Still awesome, but depressing … Anybody with an eye for beauty would
always find something of visual pleasure on a heap of rubbish or silt, and the
picture (on top) recently snapped by photographer nvr Rodelas, a native of
Mambulao, would attest to this. This postcard shot proudly shows off a frame
from the beachside which, on closer look, is being savagely inundated by mud
and tailings from nearby gold mining operations believed by many in Mambulao to
be illegal. A clear proof is the picture above, also by nvr Rodelas, where the
supposed yellowish carpet of fine sand of Mambulao Bay is no more as it has
been overwhelmed by brownish-reddish silt, courtesy of gold operators who are
sluicing gold-laden earth right on the bay waters, just a stone’s throw away
from Mayor Dong’s lair. Don’t you worry folks, the fine sand did not physically
vanish – it is just underneath a thick layer of red mud; the only thing for you
to do is scrape the mud with your toes, and voila! you would see your sand.
And maybe, in another 20 years from now, a quarter of Mambulao’s gold-rich
mountain slopes would come down to the beach as mud, thanks to the continuous
quarrying for gold-earth. Mambulao may prosper from this precious metal, but at
what cost! – Photo courtesy of nvr RODELAS/MWBuzz text by AP HERNANDEZ
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