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Polluted Stretch Of Manila Bay Gets Fake White Sand Makeover

News18 | 19/09/2020 10:07 PM | Click to read full article

Residents of the Philippines' capital on Saturday flocked to an artificial white sand beach that the government has transformed from a polluted stretch of shoreline to mark International Coastal Cleanup day.

Despite opposition from environmental campaigners, President Rodrigo Duterte's government has filled a 500-meter stretch of coastline beside the U.S. embassy in Manila with sand made from tonnes of crushed dolomite boulders from the central Philippines.

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