As the government moves to contain the remaining oil spill in Mindoro, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. announced on Saturday, April 15, the government’s initiatives to move beyond the oil spill cleanup operation and find livelihoods for its victims. (Photo from the Presidential...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is somewhat satisfied with the government's response to the oil spill but told government agencies to pick up the pace as the oil was already reaching the shoreline. *President Marcos conducts an aerial inspection of areas affected by the oil spill in...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) assured on Tuesday, April 11, that there is adequate intervention for families and individuals affected by the oil spill in Oriental Mindoro, which complements the disaster response operations and efforts of their local government units...
A cease and desist order has been slapped against RDC Reield Marine Services, Inc., the owner of the sunken motor tanker (MT) Princess Empress, the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) confirmed on Holy Wednesday, April 5. MARINA Enforcement Service (ES) Director Ronaldo Bandalaria said the order...
Aid supplies from South Korea arrived in Manila on Wednesday for the ongoing efforts to clean up the tanker oil spill that started from the waters off Mindoro Oriental. According to the Korean Embassy in the Philippines, about 20 tons of sorbent pads and snares, 1,000 meters of solid flotation...
Authorities have finally started the bagging operation to seal off the leaks from motor tanker (MT) Princess Empress which sank in the vicinity waters off Naujan, Oriental Mindoro on Feb. 28, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said. Bagging is a technique where the...
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) provided food assistance to families from Oriental Mindoro, Palawan, Batangas, and Antique affected by the oil spill from the sunken MT Princess Empress. In a statement on Friday, March 31, PRC said that about 400 individuals from the municipalities of Pola and...
Oil slicks from sunken MT Princess Empress were seen moving toward the coasts of Naujan and Pola, Oriental Mindoro, said the University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute in a bulletin on Wednesday evening, March 29. "The slicks floating in the area around the sunken tanker show that oil...
POLA, Oriental Mindoro (AFP) – A crab covered in oil creeps across the sand as fishermen wearing white protective suits, rubber gloves, and respirator masks scrape toxic sludge from the rocks along the shore. A CRAB is covered with oil on a beach in Pola, Oriental Mindoro, one of the areas...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The United States Coast Guard cited the Philippine Coast Guard for its unique handling of the oil slick off the coast of this province. Stacy Crecy, leader of the US Coast Guard Pacific Strike Team, said the PCG was very well-organized due to its unique method of...
The United States will be supporting Filipino fisherfolk whose livelihood has been affected by an oil spill in Oriental Mindoro through training them to become citizen scientists in the meantime. The US Embassy in Manila said Friday that the US Agency for International Development (USAID) will...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said Wednesday there was no need for the government to create a task force that would oversee the clean up of the oil spill that has spread from a sunken ship in the waters off Oriental Mindoro. Marcos said the Philippine Coast Guard was already leading...
