Browsing Manila Bulletin by Subject "sand"

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    • Dolomite sand will give whiff of toxic dust, enviro groups say of DENR plan for bay area 

      Rosario, Ben; Antonio, Raymund (Manila Bulletin, September 6, 2020, on page 2)
      Instead of fresh sea air, promenaders will get a whiff of toxic dust from dolomite sand when the 1389million Manila Bay rehabilitation project is completed, environmentalists said. This new argument against the proposed ...

    • Governor stops extraction of dolomite in Cebu province 

      Cordova, Calvin D. (Manila Bulletin, September 10, 2020, on page 5)
      Two mining corporations in Cebu province will no longer be allowed to extract dolomite, the mineral that was used to fill a stretch of the Manila Bay baywalk. Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia on Tuesday issued Executive Order ...

    • Manila Bay beach could reopen after pandemic 

      Damicog, Jeffrey (Manila Bulletin, September 23, 2020, on page 2)
      The Manila Bay white sand beach could re-open to the public after the pandemic, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Undersecretary Benny Antiporda said on Tuesday. “I will personally propose to Secretary ...

    • Manila Bay crushed dolomite overlay still intact, says DENR 

      De Vera-Ruiz, Ellalyn (Manila Bulletin, October 29, 2020, on page 2)
      An official of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on Wednesday maintained that the dolomite used as part of its beach nourishment project was not washed out but only covered by black sand due to ...

    • Mayor Isko: Set aside politics in Manila Bay beautification 

      Pedrajas, Joseph (Manila Bulletin, September 20, 2020, on page 5)
      Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso on Saturday urged the public to set aside politics as various individuals and groups continue to raise health and environment concerns following the dolomite dumping in Manila ...

    • No toxic chemicals in dolomite sand Manila Bay, test results show 

      De Vera-Ruiz, Ellalyn (Manila Bulletin, October 2, 2020, on page 2)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has not found toxic chemicals on the dolomite sand from the Manila Bay beach nourishment project, based on the test results released by its Environmental Management ...

    • Sandcastle tilt promotes ways to save the sea turtle 

      Beleo, Erwin (Manila Bulletin, June 11, 2015, on page B-9)
      As the Nation celebrated the Environment Month and kicked-off of the Ocean Month, the City Environment and Natural Resources (CENRO) in this city - together with its partners Lupon ng mga Indibidwal na Nangangalaga sa ...

    • SC awaits report on Manila Bay pollution 

      (Manila Bulletin, October 18, 2020, on page 6)
      Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta led a group that inspected the dolomite sand beach in Manila Bay last Wednesday, along with Associate Justices Rodil Zalameda, Mario Lopez, Edardo delos Santos, and Ricardo Rosario. There had ...

    • Studying sea life for a super glue 

      Fountain, Henry (Manila Bulletin, April 24, 2010, on page 12)
      Along one wall of Russell J. Stewart’s laboratory at the University of Utah sits a saltwater tank containing a strange object: a rock-hard lump the size of a soccer ball, riddled with hundreds of small holes. It has the ...

    • Warm seas are killing reefs 

      Innis, Michelle (Manila Bulletin, April 18, 2016, on page 1-4)
      Kim Cobb, a marine scientist st the Georgia Institute of Technology, expected the coral to be damaged when she plunged into the deep blue waters off Kiritimati Island, a remote atoll near the center of the Pacific Ocean. ...