WHAT is it with the top officials of the Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA)—formerly known as the Public Estates Authority (PEA)—and our rapidly dwindling and deteriorating Manila Bay?

Despite the 2002 ruling of the Supreme Court (SC) in the PEA-Amari case that private companies cannot own reclaimed land, the national reclamation agency appears bent on approving the 360-hectare Manila Bay reclamation joint venture deal of the Pasay City government and mall and property giant ShoeMart (SM).

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