TOP STORY: Oriental Mindoro Governor Bonz Dolor reported on Monday, March 6, that the exact location of the sunken MT Princess Empress has been found.
ORIENTAL MINDORO, Philippines – Oriental Mindoro Governor Bonz Dolor reported on Monday, March 6, that the exact location of the sunken MT Princess Empress has been found.
Owners of sunken ship MT Princess Empress have hired two firms that helped in the cleanup of the 2006 Guimaras oil spill, considered to be the worst disaster of its kind in Philippine history.
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