Browsing by Subject "explosions"

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    • Gumarin inspects oil spill damages in Buenavista 

      Philippine Information Agency (PIA); PN (Panay News, July 10, 2020, on page 9)
      Guimaras Gov. Samuel Gumarin inspected five barangays in Buenavista town to assess damages caused by the oil spill following an explosion at a power barge stationed here. He personally visited the villages of Navalas, ...

    • House inquiry on Iloilo oil spill, explosion pushed 

      (Manila Standard, August 3, 2020, on page A3)
      A congressman filed a House Resolution calling for an investigation into the July 3 explosion at a power plant of AC Energy Corp. at Zone 3, Bo. Obrero, Lapuz, Iloilo City that resulted in an oil spill. Ilocos Sur First ...

    • Iloilo City Oil Spill: Families return home safely | Relief ops, cleanup full speed ahead 

      PN (Panay News, July 21, 2020, on page 1-14)
      All 308 families that were displaced by the recent oil spill have returned home safely, with AC Energy Philippines keeping its promise to do everything it could to mitigate the societal and environmental impacts of the ...

    • Iloilo oil spill clean-up almost done - Coast Guard 

      (BusinessWorld, July 10, 2020, on page S1/10)
      Clean-up operations on the oil spill from a power barge off Iloilo City is almost done, according to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Thursday. In a statement in Filipino, the PCG said they are now clearing the last ...

    • Iloilo oil spill sparks calls to limit use of fossil fuels 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, July 7, 2020, on page A8-A4)
      AC Energy is facing severe penalty and fine for the Iloilo oil spill under Republic Act 9275 or the Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004. This, as several groups have expressed fear that failure to contain the oil spill may ...

    • It’s oil spill déjà vu for Guimaras 

      Angelo, Francis Allan L. (DailyGuardian, July 7, 2020, on page 1-10)
      It’s déjà vu for the island province of Guimaras as 20 villages claimed to have been affected by the oil spill triggered by an explosion in Power Barge 102 of Ayala-owned AC Energy Philippines last July 3, 2020. The term ...

    • Methods on how to clean up oil spill 

      Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Region VI (Panay News, August 1, 2020, on page 4)
      An explosion in Power Barge 102 triggered an oil spill in Iloilo Strait last July 3, 2020. It affected coastal areas in Bo. Obrero, Lapuz where it is located and has reached other communities and even Guimaras Island ...

    • Negligence, recklessness led to blast 

      Rendon, Jennifer P.; Angelo, Francis Allan L.; Marzan, Joseph B. A. (DailyGuardian, July 6, 2020, on page 1-11)
      Negligence and recklessness may have caused the explosion in a power barge afternoon of July 3, 2020, which resulted in an oil spill that affected Iloilo City, Guimaras Island, and the town of Dumangas, Iloilo so far. “It’s ...

    • Not all affected residents of Iloilo oil spill taken to hotels - officials 

      Yap, Tara (Manila Bulletin, July 11, 2020, on page 5)
      A local official here clarified that not all coastal residents affected by the oil spill triggered by a damaged power barge in Iloilo City have been transferred to hotels. “Only those who were staying at the evacuation ...

    • Oil spill a wakeup call 

      (Panay News, July 9, 2020, on page 6)
      Thousands of liters of oil spilled into the waters off Iloilo on July 3, 2020 after an explosion at a power barge owned by AC Energy. Authorities’ earlier estimate was an area of around 1,200 square meters affected. This ...

    • Oil spill fallout: Coast Guard sues power barge owner 

      Rendon, Jennifer P. (DailyGuardian, July 11, 2020, on page 1-11)
      The Philippine Coast Guard-Iloilo Station announced Friday that it would file criminal charges against AC Energy Philippines, owner of Power Barge 102 that spilled bunker fuel in Iloilo Strait following an explosion on ...

    • Oil spill fouls 20 Guimaras coastal brgys 

      Silubrico, Ruby (Panay News, July 7, 2020, on page 1-14)
      Twenty coastal villages in the island province of Guimaras are affected by the oil spill from a power barge in Barangay Bo. Obrero, Lapuz, Iloilo City following an explosion Friday last week. Bunker fuel spilled from the ...

    • Oil spill from Iloilo power barge probed 

      Rendon, Jennifer (The Philippine Star, July 6, 2020, on page 12)
      A third party has been tapped to investigate an oil spill from one of the power barges of AC Energy Inc. in Iloilo City. In a statement released over the weekend, the power firm said it is investigating the spill that ...

    • Oil spill spreads to Iloilo, Guimaras coastal towns 

      Yap, Tara (Manila Bulletin, July 6, 2020, on page 10)
      The oil spill from a damaged power barge in this city has spread to coastal towns of Iloilo province, and the island province of Guimaras. “It is spreading,” said Donna Magno, director of the Iloilo City Disaster Risk ...

    • Oil spill-hit folk need aid, says mayor 

      Burgos, Nestor P. Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 10, 2020, on page A7)
      As the number of residents evacuated from oil spill-affected areas reached more than a thousand, Mayor Jerry Treñas assailed the operator of the damaged power barge for failing to adequately provide for their needs. At a ...

    • Oil spill: How much, does it matter? 

      Borenstein, Seth; Burdeau, Cain (Manila Bulletin, May 16, 2010, on page 11-G-31)
      Just how much oil is spewing from the ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico and how important is it to know that? Experts can’t agree on either question. Some scientists who have studied a new video of the gusher estimate ...

    • Oil spill: How much, does it matter? 

      Borenstein, Seth; Burdeau, Cain (Manila Bulletin, May 16, 2010, on page 11-G-31)
      Just how much oil is spewing from the ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico and how important is it to know that? Experts can’t agree on either question. Some scientists who have studied a new video of the gusher estimate ...

    • PCG eyes one-week cleanup of Iloilo oil spill 

      Yap, Tara (Manila Bulletin, July 7, 2020, on page 5)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is eyeing to complete retrieval of the thousands of liters of oil that spilled out from a damaged power barge in Iloilo City, and has spread to other coastal towns of Iloilo province and ...

    • Power barge oil spill: A classy response 

      Celebria, Limuel S. (DailyGuardian, July 16, 2020, on page 5)
      When news broke about an oil spill caused by an explosion in Power Barge 102 moored near Bo. Obrero nearly two weeks ago, some memories of the Guimaras Oil Spill in 2006 flashed into my mind. Still considered the worst oil ...

    • Power barge owner probed for safety violations in Iloilo oil spill, cleanup operations 

      Yap, Tara (Manila Bulletin, July 13, 2020, on page 2)
      The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-6) started its own probe on probable safety violations when a damaged power barge triggered an oil spill that affected mostly coastal communities in Iloilo City. DOLE Western ...