Fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamalakaya Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) yesterday called on the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to stop granting permits for reclamation projects in coastal areas. In celebration of World Fisheries Day, members of Pamalakaya and environmental group Kalikasan People's Network for the Environment trooped to the DENR main office in Quezon City to call for a stop to reclamation projects, especially in Manila Bay. The groups claimed that more than 100 reclamation projects are pending throughout Philippine waters, 70 percent of which are in Manila Bay "where hundreds of thousands of fishermen subsist by fishing."

Marcelo, E. (2018, November 22). DENR urged: Stop granting permits for reclamation projects. The Philippine Star, p. 12.