00:00The Public Works Department announces that it has stopped reclamation activities in a portion of Laguna De Bay in Taguig
00:06City.
00:07The DPWH only publicly announces the cease and desist over a week after Public Works Chief Vince Dizon
00:13responded to the letter of Philippine Reclamation Authority General Manager and CEO Cesar Ciador Jr.
00:20In his letter to the DPWH dated August 17, Ciador directed the DPWH to suspend reclamation activities in Laguna De
00:28Bay.
00:29The PRA also directed the DPWH to submit proof of its authority to undertake the project's reclamation component.
00:37Senator Ping Laxon had flagged the reclamation of a portion of Laguna De Bay in Taguig City,
00:41the bailiwick of Senator Alan Peter Cayetano, over the lack of permits.
00:46Laxon said in a social media post that,
00:49Based on official records and our investigation,
00:52the total cost of identified, completed, ongoing, and suspended DPWH flood control and multi-purpose projects
00:59along the illegal Laguna Lakeshore reclamation areas in Taguig City has so far reached P3.713 billion.
01:06Laxon also said PRA officials told him Cayetano supposedly harassed them during budget deliberations in November 2025.
01:15Laguna De Bay is the largest lake in the country,
01:17surrounded by cities in the southeast of Metro Manila, Laguna, and Rizal.
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