The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) on Friday, March 17, released satellite images of the possible progression and scope of the oil spill caused by sunken MT Princess Empress on the coast of Oriental Mindoro. "This map shows possible oil spill extent in the coast of Oriental Mindoro as observed...
CITY OF CALAPAN, Oriental Mindoro (PNA) – The city government is now on alert after residents of Sitios Villa Antonio and Proper in Barangay Navotas reported traces of an oil slick on Thursday afternoon, March 16. In a phone interview on Friday, March 17, Dennis Escosora, head of the Calapan...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. was urged to personally intervene and order government agencies to contain the oil spill from a sunken tank off Oriental Mindoro. Protect Verde Island Passage (VIP), a coalition of sectors, communities, and organizations that advocate the protection of the...
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC)- Calabarzon (Region 4-A or the Cavite, Laguna, Rizal, Batangas, and Quezon area) is taking proactive measures as the oil slick from the sunken MT Princess Empress in the sea of Oriental Mindoro threatens to...
The government shouldn't hold back from spending its resources for the clean-up of the Oriental Mindoro oil spill as well as the indemnification of affected coastal residents. Thus, said House Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th district Rep. Ralph Recto as he placed a spotlight on the government’s...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has provided emergency cash transfer assistance totaling more than P7 million to residents affected by the oil slick in Caluya town, Antique province. A PERSONNEL of the DSWD orients residents affected by the oil slick in...
The progressive Makabayan bloc on Thursday, March 16, has called for an investigation by the House of Representatives into the oil spill in Oriental Mindoro that has already affected the livelihood of nearby communities, reached as far as Palawan, and impacted 1.4 million hectares of the Verde...
ILOILO CITY – A team from the University of the Philippines (UP) Visayas is set to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the damage sustained by three barangays in Caluya, Antique from the oil slick from the sunken tanker M/T Princess Empress in Oriental Mindoro. A TEAM from the University of...
Senator Cynthia Villar has pushed for assistance to residents who are affected by the damage caused by the oil spill from MT Empress Princess which sank off the coast of Naujan, Oriental Mindoro last Feb. 28. The oil spill in the province would surpass the devastation caused by the 2006 Guimaras oil...
Over 100 people were reported to have gotten sick following the oil spill in the coast of Oriental Mindoro, the Department of Health (DOH) said. DOH Undersecretary and Officer-in-Charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said that 122 people have fallen ill. Most of the cases experienced headache and...
Senators will write and ask President Ferdinand ‘’Bongbong’’ Marcos Jr. to find out who will orchestrate the varied responses of many government agencies to the MT Princess Empress oil spill disaster. Senate President Loren Legarda and Senator Cynthia Villar made the agreement as they asked...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), local government units, and the private sector have already provided at least P20-million worth of food and non-food items as resource augmentation to areas affected by the oil spill in Oriental Mindoro. Based on the DSWD report as of March...
