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In a bulletin published Saturday night, the UP MSI said currents in the coast of northern Mindoro to the Verde Island Passage are expected to be stronger in the coming days. This may lead to majority of the leak to spill over to Calapan from March 20 to 22.

The coasts of Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro could receive more oil slicks from sunken MT Princess Empress on March 20 to 22, the University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute (UP MSI) warned in its bulletin on Saturday, March 18.

Researchers say very large and very small animals that evolved on islands are most at risk of extinction.

The United States Coast Guard will be looking into the country’s ongoing operation to contain the massive oil spill from the sunken MT Princess Empress off the coast of Naujan, Oriental Mindoro, during a meeting with the Philippine Coast Guard scheduled today.

The oil spill in Naujan, Oriental Mindoro deeply concerns the Department of Tourism as it poses threat to the tourism and livelihood of destinations affected.

Militant group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (PAMALAKAYA) is demanding monetary compensation for fisherfolk communities whose livelihoods were affected by the Mindoro oil spill — thousands of pesos for every day that they could not go out to the sea for work.

DAVAO CITY – The Northern Davao Electric Cooperative Inc. (Nordeco) said it remains focused in resolving the issue of power interruptions in the Island Garden City of Samal (Igacos) in Davao del Norte province that has been the subject of complaints from local government officials and member-consumer-owners.

Almost 82 years ago, when Japanese planes attacked Pearl Harbor, Charles House Morgan Jr., then 16, ran to a nearby air station to help. A few days later, he found a life preserver floating in the oily, bloodstained waters and retrieved it.

The digital age has made disseminating information easy and fast, but at the same time has made it dangerously unreliable at times.

CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC)- Calabarzon (Region 4-A or the Cavite, Laguna, Rizal, Batangas, and Quezon area) is taking proactive measures as the oil slick from the sunken MT Princess Empress in the sea of Oriental Mindoro threatens to reach Verde Island Passage and other parts of Batangas province.