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.
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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.
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