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Apr 18, 2024 · On Dec. 18, 2008, the Supreme Court issued SC Mandamus on Manila Bay (G.R. 171947-48) directing 13 government agencies to clean up, rehabilitate, and preserve Manila Bay, and restore and maintain its waters to SB level to make them fit for swimming, skin-diving, and other forms of contact recreation.
Specifically, the program is currently being pursued to control the pollution that ends up in the Bay’s shoreline, in compliance with the mandamus order of the Supreme Court to improve Manila Bay’s water quality within SB standards.
On Dec. 18, 2016, the Supreme Court issued SC Mandamus on Manila Bay (G.R. 171947-48) directing 14 government agencies to clean up, rehabilitate, and preserve Manila Bay, and restore and maintain its waters to SB level to make them fit for swimming, skin-diving, and other forms of contact recreation.
DENR Secretary Antonia Loyzaga joined hundreds of volunteers in Manila Bay along SM by the Bay in Pasay City to highlight the need for concerted effort to protect oceans and marine life from waste and plastic pollution.
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-National Capital Region (DENR-NCR) will lead the observance of the 2021 International Coastal Clean-up (ICC) in Metro Manila this Saturday, 18 September 2021.
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), through the Environmental Management Bureau-National Capital Region (EMB-NCR), Metropolitan Environmental Office-West (MEO), and Manila Bay Coordinating Office (MBCO), organized a cleanup at the back of Gloria Maris, CCP Complex, Pasay City early this month.
Mar 6, 2019 · The rehabilitation of Manila Bay got a major boost after food and beverage giant San Miguel Corp. (SMC) agreed to clean up the Tullahan-Tinajeros River System, one of the major river systems draining into the heavily polluted bay.
The DENR chief issued the warning after photos of people, including children, bathing in the waters along Roxas Boulevard in Manila circulated online days after a massive cleanup activity during the launch of the intensified rehabilitation effort dubbed as “Battle for Manila Bay.”
Garnering a total of 86.53 points, Lingunan Creek led the pack of 14 waterways nominated by Metro Manila local government units to the “Gawad Taga-ilog: Search for Most Improved Estero in Metro Manila” conducted by the DENR NCR last year.
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Pasig River Coordinating and Management Office (DENR-PRCMO) has removed a total of 1,603.53 tons of mixed solid waste and water hyacinth from the Pasig River and its tributaries from January to May 15, 2024, in support to the ongoing Manila Bay Rehabilitation Program.
