Manila Bay is in the news again. It is being provided with a patch of white sand along 500 meters of the baywalk, actually not sand but crushed dolomite boulders, a variant of limestone, that is coming all the way from Cebu, according to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). The project has a budget of P389 million. Senate President Vicente Sotto expressed concern that the white sand or crushed boulder would just wash out to sea after some time. Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian cited a geologist’s concern about this possibility of storms and high tides washing away the artificial sand. DENR Undersecretary Benny Antiporda assured there are engineering interventions prepared by the department to prevent this.

White beach may help but the real problem is pollution. (2020, September 10). Tempo, p. 4.