MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources on Wednesday maintained that the dolomite sand overlay on the artificial beach strip in Manila Bay was not washed out but was only covered by black sand caused by recent rains. He said that the dolomite sand is still intact and was only “washed” in by black sand. He likewise maintained that the washed in dolomite “will not be washed out to the sea because of the geo-engineering intervention we put on the project.”“Ang two layers niyan ay regular black sand. Yung water kapag nagkaroon ng malakas na wave, nadadala iyung black sand dun sa dolomite,” Leones said. “We stand by our statement that the dolomite sand is not being washed out, rather it is just being washed in.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 28, 2020 08:03 UTC