The new manila bay dolomite beach

Im so happy that the new manila bay is now a tourist attraction when you go to manila. The place is so good, Promise, we never expected this bay will look like this. The last time we go here is 10 years ago.
If you dont know Manila Bay is super dirty, full of garbage, the smell is so bad.

On the way to the beach you can get a lot of snacks, there are food vendors on the side walks but they are legal to sell and put a cart there. The view is the big buildings, hotels at the back, palm trees on the side, white sand. The vibe is very miami haha. There are already fishes on the beach by the way and its a good thing that fishes can live there, also a proof that the water is getting cleaner. Plus at the rock formation we saw that theres a huge holes, when we look theres a garbage, (we dont know where the garbage came from) its like the holes is preventing the garbage to spread on the beach. Then theres group of people that is getting/picking up those garbage. They said they are volunteers so kudos to them, SALUTE!
My kids enjoyed the sand, many people is actually there to wait for the sunset. They have public restrooms. We also saw that theres a huge artillery heritage cannon display so i search it, Google says its from world war 2, the cannon is withdraw they are not using it officially so they did a great job putting it there.

The beach is very controversial, they say putting dolomite is unsafe and just a waste of tax payers money. But the government still pushed it, according to studies dolomite is safe infact many other countries is using it too.

Ofcourse the bay is still not 90% okay, the bay needs to be swimmable, when the fishes can leave to the bay, when the water is really clean then the rehabilation is a success. But for now its for public viewing.

Seeing it now, A LOT HAS CHANGED ALREADY. for me it was awesome, as a tax payer i feel happy and proud, because somehow i have contribution to make this bay look like this. I hope filipinos will take care of it. Specially the people of manila. The people that lives near the bay. This bay is one of our gem, our country and many filipinos will benefit from this when it became successful. Always put your trash in the proper place. When we are outside and we see trash on the sidewalks we always get it, i also encourage and remind my kids to always put their trash in proper place and recycle, encourage each and everyone the importance of putting everything in the proper and right place, how it will affect our mother nature. We are all reaponsible, this is our planet this is our home.

We actually go here when its newly opened but that time, its super crowded you are right i hope manila residents will take good care of the bay, specially the informal settlers or people living in the squatters area the manila government need to act for the people who is not following or complying and if that will be swimmable im sure it will be more crowded and it will bring money and work to the people there in manila so manifesting for that to happen. Tatay digong made this happened thankyou duterte administration

I know right. I miss duterte administration. Miss you tatay digong. The best president for me ❤️

In 1574 CE the Chinese Warlord Limahong decided to take the Manila Bay. Even though he had over 3,000 men, it was not to be, and the Spanish won the day. Had things been different Manila, perhaps all of the Philippines would now be part of China. It is clear that the Chinese pirates and the Spanish appreciated the harbor. Then and now the Manila Bay is one of the world’s greatest harbors. Until recently, it was one of the world’s filthiest harbors.

A decade ago, Manila Bay was home to hundreds of thousands of informal residents. About 233,000 households had no connection to sewers. Thus, every day, the waste products of these households went directly into the Bay. The stench, people said was far, far worse than an open sewer.

The Supreme Court of the Philippines issued a mandamus way back in 2008, ordering the clean-up of Manila Bay. It took Rodrigo Duterte to actually do it.

It cost 28 million pesos to transport the dolomite (crushed sand/pebbles) from Cebu and many argued that it could have provided 189,000 sacks of rice. Yes, one out of every 10 persons in Manila would have received their sack of rice—and today it would be long gone, and today the harbor looks radically different and it should stay that way forever.

Before the clean-up:

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There was a lot of negativities including allegations that the dolomite sand/pebbles contained silica and would poison people. Sorry, I have a BS in geology/chemistry, another BS in Safety and have worked as an Industrial Hygienist and I’ll say that dolomite sand will not poison anyone unless you swallow spoonsful of it. Sure, it has silica and so does every other beach, but it never becomes air-borne and is never an issue.

I appreciate the project and hope to see the sunset there one day. The Philippine archipelago is a paradise, but when the beach was covered with tons and tons of garbage—well, it deserves better and the reclamation of Manila Bay is a real step in that direction. To me it’s a huge mark of pride.

How it looks now:

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Thankyou for adding more information sir. This bay is one of the biggest achievement of the PH. Seeing the before and after, truly NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE, specially with God, with people who has dedication.