President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Saturday lauded the government's efforts to contain the oil spill in Oriental Mindoro as he urged the agencies reponsible to act more quickly to prevent the oil from spreading to the shorelines. The Chief Executive made the call in Pola town as he led the distribution of government assistance to residents of several municipalities affected by the spill that happened after the tanker MT Princess Empress carrying 900,000 liters of industrial fuel sank off the town of Najuan, Oriental Mindoro on 28 February.

Piatos, T. C., & Villamente, J. (2023, April 16). Marcos: No crying over spilled oil. Daily Tribune, pp. A1, A2.