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.
"Mas mabilis tayong makakapag-responde sa ganitong sakuna kung mayroon tayong sapat na kagamitan ," the neophyte congressman said in a statement Sunday, March 19.
The Philippine Coast Guard has admitted it does not have enough equipment to handle the oil spill caused by MT Princess Empress, which sank in the waters off Oriental Mindoro on Feb.28 while carrying 800,000 liters of industrial fuel oil.
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