President Rodrigo R. Duterte defended the artificial white sand project along Manila Bay and praised Environment Secretary Roy A. Cimatu for the rehabilitation program. “Now, people now are really enjoying the reclaimed area with the white sand,” Mr. Duterte said in a televised talk late Monday.

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