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105 families flee bunker oil fumes: PCG mulls raps vs barge owner for oil spill
(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
(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 ... -
Arevalo oil sludge baffles coastguard
(Panay News,May 20, 2019 , on page 2-14)Oil sludge along the shores of Arevalo district over the weekend baffled the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG). Where did the sludge come from? Lieutenant Commander Rodolfo Dela Peña, PCG-Iloilo station commander, had no ready ... -
Barge owner pressed to pay for oil spill
(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. ... -
Boracay ready for oil spill
(Panay News,July 6, 2010 , on page 3)Fear oil spill no more. The Philippine Coast Guard, rescue groups and volunteers here are prepared should an oil spill hit the island. -
California oil spill gushed like hose 'without a nozzle'
(Panay News,June 28, 2015 , on page 10)Firefighters investigating a reported petroleum stench at a California beach last month didn’t take long to find a spill — oil was spreading across the sand and into the surf. Tracing the source, they found crude gushing ... -
CENRO assessment: No major damage from July oil spill
(Panay News,September 10, 2020 , on page 1-14)The City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) found no adverse environmental damage caused by the July oil spill in the Iloilo Straight. Noel Hechanova, CENRO chief, cited the result of his team’s months-long ... -
'Coast Guard didn't act fast enough'
(Panay News,February 22, 2014 , on page 1-14)The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) failed to control the spread of bunker fuel in Estancia, Iloilo during the first two weeks of the oil spill, according to Karl Ignatius Young, president of Kuan Yu Global Technologies, Inc., ... -
Coast Guard wants sunken cargo vessel removed from Boracay waters
(Panay News,November 26, 2018 , on page 11)The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) – Caticlan office has urged the owner of LCT Bato Twin to immediately salvage the ill-fated cargo vessel. It sank on Nov. 4 near Boracay Island and remains a potential threat to traversing ... -
Compensation for those affected by oil spill
(Panay News,July 7, 2020 , on page 7)The owner and operator of the power barge that blew up and spilled fuel oil off the coast of Iloilo City must pay compensation to coastal communities that suffered economic losses. AC Energy should also pay for the cleanup ... -
Conserving marine resources
(Panay News,October 17, 2017 , on page 8)The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Region 6 signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with two local government units in northern Iloilo (Carles and Concepcion) and other enforcement agencies to strengthen ... -
'Criminal negligence': Treñas mulls charges vs power barge owner
(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
(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
(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'
(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 ... -
Estancia oil spill cleanup procedure questioned
(Panay News,January 15, 2014 , on page 1-14)The oil spill response program manager of the Univesity of the Philippine Visayas and consultant of Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. has expressed dissatisfaction over the cleanup in Brgy. Botongon, Estancia town. Dr. Resurrection ... -
Experts to test oil leak-hit seawater in Banago
(Panay News,March 2, 2016 , on page 16)Seawater samples for laboratory testing were taken from areas in Barangay Banago affected by the oil leak from a pipeline of Petron Corp. Negros Island Region's Office of Environment Monitoring and Enforcement Division ... -
Fish kill
(Panay News,January 24, 2014 , on page 18)Fish kill has been reported in the coastal village of Hoskyn in Jordan town as the provincial government here appealed for assistance from the owner of the sunken M/V Sportivo. Local authorities believed the oil spill from ... -
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 ...