BY JOSEPH PEDRAJAS
Hundreds of dead fish floating in Manila Bay greeted residents of Baseco Compound in Manila Thursday morning.
Regine Nequia, president of Baseco Seaside Neighborhood Association (BASA), said they were surprised to see the dead fish floating in the sea wall area of Manila Bay.
According to a Facebook post made by Urban Poor Associates, a non-government organization campaigning for the protection of housing rights, Nequia “immediately asked the fishermen about the” matter upon her discovery.
“[They then] told her that this is the first time they saw it in Baseco Sea Wall,” the group said.
The group added that the Baseco Compound community “now worries that this might be the effect of the dolomite or the “white sand’” put as part of the Manila Bay Rehabilitation. (Joseph Pedrajas)
