Browsing The Daily Guardian by Subject "oil spills"

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    • Another air quality test up in oil spill-hit Estancia 

      Nepomoceno, Jezza A. (The Daily Guardian, January 10, 2014, on page 2-7)
      Iloilo Governor Arthur Defensor Sr. on Thursday asked experts to conduct another test to determine the air quality at the oil spill site in Brgy. Botongon, Estancia. Defensor said that inspectors from the Environmental ...

    • BFAR-6: Fishing ban in oil spill area remains 

      Subong, Elsa S. (The Daily Guardian, January 21, 2014, on page 4)
      Fisherfolks in Estancia, particularly in oil Spill-stricken Botongon village, still cannot collect, consume and sell fish and other marine products in the affected area. Remia Aparri of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic ...

    • Bunker oil reaches Guimaras mangrove 

      Angelo, F. Allan L. (The Daily Guardian, January 24, 2014, on page 1-11)
      Bunker oil believed to be leaking from a sunken cargo ship in Iloilo-Guimaras Strait were found in a mangrove area in Jordan, Guimaras. A report from Task Force Sportivo said portions of the mangrove area in Brgy. Hoskyn, ...

    • Guimaras fears algal bloom 

      Angelo, F. Allan L. (The Daily Guardian, January 28, 2014, on page 1-10)
      The Guimaras provincial government demanded the owner of the sunken ship which triggered another oil spill in the island-province to immediately refloat the vessel. Engr. Raymund Moderes, head of the Guimaras Task Force ...

    • Iloilo, Guimaras brace for oil spill 

      Rendon, J. P.; Yap, Tara; Angelo, F. Allan L. (The Daily Guardian, January 20, 2014, on page 1-7)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and local disaster response officials are monitoring the Iloilo-Guimaras Strait for a possible oil spill from a cargo ship that sunk Sunday morning. Lt. Commander Dominador Senador III, ...

    • 'Kuan Yu used wrong spill cleanup strategy' 

      Yap, Tara (The Daily Guardian, January 17, 2014, on page 1-7)
      Private contractor Kuan Yu Global Technologies Inc. implemented an ineffective strategy in cleaning up the oil spill in Estancia, Iloilo. “Even from the start, Kuan Yu never really followed the recommended procedures,” ...

    • Oil spill victims can't claim from IOPC Funds 

      Yap, Tara (The Daily Guardian, August 19, 2013, on page 2)
      Uncompensated victims of the 2006 oil spill in Guimaras can no longer claim from the International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds (IOPC Funds). This is based on the incident report posted on the official website of IOPC ...

    • Oil spill victims seek PNoy's help 

      Yap, Tara (The Daily Guardian, August 13, 2013, on page 1-10)
      Some 1,000 remaining victims/claimants of the 2006 Guimaras oil spill have yet to receive their compensations seven years after the tragedy. This time, the claimants are asking President Benigno Aquino III’s help in releasing ...

    • Petron Foundation gives P3M for SEAFDEC/AQD's project in Guimaras 

      (The Daily Guardian, July 27, 2007, on page 7)
      Almost a year after the disaster that was Petron Solar I oil spill off Guimaras, assistance is still pouring in. In the presence of no less than President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Petron Foundation Inc. and SEAFDEC/AQD ...

    • PhilSci journ urges LGUs to protect Guimaras Strait 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (The Daily Guardian, August 6, 2009, on page 1-14)
      The Philippine Science Journalist Incorporated (Pscijourn) in Metro Manila urged the provincial governments of Guimaras and Iloilo to protect the Guimaras and Iloilo Straits which is considered as one of the largest marines ...

    • PNoy's help sought on oil spill compensation 

      Coserva, Louine Hope (The Daily Guardian, August 12, 2014, on page 2-7)
      The mayor of Nueva Valencia Guimaras appealed to President Benigno Aquino III to help hasten the case filed against those responsible for the massive oil spill in the island eight years ago. In a letter dated June 20, 2014, ...

    • Spill alert: Oil sheen spotted in Iloilo-Guimaras Strait 

      Rendon, Jennifer P.; Yap, Tara (The Daily Guardian, January 21, 2014, on page 1-11)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Western Visayas ordered the immediate refloating of a cargo vessel that sank in Iloilo Strait Sunday morning. This as Commodore Athelo Ybañez, PCG-Western Visayas commander, confirmed ...

    • Spill contractor told to hasten cleanup 

      De Los Santos, Maricyn (The Daily Guardian, January 14, 2014, on page 2)
      The Iloilo provincial government told the contractor cleaning the oil spill in Estancia town to hasten its operations. Governor Arthur Defensor Sr. asked Nico Dadis, Kuan Yu Global Technologies Inc. operations manager, ...