Health Usec. Rosario Vergeire says local governments and national agencies are expected to strictly enforce rules against mass gatherings, noting that the dolomite beach crowd is beyond the 50% capacity allowed for outdoor activities under Alert Level 3
on Monday, Environment Undersecretary Jonas Leones said this is one of the agency's"remedial measures" to accommodate more people who would like to visit the dolomite beach, a week after it opened due to eased restrictions in Metro Manila. for 10-15 minutes. After that, they should leave the premises, so other people can see the dolomite area," he said.
"Siguro hindi lang excitement ang nangyayari sa mga kababayan natin pero na-curious rin sila sa dolomite. Siguro ‘yun ‘yung naging compelling reason why they really wanted to go and see the area,"[Translation: Maybe it's not just the excitement but the people were also curious about the dolomite. And that was their compelling reason why they really wanted to go and see the area.]
A one-day shutdown will be implemented weekly to maintain the dolomite beach, which is made up of hundreds of millions of pesos worth of artificial white sand. The DENR will also coordinate with the Philippine National Police, the Philippine Coast Guard, Metro Manila Development Authority, and the local government of Manila to discuss other crowd control measures, Leones said.
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