MANILA, Philippines---Far from what local officials recently claimed that Manila Bay is a "dead body of water," members of a fisherfolk alliance and a marine conservationist group emphasized it is alive and well. In a report published last week, an official of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said that Manila Bay---including the fish living in its waters---is already dead due to extreme pollution. The official explained that tests conducted on the bay's water found that it had been polluted mainly due to at least 12 oil spills recorded since 2000. These incidents, along with discharges from industries and cargo ships that dock at the port, have increas...Keep on reading: Manila Bay not dead, but reclamation killing it, say groups