Already polluted 22 years ago, the waters of Manila Bay are now “several times filthier” notwithstanding the multi-million peso backed government effort to improve it. Deputy Speaker and BUHAY Partylist Rep. Lito Atienza made this assessment as he recalled that it took a Supreme Court ruling to force 13 government agencies to clean up the inlet. The ruling was the SC’s response to a civil action filed by concerned residents in Manila, of which Atienza was a former mayor.

Rosario, B. (2021, February 15). Two decades after SC ordered cleanup, Manila Bay waters now ‘filthier’. Manila Bulletin, pp. 1, 7.