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- Oil spill reaches Verde Island PassageMallari, Delfin Jr; Virola, Madonna; Mangosing, Frances (Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc., 2023-03-21)Traces of oil spill from the sunken MT Princess Empress had reached Verde Island, a six-village islet in Batangas City, which is at the heart of the Verde Island Passage (VIP) where the world’s most critical marine biodiversity center is found, authorities said on Monday. In an advisory, Fr. Edwin Gariguez, lead convenor of the environmentalist group Protect the Verde Island Passage, said they were ready to assist in containing the spill in VIP after residents reported seeing oil sheen and clumps in waters off four villages of Verde Island
- P114m in oil spill claims filedAraja, Rio (Philippine Manila Standard Publishing, Inc., 2023-07-09)An initial batch of 3,457 victims from the fisheries sector has so far filed a combined P114 million in financial compensation claims for the economic losses that they suffered due to the MT Princess Empress oil spill, Surigao del Sur Rep. Johnny Pimentel, a member of the House committee on ecology, said on Sunday. “Those figures from the International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds, or IOPC Funds, are very preliminary. Additional claims from capture fishery alone have probably been submitted by now, but have not been aggregated and reported yet,” Pimentel said.
- Oil spill from Viet ship unlikely – PCGCanlas, Jomar (The Manila Times Publishing Corporation, 2020-08-17)The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Monday said Antique waters were safe from possible oil spill from a Vietnamese-flagged cargo vessel. The MV Globe 6 ran aground in waters between Nagubat Island and Liwagao Island in Caluya, Antique on August 13, the PCG added in a statement. It had assisted the distressed vessel, which came from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam to deliver rice to a port in Davao City.
- No oil spill from stranded barge in Antique - PCG(Panay News, Inc., 2019-08-07)Authorities here said they have not detected any oil spill from the stranded barge off the coast of this capital town. The Environment and Natural Resources Office (ENRO) and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) clarified on Monday that they have not found any oil spill when they inspected the stranded barge. ENRO provincial head Vivian Marfil said there was no oil spill contrary to the report of residents living along the coastline. The inspection was done on July 30.
- No leak from stranded cargo ship in Antique(Panay News, Inc., 2018-09-06)The cargo ship that ran aground off the coast of Barangay 4 has no leakage, according to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG). M/V Star Liberty has been stuck some 300 meters from the shoreline of San Jose since Monday after strong wind and waves due to the southwest monsoon brought it there. PCG-Antique station commander Perlita Cinco said they have not seen fuel floating on seawaters as of Tuesday.