MANILA, Sept 19 (Reuters): Residents of the Philippines' capital on Saturday (Sept 19) flocked to an artificial white sand beach that the government has transformed from a polluted stretch of shoreline to mark International Coastal Cleanup day.
Despite opposition from environmental campaigners, President Rodrigo Duterte's government has filled a 500m stretch of coastline beside the US embassy in Manila with sand made from tonnes of crushed dolomite boulders from central Philippines.
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