Reclamation foes to keep fighting
By Jaymee T. Gamil, Jerome Aning
Suffering a legal setback on Friday, groups opposed to a P14-billion reclamation project near a protected bird sanctuary on Manila Bay vowed to continue the fight in court.
Suffering a legal setback on Friday, groups opposed to a P14-billion reclamation project near a protected bird sanctuary on Manila Bay vowed to continue the fight in court.
The Court of Appeals dismissed the bid of Las Pinas Representative, now Team PNoy senatorial candidate Cynthia Villar to stop the implementation of the P14-billion reclamation project in Manila Bay.
The Makati-based Public Estates Authority, now the Philippine Reclamation Authority, was created through Presidential Decree No. 1084 which was signed on Feb. 4, 1977. Attached to the Office of the President, it was established to serve as the clearing house for reclamation projects in the country. Schatzi Quodala, Inquirer Research
The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) under the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has rejected the demand of fisher folk that it recall its approval of land reclamation projects in Manila Bay, a militant group said on Saturday.
It’s more fun to leave Manila Bay alone. This was the assertion made by a group of civic leaders and environmental advocates who are opposing plans approved last year by the Manila city council to reclaim and turn parts of the bay into a bustling commercial hub.
Reclamation projects, if done properly, is the answer to flooding, according to Mines and Geosciences Bureau Director engineer Leo Jasareno.
CEBU CITY—A 300-hectare reclaimed area owned by the Cebu City government has been cited by a top urban planner as a successful model for reclamation projects outside Metro Manila. Felino Palafox Jr., world renowned architect, said the South Road Properties (SRP) has even been drawing big businesses into the country. These include SM [...]
Boracay Island, recently named by an international travel magazine as the world’s best island destination for 2012, must be left untouched.
LUCENA CITY—Leftist groups expressed apprehension over a plan by government to build what they said were 102 new islands through reclamation projects that the groups said would destroy environmentally critical areas and drastically reduce fishing grounds. The group Pamalakaya, which counts fishermen as its members, said the plan to reclaim land nationwide was “morally disturbing.” [...]
The diocese of Parañaque has joined the mounting opposition to the Three Island Reclamation and Development Project, which a number of Las Piñas residents campaigned against earlier this month, saying it would usher in environmental disasters, among other problems.
Groups opposing a planned reclamation project in front of Metro Manila’s last ecological reserve have launched a campaign collecting one million signatures to persuade the government to change their mind about building a business center and a highway in the area.
A militant fisherfolk group asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to issue a legal opinion on whether its order for a cleanup of the Manila Bay would involve strictly the rehabilitation of the bay or also include reclamation and privatization.
ILOILO CITY—Nearly 500 activists representing various organizations in 43 countries have called on President Aquino to scrap at least four major reclamation projects for perceived negative impacts on the livelihood of fisher folk and marine biodiversity. In a resolution passed during the 4th Assembly of the International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS) held in Manila [...]
