CEBU CITY—A waste of people’s money.
This was how environmental lawyer Gloria Estenzo-Ramos described the government move to dump more crushed dolomite supposedly to beautify Manila Bay.
According to Ramos, vice president of Oceana Philippines, dumping artificial white sand on the bay is nothing but a “band-aid” solution to the problem.
Oceana, the largest international ocean conservation and advocacy organization that works to protect and restore the world’s oceans through targeted policy campaigns, has urged the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to immediately order the contractor to stop the dumping of new loads of crushed dolomite on the bay walk a…
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