Traces of oil spill from the sunken MT Princess Empress had reached Verde Island, a six-village islet in Batangas City, which is at the heart of the Verde Island Passage where the world’s most critical marine biodiversity center is found, authorities said.
He said 20 of the coco coir logs would be sent to Verde Island and another 20 to Lobo town, also in Batangas.
As of 8 a.m. on Monday, oil sheen and thin patches of segmented oil were found in the villages of San Agapito and San Agustin, the PCG said. PCG commandant Adm. Artemio Abu told reporters on Monday that they have dispatched a helicopter to conduct an aerial inspection to see how far the oil had spread.
On Thursday, it reached the shores of the provincial capital Calapan City and had been predicted to reach the VIP due to changing wind directions caused by the weakening northeast monsoon. “The needed intervention is cash assistance , particularly for those [poor] families with children going to school, especially for college. And this is an intervention that is not immediate but long-term,” he said.
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