We beg to differ.
One thing that could go right for Manila Bay Reclamation is that it could pave the way for a new start, without the burden and limitations of a once glorious past that will never be reclaimed. Reclamation is actually a part of a plan for Manila’s growth that was started by the Americans when they…
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(Before my commentary, please watch the video announcement from the Manila Goldcoast Development Corporation which is developing the Manila Solar City in partnership with the City Government of Manila. It is a development project I am openly supporting as a Manilenyo chiefly and mainly because I believe it is the right direction to pursue in…
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I left off my previous post with a paragraph that had the sub-heading, “Without a Vision, Reviving Manila is a Lost Cause”. SOS Save Manila Bay’s woeful calls for “environmental” and “heritage” preservation is as shallow and meandering as the silted Pasig River that disgorges its black sewerage water into Manila bay. Why? It’s not…
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My Fascination for Old Manila and my Quiapo Roots I have been engaged in a rather long running hobby of hunting for old pictures of Manila on the internet. So much so that it led me to create Lumang Tao Moments a few years back — it is a site where I curate all the…
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First it was “Save 182 Pine Trees”, then it was “Save Manila Bay, and now it has come to this… “Save Tahong!” This post is not for the green minded. So, if you have any decency left in you, pack away those dirty thoughts because we’re going to talk about a supposed “industry” which centers…
Or The Pseudo-science Mumbo Jumbo of Lory Tan, WWF-Philippines President Remember these words well the next time you encounter an environmentalist of one sort or another: Environmentalism is a creed of mysticism. While it often tries to display a veneer of science, it in fact rejects reason and science. It regularly makes claims that are…
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