Manila, Sept. 2 -- Three bays in Eastern Visayas are still affected by the toxic red tide, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) reported on Tuesday.

Based on an examination of shellfish and seawater samples, three bodies of water were found to have toxic red tide beyond the regulatory limit.

Included in the latest national shellfish bulletin is Matarinao Bay in General MacArthur, Quinapondan, Hernani, and Salcedo towns in Eastern Samar. It means that both shellfish and seawater samples gathered in the area tested positive for red tide.

A local red tide warning has been raised in Cancabato Bay in Tacloban City and Irong-irong Bay in Catbalogan City in Samar province.

Seawater samples collected in these bays were found t...