No more crushed dolomite from Cebu will go to Manila and for the rehabilitation of Manila Bay after Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia issued a cease and desist order on Tuesday, September 8, 2020.
Workers continue to pour white sand composed of crushed dolomite over the 500 meter stretch of Manila bay, part of the DENR’s Manila bay rehabilitation project aimed at discouraging people from littering in the ocean that has now drawn ire from advocates. | INQUIRER PHOTO
The order came following the white sand controversy wherein the 3,500 metric tons of crushed dolomite from the southern Cebu town were used for the white makeover of Manila Bay.Environmental groups rang the alarm that the move would be destructive not only to Manila Bay but also to the area in Cebu where the minerals were sourced from.
In the case of the transport of the minerals from Cebu to Manila, the Capitol said neither the provincial government nor the municipality of Alcoy were informed that dolomites were being used for the Manila Bay project.
Board Member John Ismael Borgonia, chairman of the Provincial Board’s Committee on Environmental Conservation and Natural Resources, said they found in the meeting that there was not only 3,500 WMT of dolomites that were issued with an ore transport permits by the MGB but two batches of OTP with 3,500 WMT of dolomite each or a total of 7,000 WMT.
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