Two months after President Marcos announced the suspension of all reclamation projects in Manila Bay, fishermen witnessed a dredging vessel closely passing their boat off Cavite on Saturday night, fishers’ group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) said.
“The dredging vessel is involved in seabed quarrying in Cavite to fulfill several dump-and-fill projects in Manila Bay, particularly for the airport reclamation project in Bulacan,” Pamalakaya yesterday said.
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has submitted to Marcos its recommendation on the reclamation projects in Manila Bay. The suspension came days after the US embassy had expressed concern that the Manila Bay reclamation projects have ties to the China CommunicationsThe Chinese firm has been included in the US Department of Commerce’s Entity List for its role in helping the Chinese military construct and militarize the artificial islands in the South China Sea.
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