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Oriental Mindoro Governor Humerlito Dolor says oil spill victims can start getting claims forms on Friday. Representatives of the insurer say it may take 3 to 6 months before victims get paid.

Vigan is the capital of Ilocos Sur and a Spanish colonial town founded in the 16th century. It’s a UNESCO World Heritage Site due to its strong cultural...

M Lhuillier Financial Service Inc. continues to ramp up initiatives to provide monetary transfer services with the expected steady rise in remittances from Filipinos working and living abroad.

Acting Defense chief Carlito Galvez Jr. on Sunday said members of the United States Coast Guard are traveling to the Philippines with their sea and air assets to assist in cleanup efforts of the large oil spill in waters off Mindoro. Galvez told the President that some of the assets will be airlifted by a

A US state department handbook defines a non-government organization as being independent of both the government and the business sector, whose mandate is to promote the public interest and serve the public good rather than to make a profit or advance the interests of a narrow group of individuals.

A 'Claims Caravan' in Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro, will act as collecting point for claimants who wish to submit their claims forms

The University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute (UP MSI) in its latest bulletin on Friday evening, March 24, advised that calmer seas should be taken as an "opportunity" to ramp up the collection of oil slicks and cleanup drives near the sunken MT Princess Empress.

A Korean Coast Guard team will arrive in the Philippines on Monday to help in ongoing efforts to contain the massive oil spill from the sunken motor tanker in waters off Naujan, Oriental Mindoro.

Caravan set up from today

The Philippines joins around 190 other countries tonight for an hour-long lights out as it confronts an environmental disaster from a sunken tanker that continues to spew toxic industrial oil 400 meters deep in the waters off Mindoro, threatening marine biodiversity and livelihoods.