Lost in translation

LAST week, the controversial Manila Bay beach was in the news again after President Rodrigo "Come and sit on Daddy's lap" Duterte testily defended the project during another one of his late-night bull sessions.

The beach has been roundly criticized for its P389-million (and counting) price tag, an expense not unreasonably considered unnecessary in the midst of a pandemic, along with several environmental issues connected with the mine in Cebu that supplies the material as well as its unnatural introduction to the location fronting the Manila Baywalk. Duterte dismissed these concerns, opining the aesthetic improvement to the bay shore was reason enough to pursue the project.