We beg to differ.
A Fitting Testament To Myopic, Parochial, and Political Economy Based National Planning According to the grape vine, all plans to add to or expand the reclaimed area in Manila Bay seems to be ‘dead in the water’ — literally. I didn’t believe the pronouncements of the demise of any and all Manila Bay reclamation projects…
The first part of “Erap and Isko, Reviving Manila” pierced the veil created by environmental and heritage conservation pseudo-activists, revealing that those behind efforts to oppose Manila Bay reclamation are actually people and organizations who are merely out to protect their businesses from competition. Property owners who lease out their land or buildings, for one, see…
Manila is the core city of the National Capital Region and despite the many attempts to restore it to its “old glory”, it is still pretty much rotting away and there seems to be no way of stopping its decay. Polluted, crowded, crime infested, unbearably hot during the summer months, chronically flooded during the rainy…
I was informed rather belatedly that Neophyte Congressman Douglas Hagedorn, the brother of former Puerto Princesa Mayor Edward Hagedorn, has gone on ahead and stated his opposition to a proposed reclamation project in Manila Bay. As the Vice Chairman of the House Committee on Ecology, Hagedorn has cited the following reasons for opposing the project…
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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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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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