During the hearing, Sen. Nancy Binay inquired from the agency’s officials about the status of the Manila Bay Dolomite Beach and the reclamation area in Manila Bay. READ:
Villar is currently the chairperson of the Senate Committee on Environment, Natural Resources, and Climate Change. The committee recently held a hearing on the proposed 2023 budget of the DENR.
Binay said from her office at the Senate of the Philippines, she can see ships placing sand on the beach.“ President Duterte, I think it was 2019 or 2020, he said there is a moratorium on the reclamation at Manila Bay. But at Manila Bay, from my office, I can see the view of Manila Bay. I can see sand still being dropped,” Binay said.
The Manila Bay project has yet to get a budget, the official added. The budget for its rehabilitation will go to enforcement as well as protection efforts, Leones said. “It appears that the moratorium was not in effect when these ECCs were actually granted,” Loyzaga said.
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