The Latest Breaking News from Manila Bay

Manila is reeling after a super typhoon. We must prepare fast-growing megacities for worsening disasters

Last week, a strong typhoon left a trail of destruction across the Philippines, Taiwan and China. Super Typhoon Gaemi began as a tropical storm but intensified rapidly, leaving at least 65 people dead and triggering environmental fears after it sank an oil tanker in Manila Bay.

The Conversation · Jul 29, 2024

The Philippines says a cargo of oil has started to leak from a tanker that sank in Manila Bay

Philippine authorities say the cargo of industrial fuel oil on a tanker that sank in stormy weather in Manila Bay has started to leak in small amounts

The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2024

Philippines plans to siphon off oil cargo from sunken tanker to avert 'environmental catastrophe'

The Philippine coast guard says there has been no indication that a big cargo of industrial fuel oil stored in a tanker that sank in stormy weather in Manila Bay has started to leak out

The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2024

Philippine president suspends 22 land reclamation projects in Manila Bay after US airs concerns

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered an indefinite suspension of 22 major land reclamation projects in Manila Bay to allow a study of their environmental impact and legal compliance

The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2023

The US is concerned with blacklisted Chinese firm's hand in island-building near its Manila embassy

The United States has expressed concerns over major land reclamation projects in Manila Bay, where its heavily secured embassy sits on one edge

The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2023

Cleanup day comes to Philippine capital's polluted bay

Hundreds of volunteers joined a mass cleanup drive along the coast of the polluted Manila Bay in the Philippine capital to mark International Coastal Cleanup Day on Saturday.

Reuters · Sep 17, 2022