The year 2023 affirmed the significance of enjoining the people to voice out their demands and aspirations while battling the social evils that continue to plague the nation.
People’s Pushback in 2023
Tags: Manila Bay reclamation
Fishers say reclamation is not a ‘coastal defense’
“Officials from the PRA should be educated that it’s the mangrove trees, not the destructive reclamation, that shield coastal communities from intense flooding.”
Fishers skeptical over Manila Bay rehab funding
“Over the years, the DENR has been complicit with big corporations involved in reclamation and other forms of conversion in Manila Bay, putting the livelihood and other socio-economic rights of fishers at stake.”
Lab Notes | Manila Bay reclamation and the Baseco community
Science and development should consider the actual conditions experienced on the ground and prioritize projects that genuinely benefit communities. The situation in Baseco is not an isolated incident but rather a problem prevalent in various parts of the country.
Lab Notes | DENR is tone deaf to the plight of fisherfolk in Cavite
The fisherfolk themselves fear that they will lose their livelihood. Why is DENR invalidating this concern? Reclaiming the coasts of Cavite to make way for big business will involve not only the demolition of illegal structures but even those owned by licensed owners. Eventually, the fisherfolk will be at the disadvantage.
30 families lose homes, livelihood amid Navotas reclamation
Thirty families were told to vacate the land where they have lived for decades to give way to the 576-hectare reclamation project of San Miguel Corporation.
Environmentalists, fisherfolk denounce DENR’s ‘fake’ rehabilitation of Manila Bay
‘There is no real rehabilitation if the Manila Bay ends up with profit-driven corporations.’