The oil spill from the tanker MT Empress Princess that sunk off Naujan, Oriental Mindoro, on Feb. 28 has already reached the island town of Caluya, between Mindoro and Panay, only about 18 nautical miles west of Boracay Island in Aklan.
The location of the sunken Empress Princess was not yet known at press time, but it is believed to be 91 NM away, in the Tablas Strait.
The coast guard has also coordinated with private companies, like Semirara Mining and Power Corp., which volunteered assistance. The biggest was in 2006 when 2.1 million liters of bunker fuel spilled in the waters off Guimaras Island following the sinking of MT Solar 1. In Mindoro’s capital of Calapan City, around 10,000 affected families began receiving government relief, consisting of food packs and cash-for-work grants, Social Welfare Secretary Rex Gatchalian said on Saturday.
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