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Another air quality test up in oil spill-hit Estancia
Iloilo Governor Arthur Defensor Sr. on Thursday asked experts to conduct another test to determine the air quality at the oil spill site in Brgy. Botongon, Estancia. Defensor said that inspectors from the Environmental ...
- January 10, 2014
Spill contractor told to hasten cleanup
The Iloilo provincial government told the contractor cleaning the oil spill in Estancia town to hasten its operations. Governor Arthur Defensor Sr. asked Nico Dadis, Kuan Yu Global Technologies Inc. operations manager, ...
- January 14, 2014
Households pollute Iloilo River, creeks
The Iloilo City Environment and National Resources Office (City ENRO) said households are to be blamed for the pollution of the Iloilo River and two creeks. Engr. Noel Hechanova, City ENRO chief, said unclean and mismanaged ...
- March 4, 2014
Iloilo restores beach forest
The nearly extinct beach forests of the country, particularly in Iloilo, are getting a new lease on life. Dr. Rex Sadaba, University of the Philippines Visayas (UP Visayas) professor and mangrove expert, said the restoration ...
- April 7, 2014
'Kuan Yu used wrong spill cleanup strategy'
Private contractor Kuan Yu Global Technologies Inc. implemented an ineffective strategy in cleaning up the oil spill in Estancia, Iloilo. “Even from the start, Kuan Yu never really followed the recommended procedures,” ...
- January 17, 2014