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    • EMB awaits barge owner's reply to violation notice 

      Angelo, Francis Allan L. (DailyGuardian, July 15, 2020, on page 1-11)
      The owner of the power barge which triggered an oil spill in lloilo Strait last July 3, 2020 has until tomorrow, July 16, 2020, to file its position paper on the notice of violation issued by the Department of Environment ...

    • 'Estancia oil spill cleanup 75 % done' 

      Golez, Prince (Panay News, March 1, 2014, on page 1-10)
      Will the cleanup of the oil spill that hit Brgy. Botongon, Estancia, Iloilo, and spread to other municipalities in the 5th District be completed soon? Calentino Mempin, director for operations of the contractor Kuan Yu ...

    • Estancia Oil Spill Cleanup Inadequate 

      Yap, Tara (Manila Bulletin, January 9, 2014, on page 9)
      Ybañez stressed that he was not really satisfied with Kuan Yu's performance during a January 6 briefing of multi-sectoral agency overseeing the oil spill response efforts. The combined force of strong winds and big waves ...

    • Firm assures no oil debris will be left in Guimaras 

      Angelo, Francis Allan L. (DailyGuardian, July 21, 2020, on page 1-11)
      The owner of the power barge stationed in Iloilo City that triggered an oil spill earlier this month assured local officials of Guimaras that it will never leave the island until it has cleaned up the spill. In a meeting ...

    • '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 ...

    • Guimarasnons anxious 

      (Panay News, July 9, 2020, on page 7)
      The Guimarasnons' anxiety over the oil spill in Iloilo City which reached Guimaras Island is understandable. They experienced the worst oil spill in the country in August 2006 when oil tanker MT Solar 1 sank in the waters ...

    • 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, ...

    • Health hazard: DOH warns of adverse health effects from oil spill 

      Sornito, Ime (Panay News, July 9, 2020, on page 1-14)
      Harsh fumes from the bunker fuel that spilled from a power barge in Barangay Bo. Obrero, Lapuz district pose serious health threats, the Department of Health (DOH) Center for Health Development in Western Visayas cautioned ...

    • Heavy Traffic 

      Reyes, Richard A. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 12, 2018, on page A12)
      A barge in Binondo, Manila, on Tuesday, cuts a path through thick patches of water hyacinths that cover the Pasig River during the rainy season.

    • 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 can be the 'coronavirus of the sea' 

      Vidal, Alex (DailyGuardian, July 7, 2020, on page 4)
      While Covid-19 causes respiratory ailments to humans, an oil spill can cause an irreparable damage to marine life. In fact, an oil spill in the ocean can be compared to the coronavirus in the land in terms of the magnitude ...

    • 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 evacuees now housed in hotels 

      Burgos, Nestor P. Jr. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, July 11, 2020, on page A8)
      From cramped and spartan rooms in evacuation centers, more than a thousand evacuees from areas affected by the oil spill in this city were transferred to air-conditioned hotel rooms starting Thursday evening. About 336 ...

    • 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 ...