The Japanese vessel Shin Nichi Maru carrying the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) capable of finding the MT Princess Empress, which sank and spilled 800,000 liters of industrial oil off the coast of Oriental Mindoro, has arrived in Calapan City, authorities said Monday. This was after the Philippine Coast Guard gave conflicting reports of the oil spill finally reaching Isla Verde, a part of Batangas City, in the Verde Island Passage — recognized as the center of global shore-fish biodiversity, and which provides food and livelihood to more than two million people.

Dantes, C., Casas, W., & Ramos-Araneta, M. (2023, March 21). ROV arrives amid contrary PCG reports on oil spill. Manila Standard, pp. A1, A2.