PRELUDE TO RECLAMATION? A portion of Sandy Cay 2 off Pag-asa Island in theWest Philippine Sea is nowcovered with dead, crushed corals in this photo taken on Sept. 22- —GERALDFORD TICKE PUERTO PRINCESA CITY—Piles of dead corals have covered the entire Sandy Cay 2, a small sandbar situated 3 kilometers (2 miles) west of Pag-asa (Thitu) Island in Kalayaan town, Palawan province. In a visit to the area by the Inquirer on Sept. 22, the heaps of dead corals were seen reaching about 2 meters high and appeared to have been deliberately dumped onto the sandbar in an apparent attempt to reclaim the area.

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