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News Monitoring 01 27 2020 01-27-20 DATE DAY Monty - ritirFf: TsznENv- ts Strategic Communication and 1114i: dive Service • STRATEGIC PHILIPPINE DAILY I 1/1 EJ BALANCED NEWS • FEARLESS VIEWS BANNER EDITORIAL CARTOON COMMUNICATION PAGE 1 STORY ea INITIATIVES PAGE LONER RIEMORI ellimilar SERVICE INQUIRER 0 1-27 - 20 DATE HEE: PAGE I/ A YEAR AFTER CAMPAIGN LAUNCH DENR CITES GAINS IN MANILA BAY CLEANUP By Jhesset 0. Enano be swimmable by end of 2019, ghessetEnanoINQ he said the timeline had been pushed back due to delays DENR cites gains The waters of Manila Bay, in constructing flood control world-famous for its sunset, projects in the baywallc area. in bay cleanup have shown signs of improve- ment a year after the environ- Treatment plants ChiefhisticeDiosdado Peralta on Sunday sounded ment department and other Officials are now pinning bowled over by the transformation of a cleaned-up government agencies launched their hopes on a new solar-po- Manila Bay. The song "What A Wonderful World" a drive to clean up what has been now best describes the once heavily polluted bay, wered sewerage treatment Peralta said. Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu, called a "gigantic septic tank" plant on Roxas Boulevard—a however, said the level of fecal coliform made Officials touted Baseco project of the Metropolitan Ma- the bay still unsafe for swimming. He had earli- Compound, a huge slum by the nila Development Authority. er promised it would be fit for swimming by ro bay in Tondo, Manila, as one of With six main treatment the end of 2019. —STORY BY JHESSET 0. ENANO HO the biggest triumphs of efforts Roy CIITI.3th —MARIANNE BERMUDEZ tanks, the plant is expected to at restoring the old glory of the treat 500,000 liters of waste- bay, where Commodore George water daily. Dewey destroyed the Spanish Levels of fecal conform, or The untreated water will Pacific Squadron during the bacteria from human and animal come from three drainage out- Spanish-American War. feces, are still at thousands to falls, namely Padre Faura, Rajah Not too long ago, the water millions most probable number Soliman and the Manila Yacht at the shoreline of Baseco was per ioo milliliter (mpnftoo ml), Club. Once flowing straight to the filled with trash—from plastic although this was a significant bay, the outfalls will be diverted food packaging and sachets to decrease compared to previous by a 1.5-1cm pipe stretching from used diapers. levels that reached billions. the US Embassy to the yacht dub. Now, the sand underneath The plant is expected to be the water is finally visible, Drop in fecal coliform levels fully operational by March. after months of consistent Before the rehabilitation Yet even without the treat- cleanup activities led by the program, the DENR said it aimed ment plant, Cimatu said recent Department of Environment to reduce the fecal conform le- data from the Environmental and Natural Resources (DENR) vel of the bay from 330 million Management Bureau already and village officials. mpnftoo ml to a more acceptable showed that coliform levels 270 mpriftoo ml by end of 2019. from these outfalls had "dras- High court mandamus The safe level for water qua- tically decreased." Saying he was "impressed" lity is pegged at wo mpnftoo ml. For instance, the count by the agencies' efforts, Chief While Baseco Beach has at Padre Faura outfall is now Justice Diosdado Peralta said shown huge improvement visu- down to 920,000 mpnftoo ml, this was the first time he had ally, environment officials said from its prerehabilitation level seen the continuing manda- it was still not safe to swim in. 01 7.21 million mpnftoo ml. mus issued by the Supreme While levels of coliform At the Rajah Soliman drain- Court in 2008 actually being from three monitoring sta- age, levels went down from 35 implemented in the bay. tions in Baseco still fluctuate, million mpnftoo ml to it mil- Acting on a petition filed in it still had high levels, with the lion mpnftoo ml. 1999 by residents of the bay— lowest reaching around 30,000 Cimatu said some 40,000 University of the Philippines mpn/wo ml, said Jacqueline informal settler families with- law students and colleagues Caancan, executive director of in the Manila Bay region would of environment lawyer Tony DENR National Capital Region. be relocated within the year. Oposa, the high court ordered But children found no prob- Relocation of slums is part 13 agencies to clean up and lem skinny dipping into its of the second phase of the reha- protect the body of water. murky brown waters on Sunday, bilitation plan for Manila Bay. The 1,994-square-kilometer paying no attention to the stink "Before, no one really be- bay has a coastline of Igo km still emanating from the bay. lieved that Manila Bay can be and is bounded by Metro Ma- "They will feel bad when cleaned," Peralta said. "My nila and the provinces of Cavite, you tell them off," said Diana wife suggested that the theme Bulacan, Pampanga and Bataan. Espinosa, chair of Baseco Com- song of Baseco was 'Impossible But much remains to be pound. "When it was still dirty, Dream' because it is impossi- done in cleaning up the bay, they were already swimming ble to clean." Environment Secretary Roy Ci- there. Now that it's clean, how "But now, it's 'What A matu said on Sunday, the first will we tell them not to do so?" Wonderful World,— the chief anniversary of the "Battle for While Cimatu had prom- magistrate said, referring to Manila Bay" cleanup campaign. ised that Manila Bay would Baseco's transformation. INQ SimArtruir pHILIPPI I /II. :11 V) L--I. —7. 1 Lt!' lint rt rnr MA 1.0 rriorinlAl Commuruir A IIIIN rIlY 000 ImrttAl rV F I istsoissome 111.Wril Siring( it I A.0•1 I/ Battle for Manila Bay continues —(Story on Page 17) Battle for Manila Bay continues By REV GALUPO The campaign to clean up and Since last year, the Metropolitan restore the marine ecosystem Manila Development Authority of Manila Bay was echoed in (MMDA) has removed over 2,000 a program in Tondo yesterday truckloads of trash, mud and slime amid the backdrop of President from the bay.. Duterte's vocal stance against re- MMDA spokesperson Celine Pi- claiming 100 square kilometers alago said that despite these efforts, of the bay. restoring the old beauty of Manila Bay is unlikely unless throwing garbage Sen. Cynthia Villar and Environ- into the bay is totally stopped. ment and Natural Resources Seaetary Meanwhile, Manila mayor- Roy Cimatu led the program at Baseco turned-Butil party-list Rep. Lito Compound in Tondo for the second Atiertza expressed full support for "Battle for Manila Bay — a pro-envi- the President's stance against re- ronment campaign launched last year. claiming Manila Bay, saying only the yillar lauded the Manila city gov- "oligarchs" would benefit from it. ernment for its agreement with the "We should be revitalizing Manila Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewer- Bay's ecosystems, not flattening them age System (MWSS) and Maynilad to with more reclamation projects," enhance the "Kubeta Ko" project, which Atienza said. — With Ghio Ong, De- is aimed at building over 400 toilets for lon Porcalla bay area residents at Parola Compound. This project, along with a joint MWSS and Maynilad investment in a sewerage treatment plant, is ex- pected to reduce pollution in the bay. STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION UPPER PAGE I MANNER EDITORIAL CARTOON STORY %EOM INMATIVE.S PAGE TOWER IMISOMPIS SERVICE o1-21-20 TIDE : DATE DEPARTMENT of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Roy A. Cimatu (6th from right), chair of the Manila Bay Inter-Agen- cy Task Force (MBIATF), Senator Cynthia Villar (6th from left), Met- ropolitan Manila Development Authority Chairman Danilo Lim (4th from right), Supreme Court Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta (5th from right), US Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim (5th from left), and other government officials switch on the Manila Bay sew- age treatment plant during the first year anniversary of the Manila Bay cleanup and rehabilitation project dubbed as the 'Battle for the Manila Bay' on Sunday. (Ali Vicoy) Manila Bay sewage plant inaugurated Department of Environment mpn/100m1. and Natural Resources Secretary From 35 million mpn/100m1 re- Roy Cimatu led on Sunday the in- corded before the rehabilitation auguration of a sewage intercep- began, Cimatu said the conform tor and treatment plant located in level at the Raja Soliman/Reme- front of the Manila Yacht Club in dios drainage ouffall across Aris- celebration of the first year anni- tocrat Restaurant went down to versary of the Manila Bay's inten- 11 million mpn/100m1. sive cleanup and rehabilitation. The coliform level at the Manila "The facility, which is capable of Yacht Club outran is now 54 mil- treating 500,000 liters of waste- lion mpn/100m1 from a high of water per day, will ensure that no 110 million mpn/100m1, the DENR untreated wastewater from the chief noted. drainage outfalls flows into the "Even before the construction bay," Cimatu said. of this treatment plant, the water Citing the most recent data quality in the bay is slowly improv- from the DENR's Environmental ing." Cimatu pointed out. "This we Management Bureau (EMB), Ci- credit to the concerted efforts and matu said coliform levels from cooperation of all stakeholders major Manila Bay ouffalls have including our estero rangers who "drastically decreased." are in-charge of the esteros that He said the fecal coliform drain into the Manila Bay." count at the Padre Faura outfall He also said that more sewage is now down to 920,000 most treatment plants will be built to probable number per 100 mil- catch the untreatable water flow- liliter (mpn/100m1) frcim its pre- ing into the Manila Bay.
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