For thousands of years, people all over the world have been using cooking oil to make comforting dishes at home. In the Philippines alone, it is hard to imagine local cuisines without using cooking oil in the process. It is one of the elements that build our dishes' flavor profile. Just the scent of...
Some consumers’ pockets will be on distress again next week, especially those who are filling up their vehicles with gasoline, which is anticipated to rise by P0.70 to P1.20 per liter, based on the estimates of the oil firms. Conversely, diesel products may have marginal price reduction of P0.10...
Senator Cynthia Villar is seeking a Senate inquiry on the oil spill from the sunken tanker MT Princess Empress that has compromised the marine ecosystem, biodiversity, tourism industry, health, and livelihood of the people. This came as Villar filed Senate Resolution (SR) No.537 directing the...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has advised the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to exercise foresight when it comes to its response to the massive oil spill caused by a sunken tanker off Oriental Mindoro last month. “Alongside taking the lead in speeding up...
Senator Juan Edgardo ‘’Sonny’’ Angara called on the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to ensure that all the affected families in the oil spill brought about by the sinking of the MT Princess Empress off the coast of Naujan, Oriental Mindoro last Feb. 28 would receive...
Citing the great environmental damage that has been caused, Cavite 4th district Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. is seeking a House inquiry into the sinking of motor tanker (MT) Princess Empress off the waters of Naujan, Oriental Mindoro that led to the spillage of 800,000 liters of industrialized fuel....
The owners of MT Princess Empress--the vessel that sank off Oriental Mindoro and triggered an oil spill--ought to be held accountable for the unmitigated environmental disaster. AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee (Rep. Lee's office) Thus, said Agri Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee, who noted that...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) partnered with a British company specializing in managing oil spill to boost its capabilities in responding to incidents at sea that require such proficiency. Photo: Philippine Coast Guard / PCG Adm. Artemio Abu, PCG commandant, and Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL)...
It will be distressing in consumers’ pockets to pass through gasoline stations to fill up their vehicles this week as the price of diesel will rise byP1.05 per liter, while gasoline prices will also climb by P0.90 per liter, as announced by oil companies. Conversely for kerosene, which is a base...
Consumers will have lighter financial burden this week as the price of diesel product will be on a hefty rollback of P3.00 per liter, while gasoline will also be reduced by P2.10 per liter. For kerosene, which is the base for aviation fuel and also an essential commodity for other industries and...
BRUSSELS, Belgium -- European Union member states, the Group of Seven industrialized countries and Australia said Friday that they have reached an agreement on price caps for Russian petroleum products. The move is the latest part of an international push to limit Russian President Vladimir Putin's...
WALA LANG OIL ON OAK Adoration of the Kings, Jan Gossaert (National Gallery of Art, London) The Three Kings arrived in Bethlehem bringing to the Child Jesus gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Everyone knows gold but frankincense and myrrh? Used in religious ceremonies, they came from faraway...
