The Central Visayas office of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB- ) on Saturday said it had issued a permit to transport dolomite from Cebu province for the Manila Bay rehabilitation project, in response to questions raised by local officials who said they were left in the dark about the extraction and shipment of the rocks. In a statement, MGB 7 Director Loreto Alburo said his office issued an ore transport permit on Aug. 26 to deliver at least 3,500 wet metric tons of dolomite rocks from Alcoy town in southern Cebu to the Manila Integrated Cargo Terminal in Manila. “This dolomite shipment is the reported ‘white sand’ which had been spread along the shorelines of Manila Bay to enhance the aesthetic beauty of the bayfront,” Alburo said.

Israel, D. (2020, September 6). Mines Bureau: Permit issued to ship Cebu rocks for Manila Bay rehab. Philippine Daily Inquirer, p. A2.