The award-winning rehabilitation of Pasig River, a major tributary of Manila Bay, faces a setback as authorities found new structures near a supposedly "recovered" estuary connected to it. The Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission (PRRC) in a statement on Thursday said it is investigating how informal settlements were again constructed around Estero de Magdalena in Manila. The PPRC considers it a priority waterway given the "alarming" volume of waste and the polluted wastewater it drains to the Pasig River, then to Manila Bay.

Manila Bay rehab: Gov't probes return of structures near estero. (2019, January 19). Panay News, p. B8.