ENVIRONMENT Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga Thursday said that all 22 reclamation projects in the Manila Bay region were suspended and are under review for 'environment and social impacts.'
At a Palace press briefing, Yulo-Loyzaga said the suspension of the reclamation activities took effect after it was announced by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday.'The declaration is really that all of these projects are suspended at this point.
'So we're here at the point where the President has issued the suspension of reclamation projects in Manila, ready to look into number one, the environmental impacts, but also the social impacts of these activities,' Yulo-Loyzaga said.'And on the other part of the DENR, we are of course, as I have said before, looking into the compliances under the conditions under which the ECCs at the area clearances were issued,' she added.Yulo-Loyzaga also shrugged off Sen.
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