Malacañang defended yesterday the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)’s makeover of Manila Bay’s shoreline. “On the issue of the Manila Bay rehabilitation, per the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), the report that ‘white sand’ is being used to fill the stretch of the Baywalk is erroneous,” presidential spokesman Harry Roque said. He said the project has been in the pipeline even before the onset of the pandemic.

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