Crushed corals in Escoda Shoal (PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD )
MANILA, Philippines — Crushed corals were dumped in Escoda (Sabina) Shoal in a development that could be a prelude to the emergence of an artificial island there.
Commodore Jay Tarriela, Philippine Coast Guard spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea, said this was learned during the deployment of BRP Teresa Magbanua in the area.
Tarriela said the deployment was done after Jonathan Anticamara of the University of the Philippines Institute of Biology found coral rubble or dead coral fragments “piled on Pag-asa Cays 1, 2 and 3 that are now exposed during high tide.”
In his presentation last May 4, Anticamara said that the developments in Pagasa Cays “are possibly products of...