The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has cleared the possibility of an oil spill reaching Western Visayas after MT Princess Empress, carrying 800,000 liters of industrial fuel, capsized near Tablas Island, Romblon on Tuesday, Feb. 28. The oil spill is very distant, more or less 68 to 70 nautical miles, from the region’s immediate vicinity which is Semirara Island, Caluya, Antique, said PCG-Western Visayas spokesperson Lieutenant Commander Jansen Benjamin.

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