'Napaka-insensitive na gagawin mo yan sa height ng pandemic na ang daming nagugutom. Ang daming naghihirap, gagawin mo yung pag-beautify,' Vice President Leni Robredo says.
She also slammed the recent remark of Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque that the"white sand" beach in Manila Bay could help improve Filipinos' public health and distract them from the crisis."Ang makaka-ease nito, tapusin na natin ang pandemya."
[Translation: I don't know if I find this funny or not, but whay will surely ease their mental struggles is for the pandemic to be over.] In an interview with CNN Philippines last week, DENR Undersecretary Bennry Antiporda insisted that the Manila Bay project was done with"engineering intervention."
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