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Japanese experts arrive in Oriental Mindoro to help contain oil spill

The oil spill from the sunken oil vessel off Naujan, Oriental Mindoro is threatening to reach the Verde Island Passage due to a weakening amihan, the University of the Philippines-Marine Science Institute warned yesterday.

AFP The Philippines has sought help from Japan and the United States, authorities said Friday, as they struggle to contain and clean up an oil spill 10 days after a tanker sank. The Princess Empress was carrying 800,000 litres (210,000 gallons) of industrial fuel oil when it went down in rough seas off the central island of Mindoro, south of the capital Manila.

REGION 4A, comprised of the provinces of Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon—collectively known as Calabarzon—will launch in August the complete set of local “must-visit” destinations for the Philippine Experience program of the Department of Tourism (DOT), according to a top tourism officer. In an interview during the opening day…

Crew member still missing 1 day after tugboat sinking

Philippine authorities said on March 10 that they had sought help from Japan and the US to contain and clean up an oil spill 10 days after a tanker sank.

The Philippines has sought help from Japan and the United States, authorities said Friday, as they struggle to contain and clean up an oil spill 10 days after a tanker sank.

A team of experts from the Japanese Coast Guard will be deployed in the country to assist in the oil spill removal operations off the waters of Mindoro Island. Local residents affected by the oil spill will also be hired to help in the clean-up drive under the cash-for-work program.

MANILA: Dozens of people in the Philippines have fallen ill after oil from a sunken tanker washed up on their shores, officials said Wednesday, as authorities struggled to reach the leaking vessel.

Diesel fuel and thick oil from the vessel have contaminated the waters and beaches of nine municipalities along the coast of Oriental Mindoro province, Governor Humerlito Dolor told reporters.