The PRA, formerly the Public Estates Authority, regulates and monitors implementation of reclamation projects.
MANILA — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has appointed an engineer previously with the environment department as general manager and CEO of the Philippine Reclamation Authority.
Also joining the PRA board are former Quezon City 1st District Rep. Anthony Peter "Onyx" Crisologo and Alexander Lopez. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources later clarified that all 22 reclamation projects along Manila Bay had been suspended while their environmental and social impacts udnergo review.
Environmental groups have warned about the damage that reclamation projects will cause to marine habitats as well as to coastal communities that rely on the sea for their livelihood.
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