Environment secretary Roy Cimatu on Wednesday said that the ongoing Manila Bay rehabilitation is not a prelude to any land reclamation initiative the government is preparing for dozens of infrastructure projects. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is merely implementing a December 2008 mandamus of the Supreme Court to clean up, rehabilitate, and preserve Manila Bay, Cimatu said a during the Kapihan sa Manila Bay news forum. “Walang reclamation, we are just implementing the mandamus and there is no component for reclamation,” Cimatu said.

'Manila Bay rehab is no prelude to reclamation'. (2019, February 8). Panay News, pp. B3, B8.