The University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute (UP MSI) in its latest bulletin on Friday evening, March 24, advised that calmer seas should be taken as an "opportunity" to ramp up the collection of oil slicks and cleanup drives near the sunken MT Princess Empress. "Calmer seas and larger...
The United States will be supporting Filipino fisherfolk whose livelihood has been affected by an oil spill in Oriental Mindoro through training them to become citizen scientists in the meantime. The US Embassy in Manila said Friday that the US Agency for International Development (USAID) will...
South Korea is now joining the Philippines in the clean up of the oil spill that has spread across different provinces from Oriental Mindoro. According to the South Korean Embassy in Manila, members of the Korean Coast Guard will be sent to the country to assist its Filipino counterpart. They will...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), local government units, and the private sector have so far provided P45.6-million worth of food and non-food items to individuals and families affected by the oil spill from the motor tanker that sank off Oriental Mindoro on Feb. 28. Based on...
Oil slicks from the sunken MT Princess Empress were seen to flow through the Verde Island Passage (VIP) until March 26, the University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute (UP MSI) said. "The latest satellite image on March 19 shows that the oil is still leaking out of the sunken vessel, and...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said Wednesday there was no need for the government to create a task force that would oversee the clean up of the oil spill that has spread from a sunken ship in the waters off Oriental Mindoro. Marcos said the Philippine Coast Guard was already leading...
A health expert said there are various ways on how Filipino physicians could extend help to victims of the massive oil spill incident in Oriental Mindoro and nearby provinces. In a health forum held Tuesday, March 21, Philippine College of Physicians (PCP) Crisis Preparedness and Management...
Batangas 2nd district Rep. Gerville Luistro wants to tap into the the Filipinos' "bayanihan spirit" in the race to save the Verde Island Passage (VIP) from the oil spill. “It is time for us to unite in bayanihan and be aggressive in containing and cleaning up the oil spill," Luistro said in a...
Experts from the US have arrived in the Philippines at the request of the government to help in the clean up of the oil spill that has spread across different provinces from Oriental Mindoro. Among them are the five members of the US Coast Guard (USCG) National Strike, who will provide subject...
Malacañang bared that the United States has committed to help clean up the massive oil spill in the waters off Oriental Mindoro. During a meeting with President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Tuesday, March 21, Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said he spoke with...
A health expert labeled the massive oil spill incident following the sinking of the MT Princess Empress tanker in Oriental Mindoro as a major threat to public health. Health Reform Advocate Dr. Anthony “Tony” Leachon in an interview over DZRH on Monday, March 20, expressed the need to quickly...
Around 19,000 fishermen affected by the recent oil spill in Oriental Mindoro are set to receive food assistance and undergo livelihood training that can help them move forward from the impact of the incident, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) revealed. In a television interview,...
