Boracay... who doesn't want to have its white beach right at one's doorstep? On the 19th, or just two Saturdays from now, the government tentatively intends to open for promenading and swimming a man-made white beach running the length of Manila's Baywalk – a stretch of Manila Bay's shoreline about half a kilometer long. The "white" isn't as white as the dazzling powdery sand of Boracay, but closer to summer melon, because it's crushed dolomite boulders from Cebu. This is according to Benny Antiporda, undersecretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).

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