ILOILO CITY – Environmental groups have sought an investigation over an oil spill in Guimaras last week. “We are calling on state agencies to expedite fact-finding efforts to ensure that responsible actors are identified and held accountable,” said global environmental organization Greenpeace...
A Roman Catholic bishop has called on newly appointed Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Acting Secretary Juan Miguel Cuna to make the agency’s leadership transition meaningful by delivering long-overdue justice to communities hit by the oil spill in the Verde Island Passage...
Universal Robina Corporation (URC) on Tuesday, Nov. 5, intensified relief efforts for families affected by the accidental release of molasses-based wastewater in Bais, Negros Oriental, while accelerating repairs to a damaged dike. Seawater quality monitoring conducted with the Coast Guard, the...
Authorities are studying whether legal action should be pursued over the massive wastewater spill from Universal Robina Corp. (URC) Bais Distillery in Negros Oriental, Malacañang said. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said aside from containment measures,...
The government should provide economic subsidies, including long-term compensation, to around 3,000 fishers whose livelihoods have been badly affected by the ethanol spill in Bais City, Negros Oriental, progressive group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) said....
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said on Sunday, Nov. 2, that it was closely monitoring a massive environmental threat Negros Oriental after a wastewater spill from a collapsed containment lagoon in Bais City stained the local marine environment. Undersecretary...
DUMAGUETE CITY – The provincial government of Negros Oriental has suffered losses after an estimated 10,000 milkfish (bangus) fingerlings died from exposure to wastewater spillage in Bais City. Provincial Agriculture Office (PAO) chief Emmanuel Caduyac told the Philippine News Agency on Thursday...
BACOLOD CITY – An ethanol spill from the Universal Robina Corp. (URC) distillery plant in Bais City, Negros Oriental has affected 10 coastal barangays in the city and a portion of the neighboring town of Manjuyod. Bais City Mayor Luigi Marcel Goñi met representatives of URC on Wednesday, Oct....
DAVAO CITY – A college here assured the public that they have effectively and safely managed the chemical spill reported in one of its laboratory rooms at the main campus following the magnitude-7.4 earthquake on Oct. 10. The San Pedro College said in an official statement over the weekend that...
A section of Aurora Boulevard and Araneta Avenue in Quezon City (QC) was temporarily closed after volumes of paint spilled onto the road following a vehicular accident involving a wing truck loaded with paint early Saturday morning, June 21. According to authorities, the incident occurred in...
Senator Cynthia Villar on Sunday, April 20 expressed fears of a repeat of the 2023 MT Princess Empress oil spill and the back-to-back oil spills that occurred last year following the capsizing of the Chinese-flagged MV Hong Hai 16 off Occidental Mindoro last Tuesday, April 15. Senate...
Thousands of fisherfolk in Limay, Bataan whose livelihoods were displaced by the massive oil spill last year can expect to receive compensation soon. In his speech before provincial leaders and residents of Bataan, reelectionist Senator Francis 'TOL' Tolentino shared that the indemnification for...
