(NOEL PABALATE/MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) A Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) executive on Thursday, Aug. 1 assured that the agency is ready to provide various support services to fisherfolk affected by the MT Terra Nova oil spill. In a media forum, DSWD-Program Management Bureau...
(University of the Philippines-Marine Science Institute Facebook page) The University of the Philippines-Marine Science Institute (UP-MSI) warned that the oil spill from the sunken MT Terra Nova in Bataan may soon extend to the coastal areas of Batangas, according to the latest analysis of the...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee (Rep.Lee's office) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert Lee is pushing for the creation of a government crisis management mechanism that shall oversee the containment of oil spills and the mitigation of its effects. This, as the...
Traces of oil spill are seen on the coast of Long Beach in Noveleta, Cavite on July 30 (Noel B. Pabalate/MANILA BULLETIN) CAVITE – The provincial government is declaring a state of calamity and establishing a no-catch zone in coastal areas affected by the oil spill from the sunken tanker...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) Speaker Martin Romualdez has mobilized his colleagues in the House of Representatives to bring immediate aid to the thousands of fisherfolk affected by the oil spill in Manila Bay. “Hindi na natin...
MT Terranova sinks off Limay, Bataan on July 25, 2024 while carrying 1.4 million liters of industrial fuel oil. (Photo from Philippine Coast Guard) The Department of Health (DOH) warned about the serious health risks from an oil spill, urging the public to take immediate precautions and implement...
Traces of oil spill are seen on the coast of Long Beach in Noveleta, Cavite, on July 30 ( Noel B. Pabalate/MANILA BULLETIN) CAVITE – Fishermen in the coastal areas of the province are struggling amid the effects of inclement weather brought by the southwest monsoon and the recent oil spill...
(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...
Image of oil spill from Gov. Jonvic Remulla's Facebook page (MANILA BULLETIN) CAVITE – The oil spill from the sunken tanker MT Terra Nova near Limay, Bataan, has reached the coastal barangays of Cavite. In a Facebook post, Gov. Jonvic Remulla said the effects of the oil spill in...
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...
(University of the Philippines-Marine Science Institute/Facebook) The trajectory model for the Bataan oil spill suggests that the slick could reach the coasts of Bulacan and Cavite, influenced by the prevailing weather and ocean conditions, based on a joint analysis led by the Department of...
President Marcos on Saturday, July 27, created an inter-agency task force to address the possible effects of the oil spill from MT Terra Nova, which capsized off the coast of Limay, Bataan. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. presides over a situation briefing at the Bulacan...
