AC Energy Philippines, the owner of the barge which spilled bunker fuel into the coast of Iloilo City and Guimaras following an explosion on July 3, 2020, is doing okay in its clean-up activity, according to the regional head of the Environment Management Bureau (EMB) in Region 6. Lawyer Raman Neil Pascua said some of the affected families can now return home. “In fact we may soon recommend for the affected families to come back into their homes especially now that the current sampling on toxicity level of the affected areas is giving a good sign. As of now, we got zero presence of Hydrogen Sulfide and there’s very safe level of Benzene,” he said.

AC Energy doing okay on clean-up, EMB head says. (2020, July 17). Daily Guardian, pp. 1, 15.