KEY CONTENT: Sako-sakong basura ang nakolekta ng mga kabataan sa isinagawang clean up drive sa mga coastal barangay ng Gusa at Lapasan sa Cagayan de Oro City.

TITLE: Manila’s informal settlers face relocation in exchange for clean bay

AUTHOR: Micah Castelo

DATE: 2 October 2019

KEY CONTENT: Herela says this practice of throwing waste directly into the bay is common. She says no one collects their garbage because, under the law, their homes are considered illegal settlements. “We throw our trash right there in the water. Our neighbors do it too,” Herela says. “It’ll go away when the tide comes.”

TITLE: Do informal settlers really contribute most of the waste in Manila Bay?

AUTHOR: Franco Luna

DATE: November 11, 2019

KEY CONTENT: MANILA, Philippines — A fisherfolk federation is disputing a congressman's claim that informal settlers are to blame for the state of Manila Bay. 

TITLE: Informal settlers main pollutants of Manila Bay – Cavite solon

AUTHOR: CJ Juntereal

DATE: November 4, 2019

KEY CONTENT: “We have discovered that 80 percent of the pollution in Manila Bay comes from informal-settler families,” DILG Undersecretary Epimaco Densing told the Environment and Natural Resources panel during Monday’s proceedings, wherein Barzaga asked for a status update. Attending resource persons from the DOH and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) affirmed the task force’s findings, noting that huge volumes of garbage, fecal and sewage waste have worsened pollution in the Manila Bay as per their laboratory findings.