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Published March 5, 2021, 7:02 PM The Manila Bay Anti-Pollution Task Force (MBAPTF) has begun the process of picking out the “pasaway na polluters (disobedient people who pollute)” of Manila Bay. This, after Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Usec. Benny D. Antiporda told member-agencies of the task force to “identify erring establishments that continue to pollute the Manila Bay region”. DENR Undersecretary for Solid Waste Management and Local Government Units Concerns Benny D. Antiporda (PIA / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) A Facebook post Friday, March 5 by Antiporda...

(JANSEN ROMERO / MANILA BULLETIN) “‘Shape up or ship out’–my message for business establishments that violate our environmental laws. We will deal with you head on,” he told reporters. Special Order (SO) No.2021-17, which effected the creation of the MBAPTF along with Antiporda’s new function, was issued only last January 26. He said the task force is “long overdue.” The DENR official clarified that he won’t be in charge of all things that have to do with Manila Bay; rather, only go after the polluters who worsen the situation at Manila Bay.  Antiporda personally described ...

Benny Antiporda “In the interest of service and in order to expedite the rehabilitation and restoration of the coastal and marine ecosystem of the Manila Bay…the Manila Bay Anti-Pollution Task Force (MBAPTF) is hereby created,” read the document, which DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu signed last January 26. The MBAPTF shall be headed by the Undersecretary for Solid Waste Management and Local Government Units Concerns (SWMLGUC), a position currently held by Benny Antiporda.  Antiporda shall have the authority to call upon the assistance of other DENR offices including bureaus and attached ag...