Browsing by Subject "explosions"

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    • 105 families flee bunker oil fumes: PCG mulls raps vs barge owner for oil spill 

      Silubrico, Ruby; Co, Adrian Stewart (Panay News, July 6, 2020, on page 1-14)
      Harsh fumes from the bunker fuel that spilled from a power barge in Barangay Bo. Obrero, Lapuz district here drove 105 families or 378 persons away from their houses, according to the City Disaster Risk Reduction and ...

    • 70 oil spill-affected families return home 

      Rendon, Jennifer P. (DailyGuardian, July 16, 2020, on page 1-11)
      Seventy families from Barangay Mansaya, Lapuz, Iloilo City returned home on Wednesday almost two weeks after an oil spill incident displaced them. Gabino Ramon Mejia, head of plant operations of AC Energy Philippines, said ...

    • AC Energy doing okay on clean-up, EMB head says 

      (DailyGuardian, July 17, 2020, on page 1-15)
      AC Energy Philippines, the owner of the barge which spilled bunker fuel into the coast of Iloilo City and Guimaras following an explosion on July 3, 2020, is doing okay in its clean-up activity, according to the regional ...

    • 'Action plan' vs oil spill on a roll 

      PN (Panay News, July 13, 2020, on page 1-14)
      An environment management plan (EMP) addressing the environmental impact of the oil spill following an explosion from a power barge in Barangay Bo. Obrero, Lapuz district on July 3 is on a roll. AC Energy Philippines, owner ...

    • 'Bad accident': Ayala firm brings in team to probe barge blast, oil spill 

      Rendon, Jennifer P. (DailyGuardian, July 7, 2020, on page 1-11)
      Despite claims by the Bureau of Fire Protection- Region 6 (BFP-6) that negligence and recklessness caused the explosion in Power Barge 102, Ayala-owned AC Energy Philippines said they’re still unsure of what really caused ...

    • Barge explosion leads to oil spill: 48,000 liters of oil leaked into Iloilo City waters - Coast Guard 

      Rendon, Jennifer P. (DailyGuardian, July 4, 2020, on page 1-11)
      An estimated 48,000 liters of oil spilled into the waters of Iloilo City following an explosion in a power barge operated by AC Energy Philippines in Bo. Obrero, Lapuz, Iloilo City afternoon of July 3, 2020. Lieutenant ...

    • Barge owner pressed to pay for oil spill 

      Silubrico, Ruby (Panay News, July 8, 2020, on page 1-14)
      AC Energy Corp., owner of the power barge that discharged bunker oil into this city’s waters following an explosion Friday last week, is being pressed to compensate those adversely affected. “There is no skirting the issue. ...

    • Body of missing crew retrieved after boat explosion in Zambo 

      Jocson, Liza (Tempo, April 18, 2021, on page 2)
      The body of a missing crew member of a vessel that exploded at a private wharf in Zamboanga City yesterday was retrieved by rescuers Saturday morning, April 17. The crew member was identified as Rene Jimlani, a crew member ...

    • Catanduanes blast fishing kills 9 whales 

      Dematera, Cet; Simeon, Louise Maureen (The Philippine Star, October 9, 2020, on page 14)
      Nine melon-headed whales, believed to be victims of dynamite fishing, washed ashore in Barangay Bonot, San Andres, Catanduanes yesterday. “These whales suffered acoustic trauma due to a strong explosion in the water,” ...

    • City drops oil spill suit 

      Celebria, Limuel S. (DailyGuardian, July 23, 2020, on page 4)
      Early this week, Iloilo City Mayor Jerry P. Treñas announced that “I am satisfied” with the AC Energy Philippines (ACEPh) response to the oil spill that occurred off the shores of Bo. Obrero following an explosion that ...

    • Cleanup methods for oil spill 

      (DailyGuardian, August 1, 2020, on page 8-10)
      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 ...

    • Containment and retrieval are a must - oil spill expert 

      Angelo, Francis Allan L. (DailyGuardian, July 6, 2020, on page 1-10)
      The images of the oil spill caused by an explosion in a power barge stationed in Lapuz, Iloilo City on July 3, 2020 brought back images of similar incidents in Guimaras, Estancia, Iloilo and Semirara, Antique. For UP-Visayas ...

    • Contractor done with oil spill cleanup 

      Rendon, Jennifer P. (DailyGuardian, August 4, 2020, on page 2)
      The Philippine Coast Guard-Iloilo City on Monday confirmed that the private contractor hired by AC Energy Philippines has declared completion of the oil spill clean-up operations. Lieutenant Commander Joe Luviz Mercurio, ...

    • 'Criminal negligence': Treñas mulls charges vs power barge owner 

      Sornito, Ime (Panay News, July 10, 2020, on page 1-14)
      The city government mulls filing a string of charges such as criminal negligence against AC Energy Corp., owner of the power barge that spilled thousands of liters of bunker oil into this city’s waters following an explosion ...

    • DOLE Region 6 office probes oil spill, too: Focus on occupational safety and health 

      PN (Panay News, July 10, 2020, on page 2)
      Apart from investigations of environmental agencies, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Region 6, too, started its own investigation of the oil spill here following an explosion at a power barge. The probe focuses ...

    • Filipino dies in oil tanker fire; only 2 survive cattle ship sinking 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, September 5, 2020, on page A1-A2)
      A Panamanian-registered oil tanker burned out of control for a second day off Sri Lanka on Friday as authorities confirmed a Filipino crew member was killed in an explosion and fears grew of a major new oil spill in the ...

    • 'Floating disaster': Iloilo City, Guimaras officials take Ayala firm to task on oil spill 

      Angelo, Francis Allan L. (DailyGuardian, July 8, 2020, on page 1-11)
      The local governments of Iloilo City and Guimaras urged the owner of Power Barge 102 which caused an oil spill last week to take responsibility for the latest environmental crisis that hit the island. The call was directed ...

    • Gov't to determine fines for oil spill 

      Enano, Jhesset O.; Burgos, Nestor P. Jr.; Santos, Tina G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 6, 2020, on page A1-A7)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources will issue a notice of violation of the Philippine Clean Water Act to the company operating the power barge that exploded and spilled oil off the coast of Iloilo City on ...

    • Governor raises alarm over spread of oil spill to Guimaras 

      Yap, Tara (Manila Bulletin, July 9, 2020, on page 5)
      Governor Samuel Gumarin urged the owner of a damaged power barge located offshore in Iloilo City to also address the oil spill that has spread to Guimaras and also affected more than 20 coastal communities in the small ...

    • Guimaras folk stop fishing as oil spill reaches their shores 

      Burgos, Nestor P. Jr.; Domingo, Ronnel; Enano, Jhesset O. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 7, 2020, on page A5)
      Fourteen years after Guimaras was devastated by the worst oil spill in the country when the MT Solar I tanker sank, residents of the island-province are again trying to contain the spread of bunker fuel that leaked on ...