Government agencies took years before paying heed to community pleas. Residents believe the action taken might have been too late. The story of sand mining in Ilocos Sur serves some hard lessons for ongoing concessions and explorations.
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is planning to reopen the Manila Bay “white sand beach” to the public starting next month, according to DENR Undersecretary Benny Antiporda.
“Dolomite lang ang matatag,” he wrote as part of the caption in the now deleted post.
The curious flock of tourists in Manila Baywalk to see the newly-installed crushed dolomite sand in the beach should have been barred by the police commander for Ermita, according to Joint Task Force COVID Shield on Sunday.