Pasig River Rehabilitation Projects

The Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission (PRRC) was created in January 1999 by virtue of Executive
Order No. 54, as amended by Executive Order No. 65 to ensure that the Pasig River is rehabilitated to its
historically pristine condition conducive for the propagation of fishes and other aquatic resources,
transport, recreation and tourism.

PRRC is composed of representatives from various government, non-government and private agencies
organized into Technical Working Committees in order to fully addressed the different sectoral concerns
of rehabilitating the Pasig River.

History

The significance of the Pasig River in the development of Manila lies in being the center
of trade and commerce. As such, people of different nationalities, notably Spanish,
Chinese and Americans, had mixed and mingled in the area with the natives for
centuries, with the latter imbibing has evolved along the riverbank a way of life of the
people, as we know it today.

Metropolitan Manila was founded and built along the banks of Pasig River. Being the
center of the colonial power of Spain, the USA and Japan, the metropolis had
experienced not only the cycle of economic growth, but more importantly, the birth,
decay and rebirth of Filipino society and culture. As more and more people flocked the
area to participate in trading activities, they brought along with them their distinct
cultural imprints. As a result, varied cultural influences were infused in the early
Filipino's indigenous culture, to extent that they perhaps, had lost what was originally
theirs.