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In an update, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Monday said it has collected 9,463 liters of oily water mixture and 115 sacks of oil-contaminated materials during its offshore oil spill response operations.
In a statement Friday, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) urged the public to switch off lights from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. on March 25 in support of the event, which carries the theme “The Biggest Hour for the Earth.”
“During the aerial inspection from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., the PCG confirmed that Verde Island and its vicinity waters no longer have traces of oil,” it said in a statement.
The Philippines enumerated four grounds for the reversal of the ICC’s decision to reopen the inquiry into the “war on drugs.”
An average of 140 cases per day were logged from March 6 to 12, the DOH said in a bulletin released on Tuesday.