Manila Bay is now five times dirtier compared to its condition in 2008 when the Supreme Court ordered 13 national agencies to restore it to a state “fit for swimming and other forms of recreation,” Sen. Cynthia Villar said during a visit to Lubao, Pampanga, on Monday. “Ten years after the Supreme Court issued a continuing mandamus [a writ that compels the government to perform its duties properly] to clean Manila Bay, it is five times dirtier now. We have somewhat failed in this effort,” she told fishermen as she and House Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo led a series of coastal cleanup activities.

Orejas, T. (2018, September 25). Senator Villar: Manila bay 5 times dirtier now. Philippine Daily Inquirer, p. A12.