The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said its rehabilitation efforts for Manila Bay got a major boost after San Miguel Corp. (SMC) agreed to clean up the Tulahan-Tinajeros river system, one of the major river pollutants in the bay. SMC inked a memorandum of agreement with the DENR for its participation in the adopt-a-river program, a priority initiative of the agency and a key strategy to address the continuing mandamus of the Supreme Court to clean up Manila Bay. SMC pledged P1billion for the dredging and cleanup of the river system, including the purchase of backhoes, cranes with claw, dump trucks, barges and fuel.

Conglomerate commits to rehab river for P1B. (2019, March 7). Malaya Business Insight, p. A3.