The damage from the oil spill of a sunken tanker in Oriental Mindoro is “extensive” and will be felt for decades, the environmental group Oceana Philippines warned Thursday. This developed as the United States and South Korea offered to send more aid and Japan sent a team of oil removal and control experts that would help in the ongoing cleanup that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said would take the government about four months to clean up.

Requejo, R. E., & Ramos-Araneta, M. (2023, March 10). Oil spill impact ‘for decades’; US, S. Korea boost aid. Manila Standard, pp. A1, A2.