Browsing Philippine Daily Inquirer by Subject "sand"

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    • 2 more firms seek permit to mine Lingayen Gulf 

      Sotelo, Yolanda (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 22, 2022, on page A6)
      Two more mining firms have applied for government permits to mine Lingayen Gulf for magnetite, or black sand, prompting groups here to renew their opposition to what they described as “massive environmental destruction.” ...

    • Activists bike, jog vs Manila 'white sand' project 

      Chiu, Patricia Denise M. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 12, 2020, on page A3)
      The militant group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) on Friday held a “jogging and biking vs dolomite dumping” protest along the Manila baywalk in Roxas Boulevard, in protest against the ...

    • Binay: Dolomite beach not part of 2008 SC writ of mandamus 

      Ramos, Marlon (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 10, 2020, on page A6)
      The Supreme Court did not order the government to rehabilitate Manila Bay by dumping crushed dolomite on the artificial white sand beach that the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) created on a 500-meter ...

    • Cebu corals destroyed by crushed dolomite 

      Mayol, Ador Vincent (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 22, 2020, on page A5)
      The extraction of dolomite rocks in the southern town of Alcoy in Cebu province has damaged the marine ecosystem in the area, according to the provincial government. An inspection conducted by the Provincial Environment ...

    • Cebu's dolomite keeps Manila Bay beach white 

      Israel, Dale G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 21, 2021, on page A10)
      Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia has confirmed that the shipment of crushed dolomite that was recently poured on an artificial beach in Manila Bay came from the mountains of Alcoy town in the southern portion of the province. ...

    • China trains fishing militia to venture into Spratlys 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 2, 2016, on page A1-A23)
      The fishing fleet based in this tiny port town on Hainan Island is getting everything from military training and subsidies to even fuel and ice as China creates an increasingly sophisticated fishing militia to sail into ...

    • Cimatu: Use of crushed dolomite in Manila Bay remains an option 

      Semilla, Nestle; Israel, Dale (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 27, 2020, on page A13)
      The continued use of crushed dolomite to enhance the shores of Manila Bay will remain an option amid the environmental issues surrounding its extraction from a town in Cebu. Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu, in a visit in ...

    • Coast Guard insists dredger is Chinese 

      Santos, Tina G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 5, 2021, on page A9)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Thursday insisted that the dredger seized last week because of its “illegal and unauthorized presence” in Philippine waters is a Chinese company-owned vessel. “Upon verification, the PCG ...

    • Critics see red in Manila Bay's 'white sand' makeover 

      Subingsubing, Krixia (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 4, 2020, on page A1-A2)
      After undergoing a major cleanup and losing much of its technicolor garbage last year, Manila Bay is getting a ”white” makeover. But environmentalists and fisherfolk groups are seeing red instead, questioning the latest ...

    • DENR 'white sand' haul alarms Cebu officials 

      Israel, Dale G.; Semilla, Nestle; Valenzuela, Nikka G.; Aurelio, Julie M.; Agoncillo, Jodee A. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 5, 2020, on page A2)
      Officials of Cebu province are looking into the reported extraction of dolomite rocks that were pulverized into “white sand” to cover and beautify a small part of the Manila Bay shoreline under a much-criticized P349-million ...

    • DENR official: ‘Impossible’ for Manila Bay ‘white sand’ to cause fish kill 

      Valenzuela, Nikka G.; Agoncillo, Jodee A. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 18, 2020, on page A4-A5)
      An official of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) on Thursday said it was “impossible” for the artificial white sand or crushed dolomite dumped on the shoreline of Manila Bay to have caused the ...

    • DENR probes mining firms in 'Manila beach' project 

      Semilla, Nestle; Israel, Dale; Valenzuela, Nikka G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 26, 2020, on page A1-A2)
      Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu on Friday suspended two mining companies in Cebu that provided the crushed dolomite for the controversial Manila Bay “beach nourishment project” of the environment department after they ...

    • DENR stops beach excavation in Northern Samar 

      Enano, Jhesset O. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 10, 2020, on page A11)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has stopped the excavation of a sand embankment along a beach area in Bonbon town in Northern Samar province, following objections from local residents who feared ...

    • Duterte Beach? Google Maps tag appears amid ‘white sand’ mess 

      Chiu, Patricia Denise M.; Cabalza, Dexter (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 21, 2020, on page A3)
      Is “Duterte Beach” a thing now? It would seem so, if Google Maps is to be believed. On Saturday, Google Maps was displaying a stretch of the Manila Bay shore as “Duterte Beach.” The pin was geotagged to the Ermita Center ...

    • Ersatz Boracay in Manila Bay 

      (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 10, 2020, on page A6)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources started dumping last week “white sand” on a portion of the Manila Bay beach, near the Baywalk strip along Roxas Boulevard, ostensibly as part of a “beach nourishment” ...

    • Expert says recycling rubble to save mountains, rivers, beaches 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 2, 2019, on page A1-A14)
      Recycling rubble, particularly in countries pummeled by war, is one way to limit environmental damage caused by extracting sand and rock, according to Pascal Peduzzi of UN Environment. Extraction of sand and gravel cannot ...

    • Fishers groups raises alarm over Cavite reclamation project 

      Cinco, Maricar; Reyes-Estrope, Carmela (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 27, 2020, on page A13)
      A militant fishers group warned that an ecologically disastrous reclamation of hundreds of hectares of the Manila Bay off the coastline of Cavite province, which would also displace hundreds of small fishers, violated a ...

    • Full disclosure sought on Manila Bay white sand project 

      Subingsubing, Krixia; Yee, Jovic; Agoncillo, Jodee A.; Aurelio, Julie M. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 8, 2020, on page A4)
      An environmental group on Monday urged the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to fully disclose the studies and results of consultations they had ...

    • Kalikasan writ eyed against 'Manila Beach' 

      Subingsubing, Krixia (Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 7, 2020, on page A1-A2)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) claims that the “white sand” being poured to create a beach on a stretch of Manila Bay’s rocky shore poses no harm to the bay’s ecosystem, but independent safety ...

    • Marine experts: Stop sand mining in Lingayen Gulf 

      Sotelo, Yolanda (Philippine Daily Inquirer, November 19, 2021, on page A16)
      Asserting that the proposed massive black sand mining in the waters off Pangasinan province threatens Lingayen Gulf, the University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute (UPMSI) added its voice to the growing clamor ...