Fishers group says DENR chief ‘fails’ at disaster risk reduction

Environment Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga “continuously fails” in disaster risk reduction, according to progressive fishers group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya).

“Secretary Yulo-Loyzaga has no credibility when it comes to disaster risk reduction because so far, DENR has not shown any concrete actions to lessen the impact disasters,” Pamalakaya vice chair Ronnel Arambulo said in a statement on Tuesday.

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RECLAMATION IN MANILA BAY / NOVEMBER 26, 2023
The reclamation project along J.W. Diokno Boulevard in Pasay City as pictured on Sunday, November 26, 2023. The Pasay City government said that the Eco-City Coastal Development Project in Manila Bay has been exempyed from the ban on reclamation projects and has been granted an environmental compliance certificate and area clearance by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).
INQUIRER PHOTO / GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE