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    • 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 ...

    • No oil spill from stranded barge in Antique - PCG 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA); PN (Panay News, August 7, 2019, on page 10)
      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 ...

    • 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 cleanup contractor mum on Defensor's plaints 

      Golez, Prince (Panay News, October 10, 2014, on page 1-14)
      Oil spill clean-up contractor Kuan Yu Global Technologies, Inc. refused to comment on the issues raised by Iloilo's Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. "No comment na kami sa mga issues nila. Thank," read a text message from Kuan Yu ...

    • Oil spill evacuees may now go home 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, March 4, 2014, on page 2)
      ILOILO- Estancia town may now return home. Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. announced this development yesterday following consultations with Task Force Power Barge 103, Department of Health (DOH), Department of Environment and ...

    • 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 ...

    • 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 ...

    • PCG-Iloilo ends oil spill recovery 

      Rendon, Jennifer P. (DailyGuardian, July 13, 2020, on page 1-11)
      The Philippine Coast Guard-Iloilo Station on Sunday confirmed that it has officially ended the recovery process of the oil spill that leaked out of Power Barge 102. Lieutenant Commander Joe Luviz Mercurio, PCG-Iloilo Station ...

    • People affected by oil spill should be paid—solon 

      Cruz, Maricel V. (Manila Standard, July 7, 2020, on page A3)
      A party-list lawmaker on Monday said the owner of the barge carrying petroleum products that blew up off Iloilo City should pay for the environmental degradation caused by the spill and the economic losses that it caused ...

    • 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 ...

    • 'Psalm Negligent': Oil-spill hit residents file P225-M lawsuit 

      PN (Panay News, April 9, 2014, on page 1-14)
      Accusing the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM) of being negligent, irresponsible and inefficient, victims of the oil spill in northern Iloilo demanded that the state-owned corporation pay them ...

    • 'Rescue plan' vs oil spill on a roll 

      Rendon, Jennifer P. (DailyGuardian, July 13, 2020, on page 1-11)
      An environment management plan (EMP) that will address the environmental impact of the oil spill following an explosion in a power barge in Brgy. Bo. Obrero, Lapuz district on July 3, 2020 is on a roll. This was the assurance ...

    • Spill cleanup on the right track: AC Energy doing a good job, says EMB 

      PN (Panay News, July 17, 2020, on page 1-14)
      AC Energy Philippines, owner of the power barge which spilled bunker fuel into the coast of Iloilo City and Guimaras following an explosion on July 3, is doing okay in its cleanup activity, said the regional chief of the ...

    • UPV scientist leads experts in responding to oil spill crisis 

      IPO; University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) (DailyGuardian, July 16, 2020, on page 2)
      UP Visayas is on board in responding to the oil spill crisis that struck Iloilo City and province and the province of Guimaras after a power barge operated by the energy arm of Filipino multinational company, Ayala Corp., ...