Oil sheen from the leaked working fuel of sunken MT Terranova is observed by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) during an inspection off Limay, Bataan on Oct. 25, 2024. (Photo: PCG) The anticipated draining of 1.4 million liters of industrial fuel oil (IFO) from the sunken motor tanker (MT) Terranova...
President Marcos has tasked government agencies to assess the oil spill impact from a sunken motor tanker off the coast of Limay, Bataan on Thursday, July 25. MT Terra Nova (Photo courtesy of Philipine Coast Guard) During a situation briefing on Thursday morning, Marcos particularly ordered...
Philippine Coast Guard personnel wave flags of the Philippines, Indonesia and Japan during the opening ceremony of Regional Marine Pollution Exercise (MARPOLEX) 2024 in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental on June 24, 2024. (Photo courtesy of PCG) The coast guard organizations of the Philippines,...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has provided livelihood assistance worth P257 million to workers who lost their jobs due to an oil spill that hit Oriental Mindoro last year. In a statement, the DOLE said it has extended emergency employment assistance to around 62,000 workers in...
Photo shows the extent of oil spill caused by the sinking of MT Princess Empress off Naujan, Oriental Mindoro on Feb. 28, 2023. (File photo courtesy of President Marcos / X account) The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) emphasized the need for better response during oil spill incidents as the...
Oriental Mindoro oil spill (Bongbong Marcos/Twitter) Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan commended the Department of Justice (DOJ) after it pressed criminal charges against the owners of the M/T Princess Empress--the vessel that caused...
Personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard were deployed near a seaport in Davao City to contain an oil spill that was reported on Tuesday night, Jan. 2. Philippine Coast Guard personnel use absorbent boom and pads to contain an oil spill some 11 kilometers from a seaport in Davao City. (photo:...
Philippine Coast Guard personnel install booms and sorbent pads to contain an oil spill detected at the Puerto Princesa City Port in Palawan on Sept. 30, 2023. (Courtesy of PCG) An oil spill was monitored in the vicinity waters off Puerto Princesa City Port in Palawan on Saturday, Sept. 30. In a...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has committed to secure nearly P200 million in direct cash aid or "ayuda" for some 8,000 fishermen who lost their livelihood in Oriental Mindoro as a result of the M/V...
Oil leaks as MTug Sugbo 2 sinks off the Naga Anchorage in Naga, Cebu on Sept. 3, 2023, according to the Philippine Coast Guard. (Courtesy of PCG) Authorities have responded to avert the spread of an oil spill to other areas as a motor tugboat sank off Naga, Cebu, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)...
BATANGAS CITY – The Office of Civil Defense 4-A received on August 29 500 boxes of absorbent pads from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources 4-A to contain oil slicks in Calatagan, Batangas. OCD 4-A officer-in-charge and Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon Regional...
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Rex Gatchalian assured that the agency is continuously coordinating with the local government units (LGUs) affected by the oil spill in Oriental Mindoro in February. “Ang policy ng DSWD, base sa instruction ng ating Pangulo, is to work...
