An estimated 60 hectares of mangrove area in Antique have been affected by the oil spill due to the recent sinking of MT Prince Empress in Oriental Mindoro. Antique Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) head Broderick Train said that the affected mangrove area is located in Sitio Sabang, Brgy Tinogboc, Sitio Liwagao, Brgy. Sibolo, and Brgy. Semirara. “More or less daw dako, mga 60 hectares nga mangroves kag may mga seagrass, amu ni ang gina target kag pinakamassive nga affected sa Semirara nga mangrove area,” Train said.

Herrera, J. N. E. (2023, March 21). Oil spill affects 60 hectares of mangrove area in Antique. DailyGuardian, pp. 1, 11.