SM Foundation, in partnership with employee volunteers from SM City Bataan, distributed 300 Kalinga packs on Friday, August 9, to families affected by an oil spill in Barangay Lamao, Limay, Bataan. A RESIDENT affected by the oil spill in Limay, Bataan receives a Kalinga pack from a volunteer in SM...
A deep sea diver successfully installs a flange valve plate onto the surface of a tank onboard sunken tanker MTKR Terranova as part of initial siphoning operations on Aug. 11, 2024. (Photo: Harbor Star Shipping Services, Inc. via PCG) The full-blown siphoning operation to drain 1.4 million liters...
Motor tanker MTKR “Jason Bradley” floats partially off the coast of Mariveles, Bataan on Aug. 12, 2024 while the siphoning of seawater from the vessel continues. (Photo: Philippine Coast Guard) Motor tanker MTKR “Jason Bradley”, which sank off the coast of Mariveles, Bataan last July 27...
Philippine Coast Guard and arbor Star Shipping Services Inc. personnel conduct a simulation of the siphoning and salvage operations for MTKR Terranova at Lamao Port in Limay, Bataan on Aug. 7, 2024. (Photo: PCG) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) conducted a mock operation of the siphoning of the 1.4...
Motor tanker MTKR Terranova (Photo courtesy of PCG) The shipping company of MTKR Terranova on Tuesday, Aug. 6, dismissed allegations linking them into oil smuggling as the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said it has launched an investigation to verify reports that the sunken tanker, as well as two...
Representatives from various government agencies hold a meeting after the aerial and maritime surveys over Manila Bay on Aug. 3, 2024 to determine the extent of the oil spill from the sunken motor tanker (MTKR) Terranova. (Photo: Office of Civil Defense) Authorities conducted aerial and maritime...
Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel prepare to deploy oil spill boom on Aug. 1, 2024 to contain oil sheen monitored in the coastal waters of Mariveles, Bataan where MTKR Jason Bradley sank. (Photo: PCG) The draining of 5,500 liters of diesel oil from motor tanker (MTKR) “Jason Bradley”...
MTKR Terranova sinks off Limay, Bataan on July 25, 2024 while carrying 1.4 million liters of industrial fuel oil. (Photo: Philippine Coast Guard) Maritime experts from the United States will arrive in the country to help the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in curbing the oil spill from the sunken...
MT Terranova sinks off Limay, Bataan on July 25, 2024 while carrying 1.4 million liters of industrial fuel oil. (Photo: Philippine Coast Guard) The oil spill originating from the sunken motor tanker (MT) Terranova off Limay town’s coast in Bataan was already “under control” as all leaking...
Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is extending its investment interest to other nuclear technologies like small modular reactors (SMR) and conventional nuclear fleets – and that could include the planned repowering of the idled Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) if the...
(University of the Philippines-Marine Science Institute Facebook page) The University of the Philippines-Marine Science Institute (UP-MSI) warned that oil spill trajectory models forecast the slick from the sunken tanker Terra Nova in Bataan could arrive in Metro Manila by Tuesday, July 30. The...
Philippine Coast Guard Auuxiliary (PCGA) members prepare improvised oil spill booms to contain the leak from the sunken motor tanker MT Terranova. The tanker sank off Limay, Bataan on July 25. The underwater leaks discovered by divers from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and a maritime service...
