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:...
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) announced Tuesday night, November 7, that the chemical spill incident in Barangay San Miguel, Bauan, Batangas that began over the weekend is under control. PHILIPPINE Coast Guard personnel inspect the shoreline of Barangay San Miguel in Bauan, Batangas after a...
The chemical spill in Bauan, Batangas that forced the evacuation of 53 families is already under control, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said on Wednesday, Nov. 8. OCD Administrator Ariel Nepomuceno said the chemicals that reportedly leaked from the nearby depot already dissipated, adding...
BAUAN, Batangas – A chemical spill hit Barangay San Miguel here on Saturday, November 4, prompting the evacuation of 248 families, police said Monday, November 6. Police said a land-based inspection revealed that the incident occurred during the loading of Solvent Naptha L at Tank No. 5...
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...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Gov. Humerlito A. Dolor has ordered the insurance firm of the sunken oil tanker MT Princess Empress to start the distribution of payment to damage claimants on or before September 30 this year. ORIENTAL Mindoro Gov. Bonz Dolor (left) signs an...
