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Environment Undersecretary Benny Antiporda on Wednesday denied once again the critics' claim that the crushed dolomites used in the Manila Bay "white sand" project are ... him during a public briefing ...
MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang on Monday said the gathering of people at the Manila Bay over the weekend to see the “white sand” is proof that the beautification project was a “right ...
Manila Bay is getting a ”white” makeover. But environmentalists and fisherfolk groups are seeing red instead, questioning the latest project of the Department of the Environment and Natural ...
“Only a thin layer of these powdered dolomite rocks is overlayed on the beach, on top of existing black sand ... contempt for dumping fake white sand in Manila Bay, which is in violation ...
Will Manila Bay’s recent temporary opening of its white-sand beach, which sparked a #ManilaBayChallenge meme craze on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and Twitter, plus the planned Oct. 1 reopening ...
A photo of Manila Bay shows a stretch of artificial white sand along Roxas Boulevard. The posts said it is the “new Manila Bay.” A reader emailed a screenshot of the photo to Rappler for ...
Make memes. Netizens poked fun at the controversial ‘white sand’ project in Manila Bay, which opened on Saturday, September 19, by posting memes with the hashtag #ManilaBayChallenge.
The synthetic white sand dumped along the shores of Manila Bay could be washed out this year or in 2021 amid the rainy season, a geologist said Thursday. According to a report on “Stand for Truth," ...
HALITOSIS cannot be cured by chewing white Mentos, in the same manner that the waters of Manila Bay cannot be cleaned by simply layering a small stretch of its beachfront with white sand or, to be ...
Who asked for a white sand beach in Manila Bay? Definitely not the 15,000 or so families languishing in poverty, hunger, and joblessness in Baseco, the biggest coastal informal settlement in Manila.
MANILA (Reuters) - Residents of the Philippines' capital on Saturday flocked to an artificial white sand beach that ... from central Philippines. Manila Bay is a 60-km (37-mile) semi-enclosed ...