04/09/2026
๐๐ถ๐น๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐บ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ป๐ดโ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ก๐ ๐๐/๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐
As one of the lead groups that recently held a public protest against floods, corruption, and reclamation, Kilos Bulacan fiercely condemns billionaire Ramon Angโs offer of a 1 million-peso reward to those who will provide information about the critics of their New Manila International Airport/Bulacan Airport and his threat to sue the airportโs critics.
We urge local government officials, concerned citizens, and legislators to push back against this shameless display of oligarchic arrogance.
Rather than address valid scientific criticisms, the billionaire deployed panicked media spectacles. He assumes a million-peso bounty will successfully silence local critics, journalists, and unified Bulakenyos fighting the destructive mega-project that harms the environment and many communities.
Ramon Angโs arrogant and insulting attempt to wash his hands off the disaster paralyzing our province deserves condemnation. It is an absolute, bold-faced lie to claim that burying 2,500 hectares of our natural coastal floodplains under millions of tons of concrete has zero impact on the catastrophic flooding in Bulacan. For generations, the wetlands of Barangay Taliptip and surrounding areas served as our communities' natural shieldโa massive, living sponge that absorbed heavy rains and high tides.
By destroying these ecosystems to clear the path for the New Manila International Airport (NMIA), San Miguel Corporation (SMC) has effectively erected a concrete fortress that bottlenecks our rivers. When Ang uses corporate press briefings to blame third-party bridge repairs, 'natural' ground sinking, or shallow rivers, he is gaslighting millions of displaced Filipinos to protect his bottom line.
Defenders of NMIA falsely claim, without any evidence, that it is not a reclamation project to deflect criticisms, but studies such as โArticulating geomorphology and geohazards in the coastal development issues of communities along the northern coasts of Manila Bay, Philippinesโ authored by Dr. Sandra G. Catane et al. already provide clear scientific elaboration on the said airportโs nature as an environmentally destructive reclamation project. The actual activities carried out to build the airport (such as โinfillingโ) clearly point out to NMIA as a mega-reclamation project.
Moreover, lest we forget, San Miguel Corporationโs own commissioned study on the airportโs impact admitted that the airport will exacerbate flooding in surrounding areas. The said study recommended flood control/mitigation measures which seem to have not been followed and/or effectively completed as our communities are still inundated years after the airportโs construction began.
Our families are trapped in neck-deep, stagnant floods for months on end because San Miguel Corporationโs (SMC) massive dumping of filling materials has restricted the delta, creating a 'dam effect' that stops inland river systems from draining into Manila Bay. No amount of PR maneuvers, million-peso bounties against critics, or performative river-dredging and photo-ops can erase the daily trauma of ruined livelihoods, submerged homes, and displaced fisherfolk.
This is not a mere act of nature; this is systemic, corporate-driven environmental destruction, and our communities will not be silenced until we achieve true accountability, an independent scientific audit of NMIAโs full impact on the environment and communities, and a complete halt to the destruction of Bulacan, Pampanga and nearby provinces too.
Furthermore, we urge the government to develop a national sustainable stormwater management masterplan in coordination with communities, local government units, and scientists/experts rather than just waste billions of pesos again for flood control projects that only serve to line up the pockets of corrupt politicians, bureaucrats, and contractors.
We in Kilos Bulacan stand firm against corporate intimidations, government negligence, and we will consistently put forward the following demands seeking to put an end to the systemic destruction driven by San Miguel Corporation (SMC):
โข ๐ฆ๐๐ผ๐ฝ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ก๐ผ๐!
โข ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ ๐, ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐บ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ป๐ด, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ด๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ-๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐!
โข ๐๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ, ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐-๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐!
โข ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐น ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ!
โข Artikulo Onse
โข Bayanihan Para sa Kalikasan Movement, Inc.
โข Bulacan Greens
โข Bunyog Party
โข Defend Bulacan
โข Felville HOA
โข Green Youth PH (Bulacan)
โข Guiguinto Federation HOA
โข Kaisa Ka
โข KATIG INC.
โข Kilusang Bayan Kontra Kurakot (KBKK)
โข Lions 301-D2
โข Makibakawan
โข Meycauayan Ecumenical Forum
โข Pangisda Bulacan
โข People's Council of Guiguinto
โข Phil Anti Crime Force
โข PWD STA RITA
โข RETIRADOS Ng Bulakan
โข SaNaMaKa Homebased workers Association
โข Sta Cruz PWD Assoc.
โข Umakap-LUPA Pilpinas
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