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  1. Sep 17, 2022 · Waters along the Manila Bay, famous for its idyllic sunsets, are heavily polluted by oil, grease and trash from nearby residential areas and ports.

  2. Feb 1, 2024 · It is an open secret that the 190 km of coastline of Manila Bay has been plagued by marine litter and has been treated as a free dumping ground.

  3. Jan 25, 2024 · Researchers on Thursday revealed their findings of a massive 12 million pieces of marine litter along selected sections of the Manila Bay coastline.

  4. Aug 10, 2023 · MANILA, Philippines — Around 138 metric tons of garbage were collected during the cleanup operations in Manila Bay from July 1 to August 5, said the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Thursday.

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    The first image was taken by Avito Dalan on July 16, 2018, according to the Philippine News Agency. A caption with the picture on its website states "garbage is still a major problem in the Manila Bay even as government personnel haul truckloads of trash during cleanup." The picture was taken after a monsoon caused heaps of trash to pile up along t...

    Based on our research, we rate FALSE the claim that photos compare Manila Bay cleanup before and during Duterte's presidency. Both images of Manila Bay were taken during Duterte's term.

    PolitiFact, Oct. 28, Photos show Manila Bay during Duterte’s administration
    Check Your Fact, Oct. 27, Fact Check: Viral Facebook Post Claims to Show Manila Bay Before and During the Duterte Administration
    Philippine News Agency, July 16, 2018, Manila Bay Trash
    ABS-CBN News, Oct. 1, 2020, UP marine scientists explain why dumping dolomite can’t solve Manila Bay problems
  5. Oct 11, 2021 · When Diovanie de Jesus, a biologist and bird lover, visited one of the last mangrove forests in the Bay of Manila, in the Philippines, he found it covered with plastic and other bits of trash,...

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  7. Aug 10, 2023 · The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Thursday reported it was able to remove up to 138 tons of garbage in Manila Bay. The cleanup operation, according to MMDA chief Romando Artes, was conducted between July 1 and Aug. 5 and covered a wide range of waste materials that were washed ashore due to the heavy rains brought by ...

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