Browsing by Subject "fuels"
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No more fish to catch, or spilt fuel to collect
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 11, 2013 , on page A1-A6)Wearing the face masks given to them by health and social workers, Rodolfo Lasca, 49, and two neighbors arrived at the village basketball court yesterday to claim their emergency rice ration. Ever since a huge diesel oil ... -
Oil extraction
(Panay News,February 20, 2007 , on page 10)It's final. OnMarch 14, Petron Corp. will start extracting the remaining bunker fuel from MT Solar, almost seven months at the Iloilo- Guimaras Strait, causing an oil spill. Petron has tapped the Singapore-based Sonsub to ... -
Oil giant owns up to spill
(Manila Standard,August 13, 2013 , on page A2)Petron takes responsibility, apologizes, vows to pay Petron Corp. on Monday took full responsibility for the 500,000 liters of diesel that spilled into the waters of Cavite on Thursday, which has befouled a large area of ... -
Oil prices affecting fresh fish supply in markets
(Panay News,September 19, 2022 , on page 12)Association of Fresh Fish Traders of the Philippines President Jonjon Santos said fuel prices were affecting supplies in the market and there was no need to import more fish. Santos said that the 60,000 metric tons of fish ... -
Oil spill affects 31 Barangays, 300-Square-km of Manila Bay
(Manila Bulletin,August 11, 2013 , on page 1-13)Half-a-million liters of diesel that leaked from a submarine pipeline, or a tanker moored off the coast have covered a 300-square kilometer area of Manila Bay, affecting 31 Barangays in the towns of rosario, Naic Tanza, ... -
Oil spill cleanup completed in 8 Cavite villages
(The Philippine Star,August 15, 2013 , on page 2)The Coast Guard has completed cleaning the oil spill in eight barangays in Rosario town, Cavite last Tuesday. The eight barangays are Muzon 1, Muzon 2, Kanluran, Sapa 1, Sapa 2, Sapa 3, Wawa 2, and Wawa 3. Commander Armand ... -
Oil spill fouls 20 Guimaras coastal brgys
(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
(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 on Manila Bay
(Manila Standard,August 10, 2013 , on page A1-A2)A diesel oil spill spread a large reddish stain over Manila Bay Friday, posing potential health and environmental hazards, authorities said. A fuel tanker is suspected of having dumped half a million liters of diesel into ... -
Oil spill spreads to Iloilo, Guimaras coastal towns
(Tempo,July 6, 2020 , on page 3-)The oil spill from a damaged power barge in this city have 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 threatens disaster in Mauritius
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,August 10, 2020 , on page A11)Fuel spilling from a Japanese bulk carrier that ran aground on a reef in Mauritius two weeks ago is creating an ecological disaster, endangering corals, fish and other marine life around the Indian Ocean island, officials ... -
Oil spill whodunit
(Manila Standard,August 11, 2013 , on page A1-A2)After initially claiming that a tanker caused the oil spill in Manila Bay, the authorities said on Saturday they are no longer sure the tanker was responsible for leaking 500,000 liters of diesel fuel in the busiest waterway ... -
Only corn farmers, fishers will receive DA's P3K fuel subsidy; rice, veggie farmers excluded
(DailyGuardian,March 14, 2022 , on page 6)An official of the Department of Agriculture (DA) on Saturday said that only corn farmers and fisherfolk are entitled to receive a P3,000 fuel subsidy from the government. “Pawang corn farmers at mangingisda ang nasa ... -
Party-list pushes for fuel subsidy in cash for agri-fishery sector
(BusinessWorld,March 23, 2022 , on page S1/12)The Department of Agriculture (DA) should distribute the fuel subsidy for farmers and fishermen through direct cash assistance instead of discount cards, a party-list group said Tuesday. “How could it be a subsidy when ... -
Putin declares emergency over diesel spill
(The Manila Times,June 6, 2020 , on page B7)Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a state of emergency and criticized a subsidiary of metals giant Norilsk Nickel after a massive diesel spill into a Siberian river. The spill of over 20,000 tons of diesel fuel ... -
Safety of Fukushima waste water focus of sea release debate
(SunStar Philippines,March 17, 2020 , on page 9)Inside a giant decontamination facility at the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant, workers in hazmat suits monitor radioactive water pumped from three damaged reactors, making sure it’s adequately — though not completely ... -
Seaweeds eyed to power local cars
(Philippine Daily Inquirer,February 24, 2010 , on page B2-4)Those slimy and otherwise unsightly plant-like organisms that are frequently washed ashore may be one of the country's last hopes to be less dependent on imported fuel. Sen. Edgardo Angara, who chairs the Congressional ... -
Seaweeds to energize the countryside
(The Philippine Star,January 24, 2010 , on page B-4)The lowly seaweed can help save the Philippines from the looming power shortage while helping develop the coastal communities by attracting investments for sea farming. This is according to Sen. Edgardo J. Angara, principal ... -
Sinopec building filling station in disputed South China Sea
(Malaya,December 15, 2015 , on page A6)Chinese oil major Sinopec is building a filling station on an island in the South China Sea, as China continues to expand its civilian infrastructure in the disputed waterway, entrenching its reach in the maritime heart ... -
Sinopec building filling station in South China Sea
(BusinessWorld,December 15, 2015 , on page S1/4)Chinese oil major Sinopec is building a filling station on an island in the South China Sea, as China continues to expand its civilian infrastructure in the disputed waterway, entrenching its reach in the maritime heart ...