Flooded Torres Street with floating trash DAVAO CITY, Oct. 29 (PIA)--An official of the city government cited garbage as the main factor for the sudden surge of flood waters Monday night in Davao City. Paul Bermejo, chief of the Ancillary Service Unit (ASU) of the city government revealed that in the clearing operation of their night shift workers during heavy downpour last Monday at the Magsaysay Park, Quezon Boulevard and Monteverde Street, garbage was tremendously seen along the sidewalks and city streets. “It is ironic that garbage still amasses during strong rains,” he said despite the Solid Waste Management Program implemented in various communities. Bermejo surmised that at the time before the strong rain, the residents and vendors already gathered their garbage to be collected by the garbage trucks. He clarified that during times of disasters, the Ancillary Service Unit of the city government is assigned to do road debris clearing. Bermejo said that even during bad