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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 15) Manila Mayor Isko Moreno revealed on Thursday that he was not informed about the fresh batch of dolomite sand that was dumped along the Manila Baywalk, but noted that there is nothing wrong about the ongoing ₱389 million project.
In an interview with CNN Philippines
The Source, Moreno said other government initiatives may still continue amid the COVID-19 fight. This includes the controversial white sand project which critics earlier slammed as mere aesthetics and waste of taxpayers money. Life must go on. Things must move on, the mayor said. All other things in the government in terms of vision, aspirations, future development for midterm and long-term, must be done simultaneously while we re fighting against the pandemic. We cannot stop.
When Filipino oceanographer Deo Florence Onda and American explorer Victor Vescovo descended into the Emden Deep in the Philippine Trench, the third deepest point in the world, they were met with almost complete stillness.
At a depth of 10,045m, they peered through the small windows of the deep-sea submersible DSV Limiting Factor and watched their surroundings move as if in slow motion.
Vescovo was then surprised when he caught sight of two black eyes staring at them, only to realise they belonged to a teddy bear.
Both he and Onda soon saw that more “travellers” had made the deep dive way before they did: Plastic bags and packaging, even clothes, were half-buried in the sediment.
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