Ordered to stay home, Manila’s children face risks beyond COVID

Philippine Manila-What has been trapped for another two weeks for teenage girls who have been indoors for five consecutive months? From mid-March to August last year, when the Philippines issued the world's longest closing ordinance in the capital of Manila to stop the COVID-19 epidemic, Britney Matulan (16 years old) was to a nearby store to buy food. Other than walking, I was trapped in my house.

On Wednesday, Matlan gave up when the government ordered an order to be indoors for at least two weeks for all people under the age of 18 and aged 65 or older. "It's okay. I get used to it anyway." The Tokyo metropolitan area is fighting the new waves of COVID-19. On Friday, the Ministry of Health reported 7, 103 new infected people in the Philippines.

However, the government has not yet recovered from last year's blockade, and the government is refraining from taking such a hardlocation again. On Monday, a ban at night was issued. It is considered part of a bargaining to ensure that minors and the elderly to their homes to be closed to their homes. < SPAN> Philippine Manila-What is the two weeks left for teenage girls who have been indoors for five consecutive months? From mid-March to August last year, when the Philippines issued the world's longest closing ordinance in the capital of Manila to stop the COVID-19 epidemic, Britney Matulan (16 years old) was to a nearby store to buy food. Other than walking, I was trapped in my house.

More mobility restrictions

On Wednesday, Matlan gave up when the government ordered an order to be indoors for at least two weeks for all people under the age of 18 and aged 65 or older. "It's okay. I get used to it anyway." The Tokyo metropolitan area is fighting the new waves of COVID-19. On Friday, the Ministry of Health reported 7, 103 new infected people in the Philippines.

Sweltering, cramped houses

However, the government has not yet recovered from last year's blockade, and the government is refraining from taking such a hardlocation again. On Monday, a ban at night was issued. It is considered part of a bargaining to ensure that minors and the elderly to their homes to be closed to their homes. Philippine Manila-What has been trapped for another two weeks for teenage girls who have been indoors for five consecutive months? From mid-March to August last year, when the Philippines issued the world's longest closing ordinance in the capital of Manila to stop the COVID-19 epidemic, Britney Matulan (16 years old) was to a nearby store to buy food. Other than walking, I was trapped in my house.

On Wednesday, Matlan gave up when the government ordered an order to be indoors for at least two weeks for all people under the age of 18 and aged 65 or older. "It's okay. I get used to it anyway." The Tokyo metropolitan area is fighting the new waves of COVID-19. On Friday, the Ministry of Health reported 7, 103 new infected people in the Philippines.

‘Why is this taking so long?’

However, the government has not yet recovered from last year's blockade, and the government is refraining from taking such a hardlocation again. On Monday, a ban at night was issued. It is considered part of a bargaining to ensure that minors and the elderly to their homes to be closed to their homes.

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However, local scientists are concerned that new colonovirus subspecies, including recently discovered in the Philippines, are spurning the increase in infected people. The OCTA research group at the University of Tokyo, which analyzes the Philippine health statistics, says that the infection will continue to increase unless more moved restrictions. "JoJo Garcia, a general manager of the Manila Area Area, said to Algerazilla. However, According to Dr. Bernadet Madrid, a pediatrician, secretar y-general of the NGO Child Protection Network (CPN), children and teenagers are not as infected as adults. "It's difficult to protect the protocol of public health, and it's easy to get infected as others. How do you say" don't get close to you "? They don't understand it," said Madrida. I talked. In the Manila metropolitan area, as the number of COVID-19 infected people increased again, the government has issued a ban on going out, so even the [Eloisa Lopez/Reuters] Matlan, which is gathered by offenders to go out, is gathered in the camp. I think it makes sense to keep such young people indoors. "At our age, we are curious about everything and we love exploration, so we do something we shouldn't do." < SPAN> However, local scientists are concerned that new colonovirus variants, including recently found in the Philippines, are spurning the increase in infected people. The OCTA research group at the University of Tokyo, which analyzes the Philippine health statistics, says that the infection will continue to increase unless more moved restrictions. "JoJo Garcia, a general manager of the Manila Area Area, said to Algerazilla. However, According to Dr. Bernadet Madrid, a pediatrician, secretar y-general of the NGO Child Protection Network (CPN), children and teenagers are not as infected as adults. "It's difficult to protect the protocol of public health, and it's easy to get infected as others. How do you say" don't get close to you "? They don't understand it," said Madrida. I talked. In the Manila metropolitan area, as the number of COVID-19 infected people increased again, the government has issued a ban on going out, so even the [Eloisa Lopez/Reuters] Matlan, which is gathered by offenders to go out, is gathered in the camp. I think it makes sense to keep such young people indoors. "At our age, we are curious about everything and we love exploration, so we do something we shouldn't do." However, local scientists are concerned that new colonovirus subspecies, including recently discovered in the Philippines, are spurning the increase in infected people. The OCTA research group at the University of Tokyo, which analyzes the Philippine health statistics, says that the infection will continue to increase unless more moved restrictions. "JoJo Garcia, a general manager of the Manila Area Area, said to Algerazilla. However, According to Dr. Bernadet Madrid, a pediatrician, secretar y-general of the NGO Child Protection Network (CPN), children and teenagers are not as infected as adults. "It's difficult to protect the protocol of public health, and it's easy to get infected as others. How do you say" don't get close to you "? They don't understand it," said Madrida. I talked. In the Manila metropolitan area, as the number of COVID-19 infected people increased again, the government has issued a ban on going out, so even the [Eloisa Lopez/Reuters] Matlan, which is gathered by offenders to go out, is gathered in the camp. I think it makes sense to keep such young people indoors. "At our age, we are curious about everything and we love exploration, so we do something we shouldn't do."

However, while Manila is enjoying the last wind of the cool northeast monsoon, the tropical summer is approaching again. Poor Filipinos go outdoors and walk on the street to escape the heat from the tin roof or window without windows. Matulan lives with his mother and two sisters in a tw o-story apartment in Pasig, one of the 16 cities that make up Manila. The Maebunga area, where she lives, is one of the leading dying areas in Manila, close to the house without a garden, a straight side of a narrow alley, and a loud conversation of a neighboring house. Execution of a home waiting order in a community like Maebunga is a difficult task for local governments. Police and village officials walk around the alley, order them to move indoors, and people follow it. However, when the authorities are invisible, they come out of the house and resume their outdoor activities. "To be honest, it is very difficult to crack down on the floor area of ​​the home and crack down on cramped areas. Pasig's mayor of Vico Sot told Al Jazilla. In the poorest and most crowded community, the whole family is 5. It shares a small room, 1. 54 square meters, not only in a physical problem, but also for those rooms. Many stays in the internal stay, but the tropical summer is approaching while the cool Northeast Monsoon is approaching. To escape, he goes outdoors and walks on the street, along with his mother and two sisters, lives in a tw o-story apartment in Pasig. In the Maebung area where she lives, it is one of the most dedicated houses in Manila, and the houses are close to the house without a garden, and the loud conversation of the neighboring family. Execution of a hom e-based order is a difficult task for local governments and people who are in the hollow, but the officials are obeyed. When they are no longer visible, they come out of the house and resume their outdoor activities, so it is very difficult to crack down on a narrow floor area. In the poorest community, the whole family shares not only a small physical problem, but also in such a room. Forced to be in the tropical summer is closer to the end of the cool northeast monsoon, "Manila enjoys the cool northeast monsoon. Poor Filipinos go outdoors and two sisters, with their mother and two sisters, to escape the heat of the tin roof. One of the tw o-story apartments in Pasig is a Maebunga area where she lives in Manila, a loud voice of a house without a garden and a small alley. The families are approaching each other as they can hear the conversation. Execution of a home waiting order in a community like Maebunga is a difficult task for local governments. Police and village officials walk around the alley, order them to move indoors, and people follow it. However, when the authorities are invisible, they come out of the house and resume their outdoor activities. "To be honest, it is very difficult to crack down on the floor area of ​​the home and crack down on cramped areas. Pasig's mayor of Vico Sot told Al Jazilla. In the poorest and most crowded community, the whole family is 5. It shares a small room, 1. 54 square meters, not only in a physical problem, but also for those rooms. Many "internal stay.

"I agree that we need to restrict fac e-t o-face exchange, but if the house is small and there are many people in the house, children need to move. I think Dr. Madrid says. Pediatricians have added that local governments need to work their creativity. You can make several streets and adjust your schedule so that children and teenagers can be sunlight and suck fresh air. " < SPAN> "I agree that I have to limit my fac e-t o-face exchange, but if the house is small and there are many people in the house, I should move my children. I think Dr. Madrid says. Pediatricians have added that local governments need to work their creativity. You can make several streets and adjust your schedule so that children and teenagers can be sunlight and suck fresh air. " "I agree that we need to restrict fac e-t o-face exchange, but if the house is narrow and there are many people in the house, children need to move. I think Dr. Madrid says. Pediatricians have added that local governments need to work their creativity. You can make several streets and adjust your schedule so that children and teenagers can be sunlight and suck fresh air. "

Matulan has no doubt that he was ordered to wait at home. "Because the number of people who go outdoors decreases, somehow it is helpful. If there are many people, the virus will circulate and people will be infected," she says. She has a more serious concern. Matulan's father, a caregiver in the United States, lost his job when Pandemic began to become popular in the United States in February 2020. Since then, the family has to be frugal, including meals. The money is severe, the mother needs to be at home, see her and her sisters, and have little work. "Life has become very difficult because of the confinement. Things do not go as before," Matulan said. The family was planning to migrate to the United States, but now I don't know if I can move like that. The rapid increase in COVID-19 is just one year after the long-term blockade, and Matlan, who was ordered to wait at home, is concerned about the future. "I'm worried that the number of people who get sick will increase, the number of people who lose their jobs will increase, and that the number of shops closing as in the first blockage will increase." Dr. Madrid says the government should relieve home waiting orders with "mitigation measures." "Our outpatient clinics are increasingly consulting about the anxiety and depression of teenage young people. The child's protection department is also dealing with more suicide with the increase in the number of reports of sexual abuse. The organization has not yet summarized the numbers in the report, but according to Dr. Madrid, this tendency is clearly accepted every day. 。 At a checkpoint set up to carry out a ban on the capital of the capital, an armed police officer who checks cyclists documents [Eloisa Lopez/REUTERS] Last May, the Ministry of Justice was a minor on the Internet. It has been announced that the report of sexual abuse has increased tripled during the blockade. According to the bureau, about 280, 000 reports were reported between March and May 2020. In the case of sexual abuse, most of the perpetrators were the victim's neighbors. If not, Dr. Madrid said one of his family. Schools throughout the Philippines have shifted to online learning, and children have already spent a lot of time at home. Dr. Madrid said that parents and parents should pay attention to the dangers at home, as the government trapped minors home. The government is

On the other hand, the order should be loosened a little so that children and teenagers can spend a safe outdoor space. Matulan said that the pandemic and the results had widespread. "Why does it take so long? Why is the world so unfair? Why do we do this now? Why people have to suffer? Many people have died. "Says Matulan. She says this situation, but she says she can't do anything other than spending a long time while scrolling the smartphone screen. "Continue anyway. Because the world is going around anyway."

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Airplanes take off the crowded international airport of Manila fly over Kabite, a larg e-scale new airport construction site that has been invested in China (image: JERVIS GONZALES / CHINA DIALOGUE)

Sealed deal

October 30, 2020 May 27, 2021

The officials of Kabite, a commuter city on the opposite bank across the bay from the crowded capital of the Philippines, planning a new international airport and a residential area along the coastline, where the mangrove that protects the area from high tide and high waves.

Kabite's plan is part of the Package of the Manila Bay Development Project, under the "Construction, Construction, and Construction" infrastructure plan, a sign by President Rodrigo Duterte.

According to residents of Kabite and nearby Bacua, which opposes development, the government uses Civid-19 pandemic's citizen rally regulations to escape the accountability and push the decisions.

At least 700 households living in the informal fishery community say that development will destroy their lives, houses, and local environments.

City authorities have ordered contracts from major Chinese construction companies, ignoring the voices of experts, environmental protection organizations, and citizen protection organizations seeking sustainable development in vulnerable areas.

The development project threatens the livelihood of House and Unofficial Fisheries along the Bacall Bay (image: Jervis Gonzales / CHINA DIALOGUE) < SPAN>, so that children and teenagers can spend a safe outdoor space. You should relax. Matulan said that the pandemic and the results had widespread. "Why does it take so long? Why is the world so unfair? Why do we do this now? Why people have to suffer? Many people have died. "Says Matulan. She says this situation, but she says she can't do anything other than spending a long time while scrolling the smartphone screen. "Continue anyway. Because the world is going around anyway."

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Airplanes take off the crowded international airport of Manila fly over Kabite, a larg e-scale new airport construction site that has been invested in China (image: JERVIS GONZALES / CHINA DIALOGUE)

October 30, 2020 May 27, 2021

The officials of Kabite, a commuter city on the opposite bank across the bay from the crowded capital of the Philippines, planning a new international airport and a residential area along the coastline, where the mangrove that protects the area from high tide and high waves.

Kabite's plan is part of the Package of the Manila Bay Development Project, under the "Construction, Construction, and Construction" infrastructure plan, a sign by President Rodrigo Duterte.

According to residents of Kabite and nearby Bacua, which opposes development, the government uses Civid-19 pandemic's citizen rally regulations to escape the accountability and push the decisions.

At least 700 households living in the informal fishery community say that development will destroy their lives, houses, and local environments.

City authorities have ordered contracts from major Chinese construction companies, ignoring the voices of experts, environmental protection organizations, and citizen protection organizations seeking sustainable development in vulnerable areas.

Exploiting the pandemic

The development project threatens the livelihood of the Bacal Bay coastal house and unofficial fisheries (image: Jervis Gonzales / China Dialogue), while children and teenagers should be able to relax a little so that they can spend a safe outdoor space. is. Matulan said that the pandemic and the results were widespread. "Why does it take so long? Why is the world so unfair? Why do we do this now? Why people have to suffer? Many people have died. "Says Matulan. She says this situation, but she says she can't do anything other than spending a long time while scrolling the smartphone screen. "Continue anyway. Because the world is going around anyway."

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Airplanes take off the crowded international airport of Manila fly over Kabite, a larg e-scale new airport construction site that has been invested in China (image: JERVIS GONZALES / CHINA DIALOGUE)

October 30, 2020 May 27, 2021

The officials of Kabite, a commuter city on the opposite bank across the bay from the crowded capital of the Philippines, planning a new international airport and a residential area along the coastline, where the mangrove that protects the area from high tide and high waves.

Kabite's plan is part of the Package of the Manila Bay Development Project, under the "Construction, Construction, and Construction" infrastructure plan, a sign by President Rodrigo Duterte.

Risky financing

According to residents of Kabite and nearby Bacua, which opposes development, the government uses Civid-19 pandemic's citizen rally regulations to escape the accountability and push the decisions.

At least 700 households living in the informal fishery community say that development will destroy their lives, houses, and local environments.

City authorities have ordered contracts from major Chinese construction companies, ignoring the voices of experts, environmental protection organizations, and citizen protection organizations seeking sustainable development in vulnerable areas.

The development project threatens the livelihood of unofficial houses and unofficial fisheries along the Bacal Bay (image: JERVIS GONZALES / CHINA DIALOGUE).

President Duterte issues complicated messages on landfill projects in the Bay Bay. On February 15, President Duterte said he would not approve the reclaimed projects for private companies anymore due to environmental risks that stop the breath of Manila. According to local media reports, Duterte stated that companies need to "wait" until the next presidential election in two years, and that their involvement should be scrutinized. Duterte moved the authority to approve land landfills to his office in 2019, which is said to prevent larg e-scale projects from private companies in the approval list.

However, in February, Duterte made such remarks at the Sanglay Point at the domestic airport at the time of the event to start commercial operation as part of the airport expansion plan, which was attended by the mayor of the Governor of Kabite and the mayor of the major cities. did. On the same day, Governor Lemura ordered a consortium supported by China Newly Airport to Sanglay Point International Airport, located at the tip of Kabite City. Ordered by the consortium supported by LTD. (CCCC). (Sold to the consortium supported by LTD. (CCCC). The new airport requires larg e-scale landfills.

On September 26, the Kabite government gave the CCCC consortium a 9 0-day extension to finalize a 10 billio n-dollar project.

Yeah installed to start landfill near the fishing village Marxus between Manila and Kabite (image: Jervis Gonzales / China Dialogue)

According to residents and activists, local developments in landfills also threaten the environment in the area.

In two projects in the nearby Bacua Bay, fishing villages are relocated and are cut off by the sea by land reclaimed for new international airports and land reclaimed for complex development areas. According to residents, landfills have already damaged mangrove forests in the area and killed crabs and mussels that support local fishery.

"Children know that if you put a stone in a bucket, the water level will rise," says Bacua Residents Shane Bohol. "It is unlikely that nothing will happen even if the sea is reclaimed."

The Kawit City Gambling Center, which creates a controversial Chinese online casino hub, has also granted permission by city authorities.

Controversy hasn't stopped development. The reclaimed land in Bakua, halfway between Cavite City and downtown Manila, was awarded an Environmental Compliance Certificate by the Philippines Department of Environment and Natural Resources just weeks after the Sangley Point International contract was announced.

Reclamation along Manila Bay began in 1977 (Image: Jervis Gonzales / China Dialogue)

The recently "restored" stretch along Roxas Boulevard has sparked controversy over its questionable use of dolomite sand, which environmentalists say will further damage the bay's already polluted ecosystem (Image: Jervis Gonzales / China Dialogue)

Threatened and excluded

Bakua residents have been fighting for years against the development, which would threaten environmentally important mangrove forests and drive them away from their traditional fishing areas. They were outraged to learn that the Environmental Compliance Certificate was granted at a time when public health laws introduced to manage COVID-19 prevented community groups from organizing.

"Once it's done, we can't complain anymore," he said. "We're in the middle of a pandemic and they're still trying to speed up the construction."

"We feel they did it because they know we can't do anything," said Myrna Candinato, chairperson of the local group Alyansa Magdaragat sa Bacoor.

The Duterte government has prioritized its build, build, build program during the pandemic despite growing public opposition. Critics have been silenced by a new anti-terrorism law that allows the government to decide who is a terrorist.

"If you say anything, you can be arrested without a warrant and sent to jail," Candinato said.

Bakua community members said police had been patrolling since early morning to keep an eye on community leaders who oppose the reclamation project.

The anti-terrorism law that President Duterte signed on July 20 includes a broad definition of terrorism that could cover various forms of protest and unrest, including "damage to public property" and "interference with critical infrastructure with the intent of intimidating the government," American public radio station NPR reported. This has sparked widespread concern and condemnation from Philippine groups and the Catholic Church.

However, local scientists are concerned that new colonovirus subspecies, including recently discovered in the Philippines, are spurning the increase in infected people. The OCTA research group at the University of Tokyo, which analyzes the Philippine health statistics, says that the infection will continue to increase unless more moved restrictions. "JoJo Garcia, a general manager of the Manila Area Area, said to Algerazilla. However, According to Dr. Bernadet Madrid, a pediatrician, secretar y-general of the NGO Child Protection Network (CPN), children and teenagers are not as infected as adults. "It's difficult to protect the protocol of public health, and it's easy to get infected as others. How do you say" don't get close to you "? They don't understand it," said Madrida. I talked. In the Manila metropolitan area, as the number of COVID-19 infected people increased again, the government has issued a ban on going out, so even the [Eloisa Lopez/Reuters] Matlan, which is gathered by offenders to go out, is gathered in the camp. I think it makes sense to keep such young people indoors. "At our age, we are curious about everything and we love exploration, so we do something we shouldn't do." < SPAN> However, local scientists are concerned that new colonovirus variants, including recently found in the Philippines, are spurning the increase in infected people. The OCTA research group at the University of Tokyo, which analyzes the Philippine health statistics, says that the infection will continue to increase unless more moved restrictions. "JoJo Garcia, a general manager of the Manila Area Area, said to Algerazilla. However, According to Dr. Bernadet Madrid, a pediatrician, secretar y-general of the NGO Child Protection Network (CPN), children and teenagers are not as infected as adults. "It's difficult to protect the protocol of public health, and it's easy to get infected as others. How do you say" don't get close to you "? They don't understand it," said Madrida. I talked. In the Manila metropolitan area, as the number of COVID-19 infected people increased again, the government has issued a ban on going out, so even the [Eloisa Lopez/Reuters] Matlan, which is gathered by offenders to go out, is gathered in the camp. I think it makes sense to keep such young people indoors. "At our age, we are curious about everything and we love exploration, so we do something we shouldn't do." However, local scientists are concerned that new colonovirus subspecies, including recently discovered in the Philippines, are spurning the increase in infected people. The OCTA research group at the University of Tokyo, which analyzes the Philippine health statistics, says that the infection will continue to increase unless more moved restrictions. "JoJo Garcia, a general manager of the Manila Area Area, said to Algerazilla. However, According to Dr. Bernadet Madrid, a pediatrician, secretar y-general of the NGO Child Protection Network (CPN), children and teenagers are not as infected as adults. "It's difficult to protect the protocol of public health, and it's easy to get infected as others. How do you say" don't get close to you "? They don't understand it," said Madrida. I talked. In the Manila metropolitan area, as the number of COVID-19 infected people increased again, the government has issued a ban on going out, so even the [Eloisa Lopez/Reuters] Matlan, which is gathered by offenders to go out, is gathered in the camp. I think it makes sense to keep such young people indoors. "At our age, we are curious about everything and we love exploration, so we do something we shouldn't do."

China's investment in the Philippines is also characterized by shadow loan contracts that depend on loans that may suffer from repayment. Loan contracts are not generally disclosed, but two major projects supported by China, pump irrigation projects and Kaliwadam, are subject to contracts that Chinese companies may have the right to manage the project if the government cannot repay the loan. It is.

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In the beginning of this year, the Philippine Ink Wireer reported that the project was stated in the 2018 bilateral agreement on China's global infrastructure network "Belt One Road Concept" signed in Manila this year. According to a document surveyed by the magazine, it has been revealed that banks and companies in China can provide up to 98 % of projects.

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Governor Kabite said, Remulla, canceled concerns about the control of the airport, and said that if the airport failed financially, the municipal government had "ste p-in rights."

Manila-Shirasagi rested on a rock used for landfill on the Kabite Expressway. In the background, there is a mold shellfish and clam farms that remain in this area. (Image: Jervis Gonzales / China Dialogue)

The Kabite Expressway, completed in 2011, has been running on landfill land along the coastline, despite the promise of local residents, built as an viaduct to secure access to the fishing grounds. The 420 hectares of Bacua's composite development projects have a 320 hectares on the highway.

Pamalakaya, an activist Filipino fisherman organization, has filed a few complaints to Bacua and Sanglay Point projects for local residents to be excluded from consultation. According to Pamalakaya Deputy Secretar y-General Jam Pinpin, "Despite the fact that residents have not agreed to relocate, the house has already been demolished.

"I don't expect much of our legal actions and the government to achieve great results," he said. < SPAN> Development plan along the Manila Bay, including the new International Airport, aims to relieve congestion in the downtown area of ​​the capital (Image: Jervis Gonzales / CHINA DIALOGUE).

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China's investment in the Philippines is also characterized by shadow loan contracts that depend on loans that may suffer from repayment. Loan contracts are not generally disclosed, but two major projects supported by China, pump irrigation projects and Kaliwadam, are subject to contracts that Chinese companies may have the right to manage the project if the government cannot repay the loan. It is.

• In the beginning of this year, the Philippine Ink Wireer reported that the project was stated in the 2018 bilateral agreement on China's global infrastructure network "Belt One Road Concept" signed in Manila this year. According to a document surveyed by the magazine, it has been revealed that banks and companies in China can provide up to 98 % of projects.
• Governor Kabite said, Remulla, canceled concerns about the control of the airport, and said that if the airport failed financially, the municipal government had "ste p-in rights."
• Manila-Shirasagi rested on a rock used for landfill on the Kabite Expressway. In the background, there is a mold shellfish and clam farms that remain in this area. (Image: Jervis Gonzales / China Dialogue)
• The Kabite Expressway, completed in 2011, has been running on landfill land along the coastline, despite the promise of local residents, built as an viaduct to secure access to the fishing grounds. The 420 hectares of Bacua's composite development projects have a 320 hectares on the highway.

In the beginning of this year, the Philippine Ink Wireer reported that the project was stated in the 2018 bilateral agreement on China's global infrastructure network "Belt One Road Concept" signed in Manila this year. According to a document surveyed by the magazine, it has been revealed that banks and companies in China can provide up to 98 % of projects.

"I don't expect much of our legal actions and the government to achieve great results," he said. The development plan along the Manila Bay, including the new International Airport, is aimed at relieving congestion in the downtown area of ​​the capital (Image: Jervis Gonzales / China Dialogue).

Governor Kabite said, Remulla, canceled concerns about the control of the airport, and said that if the airport failed financially, the municipal government had "ste p-in rights."

In the beginning of this year, the Philippine Ink Wireer reported that the project was stated in the 2018 bilateral agreement on China's global infrastructure network "Belt One Road Concept" signed in Manila this year. According to a document surveyed by the magazine, it has been revealed that banks and companies in China can provide up to 98 % of projects.

Governor Kabite said, Remulla, canceled concerns about the control of the airport, and said that if the airport failed financially, the municipal government had "ste p-in rights."

Manila-Shirasagi rested on a rock used for landfill on the Kabite Expressway. In the background, there is a mold shellfish and clam farms that remain in this area. (Image: Jervis Gonzales / China Dialogue)

The Kabite Expressway, completed in 2011, has been running on landfill land along the coastline, despite the promise of local residents, built as an viaduct to secure access to the fishing grounds. The 420 hectares of Bacua's composite development projects have a 320 hectares on the highway. Manila-Shirasagi rested on a rock used for landfill on the Kabite Expressway. In the background, there is a mold shellfish and clam farms that remain in this area. (Image: Jervis Gonzales / China Dialogue)

"I don't expect much of our legal actions and the government to achieve great results," he said.

In April 2017, a fire broke out in a fishing village near the proposed Bakua reclamation site, and residents were offered compensation if they agreed to relocate. Many residents told China Dialogue they suspected arson, noting that a mysterious blaze had also devastated a proposed development area in Manila after residents refused to leave. "The cheapest and most effective way to wipe out an entire community is to set fire to their shacks and houses," Pingping said. Authorities have not been able to determine the cause of the fire.

The Kabite Expressway, completed in 2011, has been running on landfill land along the coastline, despite the promise of local residents, built as an viaduct to secure access to the fishing grounds. The 420 hectares of Bacua's composite development projects have a 320 hectares on the highway. The Kabite Expressway, completed in 2011, has been running on landfill land along the coastline, despite the promise of local residents, built as an viaduct to secure access to the fishing grounds. The 420 hectares of Bacua's composite development projects have a 320 hectares on the highway.

Bohol, whose husband is a fisherman, said her average catch has plummeted since the highway was built. "Before the highway, fishermen would bring home boatloads of crabs weighing 30, 50, 70 kilos. Now, "more often than not, they'll only get five kilos."

City officials insist the project won't affect nearby mangrove forests, but residents worry that further development will wreak havoc on the bay's remaining marine life, which uses the mangrove forests as their breeding grounds.

The highway and other past developments have already damaged the mangroves. "There used to be more mangroves," she said. "They could have been bigger...."

There are still a few mangroves remaining on the shores of Bacoor Bay. These swamp forests, which are vital for biodiversity, fisheries and coastal protection, are nevertheless being destroyed throughout the region for development projects. (Image: Jervis Gonzales / China Dialogue)

Pingping said residents are also worried that reclamation will worsen flooding, especially as sea levels rise. "The environment is connected to their livelihoods."