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The City Government of Valenzuela through the VC Cares Plus Program, grants PhP Five (5) Million worth of rice to Province of Oriental Mindoro and several

Oil spill seriously imperils one of the ‘most productive’ marine ecosystems in the world

Being a scuba diver, I find absolute serenity under our archipelagic waters. Having logged more than 1,000 dives in top sites like Mindoro Island’s Puerto Galera and Apo Reef and Negros Oriental’s Apo Island, the recent oil spill in Oriental Mindoro has hit close to home.

CITY OF CALAPAN, Oriental Mindoro (PNA) – The city government is now on alert after residents of Sitios Villa Antonio and Proper in Barangay Navotas reported traces of an oil slick on Thursday afternoon, March 16.

MANILA— Philippine authorities have increased efforts to contain an oil spill from a sunken fuel tanker that has affected coastal towns and was still

AN economist-lawmaker on Wednesday said the government should make it easier and cheaper for Filipinos to invest by passing into law the proposed Collective Investment Schemes Act. House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Joey Sarte Salceda issued the statement after getting elected by the House Committee on Economic Affairs…

No photograph or video could fully capture the extent of the damage of the oil spill and yet the images we’ve seen are already so alarming coastlines drenched in black sludge, water covered with oil and workers in PPEs.

The Philippine Coast Guard has found some irregularities in the franchise granted by the Maritime Industry Authority to the sunken M/T Princess Empress.

STATE-run Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) said over 5,100 active government employees and pensioners, who were affected by the recent Mindoro oil spill, may now start applying for an emergency loan of up to P40,000. In a statement, the GSIS said the application for the emergency loan is now open…

The massive oil spill caused by the sinking of oil tanker MT Princess Empress, which was carrying 800,000 liters of industrial fuel, off the coast of Naujan, Oriental Mindoro on February 28 showed how unprepared we are to face this kind of disaster. It also exposed our inability to learn…