Browsing The Manila Times by Subject "oil spills"
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Brazil oil spill reaches other regions
(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. ... -
Containing the slick
(The Manila Times,September 4, 2006 , on page A1)A flotilla of boats lays out booms in this section of Guimaras Island to keep the oil that has leaked from a sunken tanker from contaminating the beaches. In the town of Nueva Valencia food packages to be distributed to ... -
Fatal fumes pollute Siberian river
(The Manila Times,June 4, 2020 , on page B7)Russian authorities have declared a state of emergency after more than 20,000 tons of diesel fuel seeped into a Siberian river sparking concerns from environmentalists. The World Wildlife Fund environmental group on Tuesday ... -
Govt focuses on Guimaras rehab
(The Manila Times,April 10, 2007 , on page A6)A substantial release of the P867-million supplemental budget is now awaited to give impetus to the long-term rehabilitation of the once oil spill-affected island province of Guimaras. Secretary Rafael Coscoluela, Presidential ... -
International experts off Sri Lanka oil spill
(The Manila Times,June 5, 2021 , on page B7)Foreign experts have been deployed to help Sri Lanka contain a potential oil leak from a burnt-out container ship partially sunk off Colombo, the ship's operator said Friday. Representatives from the International Tankers ... -
IOPC pays Mindoro oil spill victims
(The Manila Times,October 4, 2023 , on page A8)The provincial government of Oriental Mindoro has announced the initial release of the compensation for fishermen who were affected by an oil spill after a tanker sank in February this year. Oriental Mindoro Gov. Humerlito ... -
Leyte families hit by oil spill get aid
(The Manila Times,July 11, 2023 , on page A9)The Eastern Visayas Regional Office of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has been mobilized to help families who have been affected by the oil spill at the Port of San Ricardo town in Southern Leyte. ... -
LGUs affected by oil spill to file class suit
(The Manila Times,August 27, 2023 , on page A7)The office of Oriental Mindoro First District Rep. Arnan Panaligan is coordinating with the local government of Pola and other municipalities for the filing of a class suit against the owners of the oil tanker that sank ... -
Obama heads to oil spill disaster zone
(The Manila Times,June 14, 2010 , on page B3)US and British leaders sought to ease tensions amid sharpened rhetoric over the expanding oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, as President Barack Obama readied to take matters into his own hands. As political pressure mounts ... -
Oil spill claims must be filed in 3 years
(The Manila Times,August 20, 2023 , on page A8)The Department of Justice (DoJ) said compensation claims in connection with the Mindoro oil spill must be filed within three years, otherwise it will exceed the prescription period. Beyond the prescription period, a party ... -
Oil spill damage to tourism at P886M
(The Manila Times,May 14, 2023 , on page A1-A2)The oil spill caused by the sinking of MT Princess Empress off the waters of Oriental Mindoro in February will cost Philippine tourism P886 million in lost revenue within a six-month period. The latest situation report of ... -
Oil spill from Viet ship unlikely – PCG
(The Manila Times,August 18, 2020 , on page A5)The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Monday said Antique waters were safe from possible oil spill from a Vietnamese-flagged cargo vessel. The MV Globe 6 ran aground in waters between Nagubat Island and Liwagao Island in ... -
Oil spill not yet over, says Mindoro mayor
(The Manila Times,June 19, 2023 , on page A9)The mayor of the town that was hardest-hit by a massive oil spill in February this year here has vehemently denied the claim of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) that the slick coming from a sunken tanker that caused it is ... -
Oil spill tars Peru beaches
(The Manila Times,January 24, 2022 , on page B4)Peru declared an environmental emergency on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) as an oil spill caused by freak waves from a volcanic eruption in the South Pacific keeps spreading. With the 90-day decree, the government said it ... -
Oil spills, units and scale
(The Manila Times,July 8, 2010 , on page A4)I started the day by reading through a news report off Internet about the size and scale of the oil spill by a British Petroleum leased-rig named Deep-water Horizon off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico. In that ... -
PCG assesses impact of oil spill
(The Manila Times,February 11, 2023 , on page A7)The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is currently assessing the impact of an oil spill caused by a tugboat that submerged on Wednesday off Subukin Port in San Juan, Batangas. Initial shoreline assessment conducted by the PCG ... -
Peru oil spill twice as big than 1st thought
(The Manila Times,January 30, 2022 , on page B4)The oil spill off the coast of Peru sparked by a volcanic eruption thousands of miles away is twice as big as previously reported, the government said Friday (Saturday in Manila). The announcement came hours after a court ... -
Petron takes responsibility for oil spill
(The Manila Times,August 13, 2013 , on page A6)PETRON Corp. on Monday admitted its pipeline in Cavite caused the spread of half a million liters of diesel fuel in Manila Bay which affected four towns and over 30 villages in the province. The Philippine Coast Guard said ... -
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 ... -
Residents urged to evacuate due to oil spill
(The Manila Times,June 24, 2013 , on page A3)Residents of Manila living along the Pasig River were advised to evacuate their homes on Sunday as authorities investigate an oil spill from a warehouse in Santa Ana, Manila. Outgoing Mayor Alfredo Lim of Manila on Sunday ...