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Guests enjoy swimming in a hotel pool overlooking a reclamation project in Manila, Philippines. August 12, 2023. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on August 10 suspended several reclamation projects in Manila Bay due to their potential environmental and social impacts. Basilio Sepe, ABS-CBN News/File

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MANILA BAY RECLAMATION

RG Cruz

ABS-CBN News

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/172249344101920230812-manila-bay-reclamation-pasay-bs5.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Guests enjoy swimming in a hotel pool overlooking a reclamation project in Manila, Philippines. August 12, 2023. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on August 10 suspended several reclamation projects in Manila Bay due to their potential environmental and social impacts. <em>Basilio Sepe, ABS-CBN News/File</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on Thursday shared initial findings of its study on the <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">impact of reclamation projects in Manila Bay on the flooding in the area.</span></p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/7/24/senators-blame-manila-bay-reclamation-for-flooding-2040">• Senators blame Manila Bay reclamation for flooding</a></div><p>DENR Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga said that generally, any change in the bay would in fact slow down the flow of water.</p><p>&quot;In general po, reclamation projects will slow down the flow of water and will change the circulation and retention of pollutants and organic materials that are already in the bay,&quot; <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Loyzaga told the Senate Committee on Public Works.</span></p><div><span id="isPasted"><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/2/28/2-manila-bay-reclamation-projects-expected-to-resume-soon-2057">• 2 Manila Bay reclamation projects expected to resume soon</a></span></div><p>&quot;Just to summarize, the findings are that any physical change in the configuration of the embayment that is included in this area will change also the way the water and the pollutants, as well as the other elements that are chemically present and biologically present in the bay, it will change the way these behave,&quot; she added.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/7/25/marcos-wants-to-reexamine-designs-of-flood-control-projects-2035">• Marcos wants to reexamine designs of flood control projects</a></div><p>Loyzaga said that in their records, up to 2,576 hectares <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">of the pending reclamation proposals </span>have been awarded in the NCR area of Manila Bay.</p><p>Senators Juan Miguel Zubiri and Joel Villanueva had blamed the reclamation of Manila Bay for the flooding being experienced, specifically at the Senate premises in the GSIS Financial Center in Pasay City and Bulacan province.<br/><span id="isPasted" style="caret-color:rgb(0, 0, 0);color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"></span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br/><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Executive Department is proposing around P305 billion for various flood control projects next year, the Department of Budget and Management said Thursday.</span><br/><br/><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Of the total amount, P302.987 billion will be allocated to the Department of Public Works and Highways while P2.173 Billion will go to projects of the Metro Manila Development Authority.</span><br/><br/><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">President Ferdinand Marcos Jr earlier noted the need for a nationwide flood-control program as a more effective way to address worsening floods. </span><br/><br/><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This after critics called out the government for the seeming ineffectiveness of the administration’s flood control measures, days after the President touted the 5,500 completed flood control projects in his third SONA. </span><br/><br/><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><strong>– With a report from Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News </strong></span></p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO: </strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/E3OZaNQwvYU?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>DENR shared initial findings of their study on the impact of reclamation projects in Manila Bay on the flooding in the area.</p>

DENR shared initial findings of their study on the impact of reclamation projects in Manila Bay on the flooding in the area.

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Is Manila Bay reclamation to blame for worsening floods? DENR shares findings

RG Cruz,

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Published Aug 01, 2024 02:42 PM PHT

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Updated Aug 01, 2024 03:04 PM PHT

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