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<p>MANILA - Thousands of volunteers and government workers on Sunday kicked off an inter-agency effort cleanup of the Manila Bay, a popular tourist spot whose waters were fouled by waste. </p><p>About 5,000 people in the capital, many carrying broomsticks and trash bags, joined a solidarity walk and program launching the rehabilitation, dubbed &quot;<a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/27/19/manila-bay-rehab-kicks-off-with-thousands-of-volunteers-govt-workers">Battle for Manila Bay</a>.&quot; </p><p>Hundreds also carted off garbage from estuaries in adjoining provinces, which flow into Manila Bay. </p><p>Browse through this gallery for photos of the cleanup&#x27;s Day 1. </p><div class="media-content"><div class="slider-for"><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/01/27/20190127-manila-bay-1.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/01/27/20190127-manila-bay-2.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/01/27/20190127-manila-bay-3.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/01/27/20190127-manila-bay-4.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/01/27/20190127-manila-bay-5.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/01/27/20190127-manila-bay-6.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/01/27/20190127-manila-bay-7.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/01/27/20190127-manila-bay-8.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/01/27/20190127-manila-bay-9.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/01/27/20190127-manila-bay-10.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/01/27/20190127-manila-bay-11.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/01/27/20190127-manila-bay-12.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/01/27/20190127-manila-bay-13.jpg"/></div></div><div class="media-content slider-desc"><div class="item-desc"><p>Volunteers pick up trash along Manila Bay. <cite>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News </cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Policemen and volunteers gather ahead of a cleanup in Barangay Tawiran, Obando, Bulacan. <cite>Kevin Manalo, ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Garbage floats off some fisheries surrounding Manila Bay. <cite>Kevin Manalo, ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Cabinet secretaries lead a solidarity walk from Quirino Grandstand to Manila Bay. <cite>Bianca Dava, ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Several bags of trash are collected from Manila Bay. <cite>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Some fishermen help in the cleanup. <cite>Kevin Manalo, ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Volunteers march along Roxas Boulevard ahead of the cleanup. <cite>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Manila Bay rehab organizers provide cleaning materials to volunteers, but ask future participants to bring their own. <cite>Kevin Manalo, ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Volunteers raise their hands for the pledge of commitment to the rehabilitation of Manila Bay. <cite>Kevin Manalo, ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>&quot;Para sa Manila Bay, para sa bayan!” cheered some volunteers while scooping trash from a river in Obando, Bulacan, which flows into Manila Bay. <cite>Kevin Manalo, ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>A volunteer balances on a log to gather trash from an Obando river. <cite>Kevin Manalo, ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Volunteers in an Obando village gather some 300 sacks of trash in the first hour alone of the cleanup. <cite>ABS-CBN News </cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Police officers use improvised garbage filters made of wood and electric fan cover to sift through the murky waters. <cite>Kevin Manalo, ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div></div></div>

<p>Thousands of volunteers and government workers on Sunday kicked off an inter-agency effort cleanup of the Manila Bay, a popular tourist spot whose waters were fouled by waste. </p>

Thousands of volunteers and government workers on Sunday kicked off an inter-agency effort cleanup of the Manila Bay, a popular tourist spot whose waters were fouled by waste.