There are times when the bishops have it right—and, perhaps, this is one of them.
“The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) recently denounced the multi-billion peso Manila Bay reclamation as ‘immoral,’ saying the project will do communities more harm than good,” reports Vito Barcelo in Manila Standard Today.
The Pasay City Council gave the go signal to SM Land Inc.’s proposed PHP54.5-billion Manila Bay project.
The report quoted Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle and Manila Auxiliary Archbishop Broderick Pabillo, who said that floods would worsen in shoreline areas.
Tagle added that he “preferred tourism and preserving culture by restoring old historical sites to reclamation as better options without sacrificing the environment and people’s livelihood.”
The report revealed that “some 30,000 to 50,000 families, mostly in Navotas, Malabon, and the coastal villages of Cavite, Pampanga and Bataan, depend on the Manila Bay for their income.”
