A lawmaker is pushing for the establishment of interagency protocols that would bring government agencies in close coordination with each other to swiftly mobilize and address the impact of environmental disasters on affected communities and ecosystems. Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan said a “whole-of-government” approach could change the current “reactionary” mindset in government of addressing the widespread and debilitating effects of environmental hazards and catastrophes, such as the oil spill from the sunken MT Princess Empress, which capsized in the waters off Oriental Mindoro last February 28.

Dela Cruz, J. M. (2023, May 31). Protocols in responding to oil spills and environmental disasters pushed. BusinessMirror, p. A6.