Browsing by Subject "oil spills"

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    • Bangus culture 

      Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) (The News Today, September 10, 2010, on page 7)
      A milkfish sea cage at the mariculture park of SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department’s Igang Marine Station in Nueva Valencia, Guimaras that provides livelihood to residents of four barangays affected by the oil spill in 2006.

    • 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. ...

    • Barge spills oil in Iloilo; owner faces penalty 

      Flores, Alena Mae S.; Araja, Rio N. (Manila Standard, July 6, 2020, on page A1-A2)
      The Environment department will fine the owner of a barge that spilled oil in Iloilo on Friday, Undersecretary Benny Antiporda said Sunday. He said the department will notify the Ayala-controlled AC Energy Inc. over its ...

    • Barkong tumagas ang langis, nahati 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Balita, August 18, 2020, on page 3)
      Ang isang barko na tumagas higit sa 1,000 toneladang langis sa malinis na tubig sa baybayin ng Mauritius ay nahati sa dalawa. Sumadsad ang bulk carrier na MV Wakashio sa isang coral reef sa timog-silangang baybayin ng ...

    • BFAR earmarks ₱1.7B for Cordova 

      Chavez, Chito A. (Manila Bulletin, August 31, 2013, on page 13)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has earmarked ₱1.7 billion for the residents of Cordova, Cebu who were severely affected by the oil spill caused by the sinking of "M/V St. Thomas Aquinas" two weeks ...

    • BFAR-6: Fishing ban in oil spill area remains 

      Subong, Elsa S. (The Daily Guardian, January 21, 2014, on page 4)
      Fisherfolks in Estancia, particularly in oil Spill-stricken Botongon village, still cannot collect, consume and sell fish and other marine products in the affected area. Remia Aparri of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic ...

    • Bolinao asks vessel owners to stop spill 

      Cardinoza, Gabriel (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 14, 2013, on page A12)
      The town government of Bolinao, Pangasinan, has asked the owners of the sunken ship, MV Harita Bauxite, to immediately stop the vessel's oil from spilling into the West Philippine Sea to prevent further damaging coastal ...

    • Boracay ready for oil spill 

      Aguirre, Jun Ariolo (Panay News, July 6, 2010, on page 3)
      Fear oil spill no more. The Philippine Coast Guard, rescue groups and volunteers here are prepared should an oil spill hit the island.

    • Brazil oil spill reaches other regions 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (The Manila Times, November 25, 2019, on page B6)
      Oil from a spill that has contaminated a stretch of Brazil’s coast was detected in Rio de Janeiro state, the navy said Saturday (Sunday in Manila), as President Jair Bolsonaro warned the country was preparing for the worst. ...

    • Bunker oil reaches Guimaras mangrove 

      Angelo, F. Allan L. (The Daily Guardian, January 24, 2014, on page 1-11)
      Bunker oil believed to be leaking from a sunken cargo ship in Iloilo-Guimaras Strait were found in a mangrove area in Jordan, Guimaras. A report from Task Force Sportivo said portions of the mangrove area in Brgy. Hoskyn, ...

    • Bureau of Fisheries: Catch in spill zone edible 

      Araja, Rio N.; Estrada, Annah Leah (Manila Standard, August 15, 2013, on page A6)
      Despite the oil spill, fish caught in Rosario, Cavite, is safe to eat, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. Lawyer Asis Perez, BFAR director, said water samples were found negative for any contamination. ...

    • Burmese ship eyed in oil spill 

      Santos, Tina G. (Philippine Daily Inquirer, March 2, 2013, on page A13)
      The Philippine coast guard on Friday said that the oil spill reportedly contaminated the shorelines of 11 coastal barangay from La Union up to Ilocos Norte might have come from the sunken Burmese cargo ship MV Arita Bauxite.

    • California oil spill gushed like hose 'without a nozzle' 

      Associated Press (AP) (Panay News, June 28, 2015, on page 10)
      Firefighters investigating a reported petroleum stench at a California beach last month didn’t take long to find a spill — oil was spreading across the sand and into the surf. Tracing the source, they found crude gushing ...

    • Cargo vessel, boat collide in Manila 

      Ramirez, Robertzon (The Philippine Star, July 9, 2021, on page 10)
      A cargo vessel and a foreign utility boat figured in a collision at the Manila South Harbor yesterday morning, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said. The incident left M/V Palawan Pearl, which carried 3,000 liters of diesel ...

    • Cavite gov downplays diesel spill destruction 

      Cinco, Maricar; Santos, Tina; Olchondra, Riza; Tubeza, Philip (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 10, 2013, on page A1-A2)
      A diesel oil spill on Manila Bay that raises potential environmental and health hazards and threatens to ruin the capital’s vital fishing industry has “95-percent” evaporated, leaving only “a thin film” of fuel on the ...

    • Cavite SP sets oil spill probe 

      Giron, Anthony (Manila Bulletin, August 16, 2013, on page 16)
      The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) or Provincial Board will conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, on the oil spill which adversely affected the waters off the towns of Rosario, Tanza, Naic, Ternate, as well as a remote ...

    • CENRO assessment: No major damage from July oil spill 

      Tayona, Glenda (Panay News, September 10, 2020, on page 1-14)
      The City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) found no adverse environmental damage caused by the July oil spill in the Iloilo Straight. Noel Hechanova, CENRO chief, cited the result of his team’s months-long ...

    • Chevron say no cause for alarm in Bacolod 'oil spill' 

      Quismorio, Ellson A. (Manila Bulletin, October 2, 2010, on page 1-6)
      Major oil player Chevron Philippines (formerly Caltex) said yesterday there is no cause for surprise or alarm over the reported "oil spill" originating from thee company's underwater pipeline in Bacolod City. Toby Nebrida, ...

    • 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 ...