With the COVID-19 variant B.1.617 spreading in India, breaking news that two overseas Filipino workers from Oman and the United Arab Emirates had tested positive for it was truly disturbing. They have apparently since recovered, but the question becomes more urgent: How is the Philippines preparing for another possible surge of the pandemic? It was only late last month that the government banned the entry of travelers from India starting April 29 up to May 14,
There is a tiny sandbar called Sandy Cay about two nautical miles from Pag-asa Island, which at about 37 hectares is the largest Philippine-occupied island in the Spratlys. Before 2017, Sandy Cay was a disappearing sandbar. Half of the year Sandy Cay would be above water at high tide when the action of the waves build up the sand on the cay. The other half of the year, when the storms disperse the sand, Sandy Cay would be submerged at high tide. In early 2017, Sandy Cay became permanently above water at high-tide due to sand, from pulverized corals, that drifted
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