Lake Lanao is dying: BARMM lawmakers seek creation of ‘rescue’ agency

Lake Lanao is dying: BARMM lawmakers seek creation of ‘rescue’ agency

MANILA, Philippines – For decades, Lake Lanao, sacred to the Maranao people and an important part of Mindanao’s power grid, has suffered under the weight of untreated sewage, deforestation, and the absence of a central authority to protect it. Now, with biological red flags waving and oxygen levels plummeting in its waters, parliament members in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) are pushing to intervene before the damag…

Rehabilitation of Lake Lanao pushed

MindaNews / 3 June — A Bangsamoro legislator is pushing for the rehabilitation of the country’s second largest lake, proposing the creation of the Lake Lanao Rehabilitation and Development Authority (LLRDA).  Lake Lanao and part of the reconstructed Marawi City, where the old “padian” (commercial area) used to stand. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA Member of the Parliament (MP) Baintan Ampatuan said the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) Bi…