The dolomite beach on Manila Bay sought to portray a successful cleanup campaign but on the bay’s periphery lay the real problem—ecological damage that hundreds of millions of pesos worth of ...

The use of crushed dolomite sand will not help solve the environmental problems in Manila Bay. At most, it is a beautification effort that is costly and temporary," the UP MSI said. Threat of erosion ...

The Manila beach project is part of the grand rehabilitation plan of the waters spanning Cavite, Manila and Bataan. The Manila shoreline will be filled with crushed dolomite rocks from Cebu.

PREVIEW Visitors enjoy the “white sand”—actually crushed dolomite—beach on the Manila Bay shore after it was opened to the public for one day on Sunday, September 20, 2020. INQUIRER ...

Manila Bay has already been beset by long-standing environmental problems, such as pollution and resource exploitation. The DENR claimed that the crushed dolomite will not disrupt the bay’s ...

Like the controversial “Dolomite Beach” along Roxas Boulevard in Manila, which gave the Bay Walk area the Boracay-like white-sand beach appeal, the reclamation projects in Pasay, and other ...

ABS-CBN News, Oct. 1, 2020, UP marine scientists explain why dumping dolomite can’t solve Manila Bay problems Reuters, Sept. 19, 2020, Polluted stretch of Manila Bay gets fake white sand makeover ...

Manila Bay is a 60-km (37-mile) semi-enclosed estuary facing the South China Sea. Its waters are heavily polluted by oil, grease and trash from nearby residential areas and ports.

It’s part and parcel of a P390 million “beach ... Build doesn’t get to the economy’s root problem (the pandemic), those dolomite rocks also don’t address Manila Bay’s root problems ...

Among the most visible symbols of change is the Manila Baywalk Dolomite Beach. Though initially controversial, it has become a destination for over 4 million local and foreign visitors. Director ...

THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has come under increasing pressure to revisit its controversial P400-million “white-sand” project in Manila Bay, with critics citing ...