The Manila Bay Coordinating Office

“The whole is greater than the sum of its parts”—this was the parting message of the DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu during the 2nd Manila Bay Coordinating Committee meeting held last 18 December 2017 at the Sofitel Philippine Plaza, Pasay City. All the heads and senior officials of the mandamus and partner agencies except for LWUA continue reading →

18th day of December marks the anniversary of the issuance of the Mandamus order and with this, for the first time in nine years, the Manila Bay day was celebrated jointly by all the stakeholders and partner agencies. This was seen as a measure of the MBCO to increase awareness of stakeholders of the updated OPMBCS continue reading →

DENR Secretary Roy A. Cimatu presided the Manila Bay Coordinating Committee’s 1st meeting for CY 2017 last 10 August 2017 held at the Pacific Ballroom, Hotel H20, Manila Ocean Park. The meeting was primarily called to re-affirm the commitments of all the mandamus and concerned agencies, and to further forward all thew efforts and actions continue reading →

Last May 5, 2017, the Manila Bay Coordinating Office (MBCO) presented the 2017-2022 Operational Plan for the Manila Bay Coastal Strategy (OPMBCS) to the Manila Bay Advisory Committee (MBAC).  Hon. Justice Presbitero J. Velasco, Jr., Committee Chairman, approved in principle the updated OPMBCS. Soon after the approval of the MBAC, the MBCO conducted the Leveling-off continue reading →

              The Manila Bay Coordinating Office (MBCO) joined the celebration of 2017 World Water Day.   It supported and graced the following events:  (1) 2017 World Water Day Exhibit; (2) the Pasig River Tour; (3) the Sta. Cruz Wastewater Facility Tour in Laguna; (4) the “Water Craze: Kilos, Kilos para continue reading →