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Ersatz Boracay in Manila Bay

dc.coverage.spatialManila Bayen
dc.coverage.spatialCebu Cityen
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-11T08:43:20Z
dc.date.available2020-09-11T08:43:20Z
dc.date.issued2020-09-10
dc.identifier.citationErsatz Boracay in Manila Bay. (2020, September 10). Philippine Daily Inquirer, p. A6.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12174/9649
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherPhilippine Daily Inquirer, Inc.en
dc.relation.urihttps://opinion.inquirer.net/133459/ersatz-boracay-in-manila-bayen
dc.subjectsanden
dc.subjectdolomiteen
dc.subjectenvironmental legislationen
dc.subjectenvironmental restorationen
dc.titleErsatz Boracay in Manila Bayen
dc.typenewspaperArticleen
dc.citation.journaltitlePhilippine Daily Inquireren
dc.citation.firstpageA6en
local.seafdecaqd.controlnumberPD20200910_A6en
local.seafdecaqd.extractThe 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” program. That initial justification, however, has grown lamer by the day, as more details about the project emerge and more questions are raised by a bewildered public. There’s DENR Undersecretary Benny Antiporda’s hilarious defense that the “white sand”—crushed dolomite boulders imported from Cebu, it turned out—was a way to bring the Boracay experience to Metro Manila residents, and as a means to encourage Filipinos to better care for the environment: “Ilalapit natin sa kanila ’yung white sand.en
local.subject.personalNameAntiporda, Benny
local.subject.personalNameRoque, Harry
local.subject.personalNameCimatu, Roy
local.subject.personalNameArcilla, Carlo
local.subject.personalNameLeones, Jonas
local.subject.personalNameBiazon, Ruffy
local.subject.personalNameGarcia, Gwendolyn
local.subject.personalNameBinay, Nancy
local.subject.personalNameBriones, Leonor
local.subject.corporateNameDepartment of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)en
local.subject.corporateNameDepartment of Health (DOH)en
local.subject.corporateNameOceana Philippinesen
local.subject.corporateNameUniversity of the Philippines National Institute of Geological Sciencesen
local.subject.corporateNameGreenpeace Philippinesen
local.subject.corporateNameNational Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)en
local.subject.corporateNameMines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB)en


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