Close to 400,000 liters of industrial oil remain intact inside the ill-fated MT Princess Empress which sank off the waters of Naujan, Oriental Mindoro exactly a month ago, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) disclosed on Tuesday, March 28. PCG spokesperson Rear Admiral Armand Balilo said the estimate...
Today marks one month of the oil spill disaster and it seems that the worst is far from over. M/T Princess Empress, carrying about 800,000 liters of industrial fuel oil, capsized off Naujan in Oriental Mindoro last Feb. 28, 2023. Spilling thick oil into the sea, it was a tragic disaster that...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) provided cash-for-work assistance to some 19,000 residents affected by the oil spill from a fuel tanker that sank off Oriental Mindoro last Feb. 28. As of March 27, 19,895 individuals in Oriental Mindoro and Antique benefitted from the...
Fuel budgets of motorists this week will continue to be on downtrend, as prices at the pumps will be on rollback by P1.3 per liter for diesel products, and P0.85 per liter for gasoline products. The industry players similarly advised on a hefty P1.9 per liter reduction in the price of kerosene, a...
The office of House Speaker Martin Romualdez has donated a calamity fund worth P500,000 each to Oriental Mindoro's 1st district and Davao de Oro's 1st district. This was learned by the Manila Bulletin Sunday, March 26 even as the Speaker’s office also facilitated the distribution of targeted...
BATANGAS – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-Batangas released a maritime advisory allowing the resumption of leisure activities along coastal waters of Verde Island on Saturday, March 25. The advisory released at around 8 a.m. on March 25 cited the prompt response of the PCG, local government...
Consumers will continue to save on their fuel expenses next week, as oil companies have declared a fresh round of rollback at the oil pumps by Tuesday, March 28), the 13th week of price adjustments since the start of the year. According to industry players, gasoline prices will be trimmed by P0.65...
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 University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute (UP MSI) in its latest bulletin on Friday evening, March 24, advised that calmer seas should be taken as an "opportunity" to ramp up the collection of oil slicks and cleanup drives near the sunken MT Princess Empress. "Calmer seas and larger...
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...
South Korea is now joining the Philippines in the clean up of the oil spill that has spread across different provinces from Oriental Mindoro. According to the South Korean Embassy in Manila, members of the Korean Coast Guard will be sent to the country to assist its Filipino counterpart. They will...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), local government units, and the private sector have so far provided P45.6-million worth of food and non-food items to individuals and families affected by the oil spill from the motor tanker that sank off Oriental Mindoro on Feb. 28. Based on...
