Half of LGUs around Manila Bay violate anti-pollution laws — DILG
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More than half of the local government units along the Manila Bay watershed have been found non-compliant with environmental law, the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) said. The DILG said that 53% or 95 of the 178 LGUs from the various regions along the bay failed a checklist that gauges their compliance with environmental laws, with 16 of the worst performers targeted as priorities. “Based on our assessment, we still have a lot of work to do, and we intend to start with these 16 LGUs as we go along assisting all of the 178. We will help them, hindi namin sila pababayaan,” Interior Secretary Eduardo M. Año in a statement Thursday.
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Ferreras, V. A. N. (2019, February 15-16). Half of LGUs around Manila Bay violate anti-pollution laws — DILG. BusinessWorld, p. S1/2.
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