What would boost our mental health is the knowledge that the government is addressing problems at the core and not resorting to superficial solutions. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has implemented its brilliant idea of using synthetic white sand—crushed dolomite boulders from Cebu—to cover the baywalk of Manila Bay. Undersecretary Benny Antiporda said his agency intended to bring the beach experience closer to Filipinos who could not travel amid this time of the pandemic.

Sand in our faces. (2020, September 7). Manila Standard, p. B1.