”
Locsin also said the return of the Canadian garbage was a collaborative effort among the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the ambassador of Canada to Manila John Holmes, and the Canadian Foreign Minister Christina Freeland.
Also thank ICTSI’S Ricky Razon for picking up our part of the tab. A cooperative effort of DENR, the Canadian ambassador, the CN Foreign Minister—everyone who had nothing to do with legally letting the garbage in the first place then never lifting a finger to get it out. https://t.co/AKLPfcOAjA
— Teddy Locsin Jr. (@teddyboylocsin) May 27, 2019
There will be 69 shipping containers which will be sent back to Canada, The Philippine Daily Inquirer reported. This was what remained of the 103 containers of garbage that was illegally dumped in the Philippines by an Ontario-based company called Chronic Inc.
As many as 103 containers with Canadian waste such as plastic bottles, bags, and even used adult diapers arrived in Manila from 2013 to 2014. Chronic Inc., wrongly declared the contents of the containers as recyclable materials.
The issue surrounding the Canadian garbage became public again last month when Duterte threatened to declare war against the North American country for their failure to take back the rubbish. He gave May 15 as their deadline to take it back but when Canada failed to meet this, Locsin recalled all the Filipino diplomats assigned in Canada.
Canada promised to take back the garbage before the end of June, but Duterte’s spokesman Salvador Panelo said that the Philippine government cannot wait that long.
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