Browsing Panay News by Subject "barges"

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    • 105 families flee bunker oil fumes: PCG mulls raps vs barge owner for oil spill 

      Silubrico, Ruby; Co, Adrian Stewart (Panay News, July 6, 2020, on page 1-14)
      Harsh fumes from the bunker fuel that spilled from a power barge in Barangay Bo. Obrero, Lapuz district here drove 105 families or 378 persons away from their houses, according to the City Disaster Risk Reduction and ...

    • AC Energy doing its best to address oil spill 

      (Panay News, July 17, 2020, on page 7)
      There's a big difference between the July 3, 2020 oil spill in this city and the August 2006 oil spill in Guimaras. This time, there is fast action. Thus after two weeks, the city oil spill has been contained.

    • 'Action plan' vs oil spill on a roll 

      PN (Panay News, July 13, 2020, on page 1-14)
      An environment management plan (EMP) addressing the environmental impact of the oil spill following an explosion from a power barge in Barangay Bo. Obrero, Lapuz district on July 3 is on a roll. AC Energy Philippines, owner ...

    • Barge owner pressed to pay for oil spill 

      Silubrico, Ruby (Panay News, July 8, 2020, on page 1-14)
      AC Energy Corp., owner of the power barge that discharged bunker oil into this city’s waters following an explosion Friday last week, is being pressed to compensate those adversely affected. “There is no skirting the issue. ...

    • 'Criminal negligence': Treñas mulls charges vs power barge owner 

      Sornito, Ime (Panay News, July 10, 2020, on page 1-14)
      The city government mulls filing a string of charges such as criminal negligence against AC Energy Corp., owner of the power barge that spilled thousands of liters of bunker oil into this city’s waters following an explosion ...

    • DOLE Region 6 office probes oil spill, too: Focus on occupational safety and health 

      PN (Panay News, July 10, 2020, on page 2)
      Apart from investigations of environmental agencies, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Region 6, too, started its own investigation of the oil spill here following an explosion at a power barge. The probe focuses ...

    • Don't eat dead fish from oil spill-hit areas, BFAR warns 

      Sornito, Ime (Panay News, July 9, 2020, on page 1-14)
      The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Western Visayas has issued a warning against eating dead fish in coastal areas contaminated by bunker fuel from a barge damaged by an explosion last week. Remia Aparri, ...

    • 'Estancia oil spill cleanup 75 % done' 

      Golez, Prince (Panay News, March 1, 2014, on page 1-10)
      Will the cleanup of the oil spill that hit Brgy. Botongon, Estancia, Iloilo, and spread to other municipalities in the 5th District be completed soon? Calentino Mempin, director for operations of the contractor Kuan Yu ...

    • 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 

      Philippine Information Agency (PIA); PN (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 

      Sornito, Ime (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 ...

    • Iloilo City Oil Spill: Families return home safely | Relief ops, cleanup full speed ahead 

      PN (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 ...

    • Methods on how to clean up oil spill 

      Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Region VI (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 ...

    • No oil spill from stranded barge in Antique - PCG 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA); PN (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 ...

    • Oil spill a wakeup call 

      (Panay News, July 9, 2020, on page 6)
      Thousands of liters of oil spilled into the waters off Iloilo on July 3, 2020 after an explosion at a power barge owned by AC Energy. Authorities’ earlier estimate was an area of around 1,200 square meters affected. This ...

    • Oil spill cleanup contractor mum on Defensor's plaints 

      Golez, Prince (Panay News, October 10, 2014, on page 1-14)
      Oil spill clean-up contractor Kuan Yu Global Technologies, Inc. refused to comment on the issues raised by Iloilo's Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. "No comment na kami sa mga issues nila. Thank," read a text message from Kuan Yu ...

    • Oil spill evacuees may now go home 

      Sologastoa, Glenda (Panay News, March 4, 2014, on page 2)
      ILOILO- Estancia town may now return home. Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. announced this development yesterday following consultations with Task Force Power Barge 103, Department of Health (DOH), Department of Environment and ...

    • Oil spill fouls 20 Guimaras coastal brgys 

      Silubrico, Ruby (Panay News, July 7, 2020, on page 1-14)
      Twenty coastal villages in the island province of Guimaras are affected by the oil spill from a power barge in Barangay Bo. Obrero, Lapuz, Iloilo City following an explosion Friday last week. Bunker fuel spilled from the ...

    • 'Psalm Negligent': Oil-spill hit residents file P225-M lawsuit 

      PN (Panay News, April 9, 2014, on page 1-14)
      Accusing the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM) of being negligent, irresponsible and inefficient, victims of the oil spill in northern Iloilo demanded that the state-owned corporation pay them ...

    • Spill cleanup on the right track: AC Energy doing a good job, says EMB 

      PN (Panay News, July 17, 2020, on page 1-14)
      AC Energy Philippines, owner of the power barge which spilled bunker fuel into the coast of Iloilo City and Guimaras following an explosion on July 3, is doing okay in its cleanup activity, said the regional chief of the ...