Oil slicks from the sunken MT Princess Empress were seen to flow through the Verde Island Passage (VIP) until March 26, the University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute (UP MSI) said. "The latest satellite image on March 19 shows that the oil is still leaking out of the sunken vessel, and...
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...
A health expert said there are various ways on how Filipino physicians could extend help to victims of the massive oil spill incident in Oriental Mindoro and nearby provinces. In a health forum held Tuesday, March 21, Philippine College of Physicians (PCP) Crisis Preparedness and Management...
Batangas 2nd district Rep. Gerville Luistro wants to tap into the the Filipinos' "bayanihan spirit" in the race to save the Verde Island Passage (VIP) from the oil spill. “It is time for us to unite in bayanihan and be aggressive in containing and cleaning up the oil spill," Luistro said in a...
Experts from the US have arrived in the Philippines at the request of the government to help in the clean up of the oil spill that has spread across different provinces from Oriental Mindoro. Among them are the five members of the US Coast Guard (USCG) National Strike, who will provide subject...
Malacañang bared that the United States has committed to help clean up the massive oil spill in the waters off Oriental Mindoro. During a meeting with President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Tuesday, March 21, Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said he spoke with...
A health expert labeled the massive oil spill incident following the sinking of the MT Princess Empress tanker in Oriental Mindoro as a major threat to public health. Health Reform Advocate Dr. Anthony “Tony” Leachon in an interview over DZRH on Monday, March 20, expressed the need to quickly...
The Church’s humanitarian and advocacy arm expressed its solidarity with the people who have been affected by the recent oil spill incident in Oriental Mindoro. Citing reports, the Caritas Philippines said that the oil spill incident has affected 143,713 people and “severely disrupted the...
A ranking congressman believes that the owner of the ill-fated MT Princess Empress will be flooded with compensation claims as a result of the oil spill, and rightfully so. Surigao del Sur 2nd district Rep. Johnny Pimentel, in s statement Sunday, March 19, says that the law "imposes strict liability...
The Senate Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change will look into the possible administrative liabilities of both the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) on the oil spill that ruined the waters of Oriental Mindoro due to the sinking of...
More oil slicks could reach the coast of Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro from March 20 to 22, the University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute (UP MSI) warned in its bulletin on Saturday, March 18. "Oil spill trajectories for March 16-22 show a northward shift with Calapan possibly...
The unmitigated disaster that was the oil spill caused by the sinking of MT Princess Empress has exposed how ill-equipped the country is in responding to such disasters, said AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert T. Lee. As such, Lee is batting for the allocation of more funds for the acquisition of booms...
