ILOILO CITY, Iloilo, Philippines — 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
According to Com. Jansen Benjamin, public information officer of the Philippine Coast Guard Western Visayas District, the PCG was still consolidating actual figures.
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. Benjamin said the PCG had sufficient experience in oil spill cleanups and the Western Visayas unit was the most experienced because of the number of oil spills that have occurred in the region.
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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