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    Barge runs aground off Negros
    Macairan, Evelyn; Amoroso, Ed (Philippine Star Printing Co., Inc., 2023-11-17)
    A barge loaded with 1,600 metric tons of industrial coal ran aground in Negros Oriental on Wednesday, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported yesterday. TML Blue Sky Jay was being towed by motor tug TML The CEO in the waters off Barangay Okiot in Bais City when the accident occurred. The barge and the motor tug were headed to Barangay Campuyo in Manjuyod town when they encountered rough sea condition.
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    Senate probe sought on cyanide fishing in Panatag Shoal
    Felipe, Cecille; Macairan, Evelyn (Philippine Star Printing Co., Inc., 2024-02-26)
    Sen. Francis Tolentino is seeking a Senate investigation into the alleged cyanide fishing carried out in parts of the ocean within Philippine territory, particularly near Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, which he branded as “environmental terrorism.” Tolentino said the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), Convention on Biological Diversity and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species could be used as bases in the filing of complaints against those involved in cyanide fishing.
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    Boat hit by whale shark sinks
    Macairan, Evelyn (Philippine Star Printing Co., Inc., 2024-02-02)
    Two fishermen were rescued when their boat sank after it was hit by a whale shark early yesterday in Romblon. Edgardo Lozano, 60, and Harry Lozano, 51, were fishing in the waters off Barangay Cantagda in Cajidiocan town when their boat was struck by the shark, according to the Philippine Coast Guard. The PCG sub-station in Cajidiocan dispatched a search and rescue team after receiving a call about the incident.
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    Oil siphoning from Terra Nova nearing completion
    Macairan, Evelyn (Philippine Star Printing Co., Inc., 2024-09-05)
    With a little over 100,000 liters of industrial oil left in the sunken motor tanker Terra Nova, the siphoning process is now almost complete, according to the Philippine Coast Guard. The PCG said that of the 1.4 million liters of industrial oil that the tanker was carrying when it sank in the waters off Limay, Bataan on July 25, salvor firm Harbor Star has so far siphoned close to 1.3 million liters of oily materials.
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    Oil siphoning from Terra Nova nearing completion
    Macairan, Evelyn (Philippine Star Printing Co., Inc., 2024-09-09)
    With a little over 100,000 liters of industrial oil left in the sunken motor tanker Terra Nova, the siphoning process is now almost complete, according to the Philippine Coast Guard. The PCG said that of the 1.4 million liters of industrial oil that the tanker was carrying when it sank in the waters off Limay, Bataan on July 25, salvor firm Harbor Star has so far siphoned close to 1.3 million liters of oily materials.
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    Oil siphoning from Terra Nova stopped due to Enteng
    Macairan, Evelyn (Philippine Star Printing Co., Inc., 2024-09-03)
    Rough sea conditions due to Tropical Storm Enteng prompted the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to stop the oil siphoning operations on the sunken motor tanker Terra Nova yesterday. “The contracted salvor, Harbor Star, secured all siphoning lines and containment equipment, closed all hot taps and postponed the transfer of oily waste,” the PCG said.
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    Sunken dredger towed to Bataan-Coast Guard
    Macairan, Evelyn (Philippine Star Printing Co., Inc., 2023-05-03)
    Three days after it sank in the waters of Corregidor Island, the dredger vessel MV Hong Hai 189 was towed to Mariveles, Bataan, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said yesterday. In a statement, the PCG said it monitored the motor tugboat MTUG Tirad Pass safely tow the Sierra Leone-flagged MV Hong Hai 189 to Barangay Sisiman in Mariveles, Bataan, some 400 yards from Sisiman Lighthouse.
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    Oil sheen seen from sunken yacht off Tubbataha
    Macairan, Evelyn; Ong, Ghio (Philippine Star Printing Co., Inc., 2023-05-02)
    An oil sheen was reportedly seen coming from the dive yacht M/Y Dream Keeper that sank some four nautical miles from the Tubbataha Reefs Marine Park. Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) spokesman Rear Admiral Armand Balilo yesterday reported that “an oil sheen was seen from the site where the Dream Keeper sank. There is only a small oil sheen but just the same, our oil spill response team is already there and we would be able to contain it right away.”
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    PCG continues cleanup of M/V Princess of the Stars oil spill
    Macairan, Evelyn (Philippine Star Printing Co., Inc., 2010-06-06)
    The Philippine Coast Guard is continuing its clean up operations on the 400 liters of oily mixture from the sunken M/V Princess of the Stars that spilled out into the coastline of San Fernando, Romblon on May 31. In a statement, the PCG reported that the oil spill came out of the engine room as they were pumping air to refloat the vessel on May 31. The PCG-Marine Environment Protection Unit personnel conducted a shoreline inspection and discovered traces of oil spill.