Government employees and volunteers participate in a cleanup drive at the Las Piñas-Parañaque Critical Habitat and Eco-Tourism Area in observance of National Cleanup Month. The area is a nature reserve south of Manila Bay, established in 2007 by Presidential Proclamation 1412. It covers 175 hectares and consists of two islands, freedom Island and Long Island. PHOTO BY MIKE DE 

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