MANILA, Philippines — Over 70,000 informal settler families have been relocated from areas near the Manila Bay for its rehabilitation, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) bared Monday. In a House natural resources committee hearing, DILG Undersecretary Epimaco Densing said that the agency has resettled a total of 70,165 informal settler families from Metro Manila, Central Luzon, and Calabarzon. ADVERTISEMENTThis is only about 24 percent of the 190,655 informal settler families that needs to be relocated for the rehabilitation of the Manila Bay. “Eighty percent of the pollution towards Manila Bay come from informal settler families…. For 2020, the NHA aims to provide housing in cities Caloocan and Valenzuela for 34,105 informal settler families.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 04, 2019 06:33 UTC