Isyu ng malawakang reklamasyon sa Manila Bay, siniyasat ni Jessica Soho | Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho - video Dailymotion

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Aired (October 6, 2024): Ang dating masaganang dagat na pinagkukunan ng kabuhayan ng mga mangingisda, unti-unti na raw naglalaho dahil sa malawakang reklamasyon sa Manila Bay.  Ang mga sapra o fishing traps kasi ng mga mangingisda, binaklas! Halos wala na rin daw silang nahuhuling isda.  Ang malawakang reklamasyon, para daw sa kaunlaran. Pero paano naman ang mga taong sa Manila Bay na umikot ang buhay at hanapbuhay?  Ang buong isyu, siniyasat ni Jessica Soho.  Panoorin ang video.  #KMJS

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00:00The land is not enough, but it can be added through reclamation.

00:12Just like what is being done in developed places like Singapore and Dubai,

00:19and even here in Manila Bay until now.

00:26The question is, will this really work?

00:31In the middle of Manila Bay, from the air, you can see the rough land.

00:45The noise of the growing dredgers is getting louder.

00:49Seashells are being released from the ground and the sand.

01:03There, the black part is being released.

01:06Like mountains are being formed on the surface,

01:10which will probably completely change the shape of Manila Bay.

01:20In these reclamation areas, a modern city is being built.

01:32But the things that are being pushed by the movement of water and land around Manila Bay are getting worse.

01:41I hope that they will give us a chance in our search for life,

01:46so that they won't destroy everything.

01:49Their search for life is affected.

01:52There's nothing left to catch.

01:54Just a piece of land.

01:57But their protests and complaints are only heard or heard.

02:12In big projects, there are small projects,

02:16like the fishermen of Las Pinas, Pasay, Paranaque, and Cavite,

02:22which are now affected by the extensive reclamation project in Manila Bay.

02:29One of the fishermen affected is Mr. Vic from Las Pinas City.

02:34Mr. Vic is from Las Pinas City.

02:36For almost four decades, he's been used to catching fish in the sea.

02:42There, that's what I'm catching.

02:45But ever since the new reclamation started in Manila Bay,

02:49fishermen are now prohibited from fishing there.

02:53The reclamation is affecting us a lot.

02:55First of all, our livelihood.

02:57We almost went bankrupt because there's nothing left.

02:59The grass that grows in our area is gone.

03:02Our livelihood is gone.

03:11What do you call this?

03:12This is what we call a fish trap, ma'am.

03:14It's like a fish pen?

03:15It's like a fish trap.

03:17Ah, fish trap.

03:18I have another one.

03:20But in the past, three fish traps fell on me.

03:24Why did they fall on you?

03:25They said we're not allowed there.

03:27There are many reasons.

03:28But for me, the reclamation is the real reason.

03:31That's why we were removed from that place.

03:33For many people to catch fish,

03:35Vic built four fish traps, if you will,

03:39made of bamboo.

03:41It has a generator,

03:42so that at night, there's a light

03:44to lift the fish up.

03:46Underneath.

03:48But because of the reclamation project that's being done now,

03:52some of Vic's traps were closed.

03:57In the past, there were about 300 fish traps

04:00in this part of Manila Bay.

04:02Now, it's good that there are still 30 left.

04:06In the past, there were six fish traps in Dilis.

04:09That's the estimate that Vic got

04:11when they went to their fish traps.

04:14Now, there are three.

04:16They're lucky if they caught three.

04:19Even the types of fish,

04:21many of them were lost,

04:23or maybe caught by the government

04:25here in the reclamation.

04:28Are you being given any help

04:30to make up for the loss?

04:33No, we're not.

04:34I don't feel like we're being given any help.

04:37They said,

04:38you've been waiting for a long time.

04:39For us, we hope,

04:40we plan, like you,

04:42we thank you

04:44that somehow,

04:45we'll be able to show what's happening to us.

04:48It's like,

04:49the government is forcing us.

04:52It's too much.

04:55They're giving us training,

04:56they're making us fish traps.

04:58What are we going to do?

04:59What else are we going to cook?

05:00We won't be able to catch anything.

05:02That's why,

05:03Vic is going to the sea of Las Piñas

05:05to fish.

05:07But even here,

05:08the effect of the reclamation is already felt.

05:11In the past, the excess water

05:13is gone.

05:14It's gone.

05:15The fish traps?

05:16Yes.

05:17What effect does that have on the fish?

05:19The fish, of course,

05:20will look for the excess water

05:23so that they can swim.

05:25Aside from the fish traps,

05:27the boats they use,

05:28if it's too noisy,

05:29of course,

05:30the fish will really leave.

05:33To those who say

05:34that reclamation is needed

05:36because the land needs to be added,

05:38new businesses need to be built,

05:42they're saying,

05:43on the whole,

05:44that reclamation is good.

05:46What can you say about that?

05:48Reclamation is not good

05:50because first of all,

05:51we're depriving the nature

05:53and the life of the fishermen.

05:56It's gone.

05:57Almost 80%

05:58of their income is lost.

06:00And also,

06:01our coastal areas are destroyed.

06:03We consider that

06:04the fishermen are doomed.

06:07The Spaniards say

06:09that there are reclamation projects

06:12here in the Philippines.

06:13In the 1970s,

06:15the 660 hectares of Manila Bay

06:19were reclaimed

06:20for what is now

06:22the Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex,

06:25some malls,

06:26and business districts.

06:29But in 1993,

06:31the City of Manila

06:33passed the City Ordinance 7777

06:36prohibiting any kind of reclamation

06:40in Manila.

06:41But in 2011,

06:43that was without a visa.

06:45But just last year,

06:47President Bongbong Marcos Jr.

06:50suspended

06:51more than 20 reclamation projects

06:53in Manila Bay

06:54while the DENR

06:56passed a study

06:58or a Cumulative Impact Assessment

07:01on the effects

07:03of extensive reclamation

07:05on the environment.

07:07In the initial study

07:09by the DENR,

07:11the DENR found that

07:12the reclamation project

07:14was slowing down

07:15the flow of water

07:16in Manila Bay

07:17which has an effect

07:18on the fishery.

07:20However,

07:21after just 3 months,

07:23the DENR gave

07:24a go signal

07:25to pass

07:26more than 20

07:27reclamation projects.

07:30One of them

07:31is the 265 hectare

07:33Pasay Harbor City

07:35Reclamation Project

07:36for a modern

07:38waterfront city.

07:40And the second one

07:41is the 360 hectare

07:43Pasay Reclamation Project

07:45for eco-friendly

07:48commercial and residential spaces.

07:55We went down

07:56one of the landslides

07:59in the middle of Manila Bay.

08:01We are not on any beach

08:03but we are in the middle

08:04of Manila Bay.

08:05This is the situation

08:06right now.

08:07These landslides

08:09that you can see here

08:11are part of the

08:13reclamation project

08:14from Manila to Pasay.

08:17All of these

08:18are part of the

08:19reclamation project.

08:20This land is still not enough

08:22to build a business

08:23or add more houses.

08:25That's why they are still

08:26reclaiming.

08:32The problem is

08:33that the land is being added

08:35but the sea is shrinking.

08:37How about the environment?

08:39How about the flood?

08:41How about climate change?

08:43How about the livelihood

08:45of fishermen?

08:49Manila Bay is a rich

08:51sardine spot,

08:52spawning ground.

08:53It used to be in the top 10

08:55fishing grounds in the country.

08:56It's a rich ecosystem.

08:58In reclamation,

08:59there are corals,

09:00seagrass,

09:01mongrels, and sea serine.

09:02This is the nursery

09:04of our fishermen.

09:06How will they grow?

09:08They will destroy

09:09their habitat.

09:11Magdalena is also worried

09:13about how she will be able

09:15to make ends meet

09:16every day.

09:17They are both

09:18gradually losing

09:20their livelihood

09:21due to her mistery.

09:23The fishponds

09:24that we used to build

09:25have been destroyed.

09:27Now, we are living

09:28here in Taguiliran.

09:29The one from Pasig,

09:31Agos,

09:32is no longer

09:33connected to us.

09:34The Agos river

09:36has changed?

09:37Yes.

09:38Because reclamation

09:39is no longer allowed.

09:41Did you build this

09:42in the municipality?

09:44They were given

09:45training.

09:46Training for what?

09:47They were given

09:48a year's salary.

09:49The salary is

09:51one to eight months.

09:53Before they grow up.

09:54Before they grow up.

09:55We have to wait

09:56for eight months

09:57before we can fish

09:58and eat.

09:59What solutions

10:00do you see?

10:01We can't

10:02teach them

10:03how to reclaim.

10:04Maybe it will

10:05continue.

10:07Her husband's

10:08illness is

10:09causing

10:10more problems.

10:11He was attacked

10:12by high blood pressure.

10:13He was stressed

10:14because of our fishponds

10:15that were destroyed.

10:17They gave us

10:18a chance

10:19to live

10:20our lives.

10:21They told us

10:22not to

10:23give up.

10:24If we ask them,

10:25they will tell us

10:26that we need

10:27more land

10:28for our livelihood.

10:31For those

10:32who are rich,

10:33I hope that

10:34they won't

10:35give up

10:36their livelihood.

10:37We are also the ones

10:38who provide food

10:39to the rich.

10:40The fish

10:41that you cook

10:42and eat

10:43came from us.

10:44We are not

10:45the ones who are

10:46being racist.

10:47We are not the ones

10:48who are destroying.

10:49We are with them

10:50in their livelihood.

10:51Because we also

10:52know that

10:53other agencies

10:54are involved.

10:55All illegal structures

10:56within Manila Bay

10:57that don't have

10:58permits

10:59are being

11:00violated

11:01by the Supreme Court

11:02decision.

11:03That's why

11:04they are saying

11:05that they are

11:06with the reclamation

11:07because they were

11:08given the reclamation

11:09in 2020.

11:10Maybe they are

11:11just included

11:12in the issue.

11:13Others who were

11:14affected by the

11:15reclamation

11:16are being relocated

11:17like the fisherman

11:18Jeffrey

11:19from Paranaque.

11:20I agreed

11:21because

11:22they need

11:23a road.

11:24We will move

11:25to Cavite

11:26with 18,000.

11:27Here,

11:28we have

11:29fish.

11:30Now,

11:31half of it

11:32is here.

11:33Sometimes,

11:34there's none.

11:35Because he

11:36couldn't find

11:37a job

11:38in the new

11:39relocation

11:40to them,

11:41Jeffrey

11:42couldn't do anything

11:43but return

11:44to Paranaque.

11:45But because

11:46their old

11:47house was

11:48demolished,

11:49they are now

11:50living in

11:51their floating

11:52house

11:53in the middle

11:54of the bay.

11:55There's nothing

11:56there.

11:57We don't have

11:58anything to buy.

11:59We are fighting

12:00for our livelihood

12:01here.

12:02But because of

12:03the government,

12:04we have nothing

12:05to do.

12:06A well-known

12:07geologist,

12:08Professor Kelvin

12:09Rodolfo,

12:10Professor Emeritus

12:11in Earth and

12:12Environmental Sciences

12:13at the University

12:14of Illinois

12:15in America,

12:16conducted

12:17a study

12:18about the

12:19effects of

12:20reclamation

12:21projects in

12:22Manila Bay.

12:23According to

12:24his study,

12:25reclamation

12:26projects in

12:27Manila Bay

12:28are not only

12:29polluting,

12:30but also

12:31degrading

12:32the soil.

12:33The soil

12:34can also

12:35dry up,

12:36which is

12:37very dangerous.

12:38We used to

12:39water here,

12:40but when

12:41the flood

12:42came,

12:43we were

12:44forced to

12:45leave.

12:46For example,

12:47our sea

12:48is like

12:49a bucket of

12:50water.

12:51If we

12:52put a rock

12:53in the middle

12:54of a bucket

12:55of water,

12:56it's not

12:57feasible

12:58to do

12:59reclamation

13:00in Manila Bay

13:01because

13:02the water

13:03is so

13:04narrow.

13:05It's not

13:06a force of

13:07nature.

13:08It's because

13:09of this

13:10man-made,

13:11humanity-induced

13:12pressures that

13:13we are doing.

13:14And there

13:15will be

13:16more.

13:17We got

13:18permission

13:19from the

13:20government

13:21agency

13:22that is

13:23in charge

13:24of

13:25the

13:26reclamation

13:27projects.

13:28We

13:29are

13:30doing

13:31this

13:32because

13:33we

13:34need

13:35space.

13:36We

13:37need

13:38economic

13:39movement.

13:40The

13:41problem is

13:42that there

13:43are

13:44other

13:45effects

13:46of the

13:47reclamation

13:48projects.

13:49First is

13:50the

13:51nature.

13:52How

13:53do

13:54we

13:55do

13:56this?

13:57It's

13:58not

13:59feasible

14:00to do

14:01reclamation

14:02in Manila

14:03Bay

14:04because

14:05the water

14:06is so

14:07narrow.

14:08It's

14:09not

14:10feasible

14:11to do

14:12reclamation

14:13in Manila

14:14Bay

14:15because

14:16the water

14:17is so

14:18narrow.

14:19It's not

14:20feasible

14:21to do

14:22reclamation

14:23in Manila

14:24Bay

14:25because

14:26the water

14:27is so

14:28narrow.

14:29It's

14:30not

14:31feasible

14:32to do

14:33reclamation

14:34in Manila

14:35Bay

14:36because

14:37the water

14:38is so

14:39narrow.

14:40It's

14:41not

14:42feasible

14:43to do

14:44reclamation

14:45in Manila

14:46Bay

14:47because

14:48the water

14:49is so

14:50narrow.

14:51It's

14:52not

14:53feasible

14:54to do

14:55reclamation

14:56in Manila

14:57Bay

14:58because

14:59the water

15:00is so

15:01narrow.

15:02It's

15:03not

15:04feasible

15:05to do

15:06reclamation

15:07in Manila

15:08Bay

15:09because

15:10the water

15:11is so

15:12narrow.

15:13It's

15:14not

15:15feasible

15:16to do

15:17reclamation

15:18in Manila

15:19Bay

15:20because

15:21the water

15:22is so

15:23narrow.

15:24It's

15:25not

15:26feasible

15:27to do

15:28reclamation

15:29in Manila

15:30Bay

15:31because

15:32the water

15:33is so

15:34narrow.

15:35It's

15:36not

15:37feasible

15:38to do

15:39reclamation

15:40in Manila

15:41Bay

15:42because

15:43the water

15:44is so

15:45narrow.

15:46It's

15:47not

15:48feasible

15:49to do

15:50reclamation

15:51in Manila

15:52Bay

15:53because

15:54the water

15:55is so

15:56narrow.

15:57It's

15:58not

15:59feasible

16:00to do

16:01reclamation

16:02in Manila

16:03Bay

16:04because

16:05the water

16:06is so

16:07narrow.

16:08It's

16:09not

16:10feasible

16:11to do

16:12reclamation

16:13in Manila

16:14Bay

16:15because

16:16the water

16:17is so

16:18narrow.

16:19It's

16:20not

16:21feasible

16:22to do

16:23reclamation

16:24in Manila

16:25Bay

16:26because

16:27the water

16:28is so

16:29narrow.

16:30It's

16:31not

16:32feasible

16:33to do

16:34reclamation

16:35in Manila

16:36Bay

16:37because

16:38the water

16:39is so

16:40narrow.

16:41It's

16:42not

16:43feasible

16:44to do

16:45reclamation

16:46in Manila

16:47Bay

16:48because

16:49the water

16:50is so

16:51narrow.

16:52It's

16:53not

16:54feasible

16:55to do

16:56reclamation

16:57in Manila

16:58Bay

16:59because

17:00the water

17:01is so

17:02narrow.

17:04Only 2 out of 20 projects are being done now.

17:10But now, we can already see the effects of this on the safety and well-being of fishermen.

17:18What if other similar projects are to be followed?

17:23I hope that this will not affect the well-being and safety of fishermen.

17:35Thank you for watching, Kapuso!

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