The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) vowed that the restoration of Manila Bay would continue until 2022. Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu said rehabilitation efforts remain in “full swing” almost a year after the government began the clean-up program. “[W]e hope to sustain the momentum of restoring it to its former glory in the coming years,” he said in a statement. The official said the government aims to make Manila Bay “fit again for swimming and other forms of contact recreation.”

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