City Administrator Voltaire de la Cruz (center) receives the 3D-printed model of the Automatic Trash Rake that was turned over to the City of Malabon. Also in photo are Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Jim Sampulna (left) and Department of Science and Technology (DoST)-Metals Industry Research and Development Center Deputy Executive Director for Research and Development Agustin Fudolig. PHOTO BY HENRY DE LEON/DOST-SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION INSTITUTE
AS illustrated in the children's storybook, "The Ant and the Grasshopper," planning and working for the rainy days may always be the right approach, especially when it comes to the government's solid-waste management and flood-control efforts.