Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday made clear that he is not involved with his family's reclamation project in Manila Bay, which recently caused concern for the US Embassy.
"Ako personally hindi ako connected dyan. Hindi ko nga alam kung ano yung mga activities. But I know for a fact na yung mga gantong reclamation project… lahat yan dumaan ng proseso," said Gatchalian in a media forum.
US Embassy spokesperson Kanishka Gangopadhyay on Monday said they are in constant communication with the Philippine government about how the projects could potentially negatively impact the environment.Gatchalian, however, maintained that the project has received approvals from concerned government agencies.
[Translation: So my point of the matter there is that it underwent the process. This is unfair to those who are building this...It's unfair that they were given permit then you will suddenly complain about it.]
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