These were the 360-ha Pasay reclamation project, the 140-ha Solar City project, and the Navotas Boulevard Business Park. The PRA also divulged that there were 120 proposed reclamation projects in the whole country, Casilao said in a statement. “Would these reclamation projects have adverse effects on the environment?” Buhay Rep. Lito Atienza asked Literal during the hearing. But he added that “systems” would be put in place to reduce the environmental impact of the reclamation projects. On the sidelines of his meeting with local officials on the bay’s rehabilitation, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año said that all reclamation projects would be reviewed.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer February 11, 2019 21:00 UTC