QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) - An oil spill in eastern Ecuador has reached a nature reserve and polluted a river that supplies water to indigenous communities, the country's environmental ministry said Monday. Handout picture released by Ecuador's Ministry of Environment shows an oil spill that occurred in...
Coronavirus vaccines have been prepared for distribution at a vaccination site in Manila on May 18, 2021. (Ali Vicoy/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Health (DOH) said “accidents” may occur during the conduct of vaccination. This was the reminder of DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire...
President Duterte has assured local chief executives in Cebu that all state resources and assets will be tapped in the province's relief and rehabilitation efforts during the aftermath of typhoon "Odette". President Rodrigo Duterte speaks to local residents and officials of typhoon-stricken Cebu on...
WASHINGTON, United States – Workers have deployed containment booms and skimmer devices as they attempt to contain a sizable oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico discovered after Hurricane Ida roared through the area, the US Coast Guard said Sunday. Satellite image (top) taken Sept. 2 via Planet...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) assured the public Friday, July 9, that no oil spill happened in the aftermath of a collision between a cargo ship that contained 3,000 liters of oil and a utility foreign vessel at the Manila South Harbor. A cargo vessel MV Palawan Pearl and foreign utility vessel...
An environmental activist group wants to find out if the controversial issuance of an Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) to the "Aerocity" reclamation project had any bearing on the oil spill that took place in Manila Bay Thursday morning, July 8. (Photo by Tom Barrett/ Unsplash) “This...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is continuously conducting water sampling to assess the environmental damage of the fire that engulfed a cargo vessel in Delpan Bridge, Tondo, Manila. PCG spokesperson Commodore Armand Balilo said the water sampling is to determine and prevent the possible oil spill...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) conducted water sampling on Sunday, June 13, to determine the extent of the damage of the fire that engulfed a cargo vessel near Delpan Bridge in Tondo, Manila. PCG personnel laid absorbent pads to cover the thick “oil sheens” and oil spill blooms and prevent a...
Owners of the sunken MV Racal IV will take full responsibility for the oil spill in Misamis Oriental, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) assured on Monday, April 26. DENR Secretary Roy A. Cimatu said the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) in Region 10 (Northern Mindanao)...
