Browsing Panay News by Subject "oil spills"
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Fisherfolks up in arms against proposed oil depot in Dumangas
(Panay News,March 22, 2021 , on page 7)An oil depot is being proposed in Barangay Talusan, Dumangas, Iloilo but fisherfolks and fishpond operators in the town are against it. An oil leakage could ruin Dumangas' marine resources and the fishponds that grow premium ... -
GMA turns over of P12-million worth of projects in Guimaras
(Panay News,June 14, 2007 , on page 2)President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo visited Guimaras Wednesday to turn over projects expected to spur the development of the province and hasten its recovery after the 2006 Solar I oil spill incident. Guimaras will receive ... -
Gov't to investigate post-oil spill actions
(Panay News,August 12, 2014 , on page 2-12)The government will verify the status of the 2006 massive oil spill in Guimaras. Yesterday, Guimaras marked the eighth anniversary of the oil spill – the worse environmental disaster to hit the country. Earlier, the ... -
Guimaras oil spill victims demand P1.8M
(Panay News,April 1, 2014 , on page 1-14)Fisherfolk here affected by the oil spill were demanding a total of P1.8 million from Seen Sam Shipping, Inc., owner of the sunken M/V Sportivo. The claimants were from barangays Sawang, Dagsaan, Zaldivar, Magsaysay, Santo ... -
Guimaras vulnerable to disasters – OCD
(Panay News,July 17, 2020 , on page 3)The island province of Guimaras is vulnerable to disasters because it is surrounded by waters, according to Director Jose Roberto Nuñez of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Region 6. “We have to protect and see to it that ... -
Guimarasnons anxious
(Panay News,July 9, 2020 , on page 7)The Guimarasnons' anxiety over the oil spill in Iloilo City which reached Guimaras Island is understandable. They experienced the worst oil spill in the country in August 2006 when oil tanker MT Solar 1 sank in the waters ... -
Gumarin inspects oil spill damages in Buenavista
(Panay News,July 10, 2020 , on page 9)Guimaras Gov. Samuel Gumarin inspected five barangays in Buenavista town to assess damages caused by the oil spill following an explosion at a power barge stationed here. He personally visited the villages of Navalas, ... -
Health hazard: DOH warns of adverse health effects from oil spill
(Panay News,July 9, 2020 , on page 1-14)Harsh fumes from the bunker fuel that spilled from a power barge in Barangay Bo. Obrero, Lapuz district pose serious health threats, the Department of Health (DOH) Center for Health Development in Western Visayas cautioned ... -
'Hulbot' fishers nabbed.
(Panay News,February 26, 2014 , on page 3)Twelve more fisherman Engage in Danish seine fishing have been arrested. According to the Iloilo Bantay Dagat Task Force, the fishermen on board three motorboats -Yolanda Maiza and Queen Mary- were apprehended 4.3 kilometers ... -
IATF: 'Positive result on Caluya oil spill cleanup'
(Panay News,July 6, 2023 , on page 3)Months-long cleanup initiatives to address the oil spill in the island municipality of Caluya yielded positive results, according to the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF). On July 3, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and ... -
Iloilo City Oil Spill: Families return home safely | Relief ops, cleanup full speed ahead
(Panay News,July 21, 2020 , on page 1-14)All 308 families that were displaced by the recent oil spill have returned home safely, with AC Energy Philippines keeping its promise to do everything it could to mitigate the societal and environmental impacts of the ... -
Mauritius scrambles to counter oil spill from grounded ship
(Panay News,August 10, 2020 , on page 6)Anxious residents of the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius stuffed fabric sacks with sugar cane leaves Saturday to create makeshift oil spill barriers as tons of fuel leaking from a grounded ship put endangered ... -
Mayor seeks PNoy help over 8-year-old spill
(Panay News,August 7, 2014 , on page 1-12)It was eight years ago when the oil tanker “M/T Solar I” sank off Nueva Valencia town on August 11, 2006, spilling one-fourth of its two million liters of bunker oil cargo, but some of the residents adversely affected have ... -
Methods on how to clean up oil spill
(Panay News,August 1, 2020 , on page 4)An explosion in Power Barge 102 triggered an oil spill in Iloilo Strait last July 3, 2020. It affected coastal areas in Bo. Obrero, Lapuz where it is located and has reached other communities and even Guimaras Island ... -
Militants raise concern over 'oil spill deaths'
(Panay News,February 16, 2014 , on page 2)"We could have avoided loss of life had there been appropriate response from the government to the oil spill in Estancia." this was the statement issued by Task Force (TF) Buliganay, a network of progressive people's ... -
No leak from stranded cargo ship in Antique
(Panay News,September 6, 2018 , on page 13)The cargo ship that ran aground off the coast of Barangay 4 has no leakage, according to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG). M/V Star Liberty has been stuck some 300 meters from the shoreline of San Jose since Monday after ... -
No oil spill detected in Antique waters - PCG
(Panay News,August 15, 2020 , on page 2)No oil spill was reported in the waters between the islands of Nagubat and Liwagao in the municipality of Caluya, Antique where a Vietnamese cargo vessel ran aground. The vessel ballast tank of MV Globe 6 remained intact ... -
No oil spill from stranded barge in Antique - PCG
(Panay News,August 7, 2019 , on page 10)Authorities here said they have not detected any oil spill from the stranded barge off the coast of this capital town. The Environment and Natural Resources Office (ENRO) and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) clarified on ... -
'No whitewash'
(Panay News,September 7, 2006 , on page 1-12)President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declared that the oil spill here had been contained, and assured residents yesterday that there will be no whitewash in the investigation. "It will take more than an oil slick to sink this ... -
Oil depot could displace fisherfolk
(Panay News,September 11, 2017 , on page 1-18)A proposed oil depot in Dumangas, Iloilo could displace fisherfolk and threaten food security, warned the Department of Agriculture (DA). Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol has thrown his support to the Bureau of Fisheries ...