The Iloilo provincial government is a step closer to filing criminal and civil charges against those responsible for the oil spill that affected the town of Estancia town, in northern Iloilo. The Iloilo Provincial Board has given Governor Arthur Defensor Sr. authority to file appropriate charges against Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management (PSLAM), the government corporation which owned the offshore power barge containing over a million liters of fuel that was swept off by a post-typhoon storm surge, and crashed on the shores of Estancia town leaking fuel oil into the water and contaminating houses, sanitation infrastructure and rivers up to a mile from the spill site.

Yap, T. (2014, April 25). Legal action poised vs oil spill perpetrator, contractor. Manila Bulletin, p. 21.