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Five days after the ill-fated sank off the waters of Barangay Cansojong, Talisay City, no marine life has been affected by any oil spill so far. But Alvin Santillana, head of Talisay City’s Disaster Risk Reduction and…
CEBU CITY—A cargo vessel sank past 6 a.m. on Sunday, about a kilometer away from the shoreline of Talisay City, southern Cebu, according to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG). Not one of the 22 crew members of…
A four-man team from Environmental Management Bureau in Central Visayas (EMB-7) was sent to Lumpan Lake in Barangay Montpeller, Alegria town, southwest Cebu on Wednesday to conduct an oil and grease measurement in the area following reports…
A suspected oil spill southwest of Cebu has led to a barrage of Facebook posts calling the attention of environment officials to the operations of a mining firm in the southwestern town of Alegria, Cebu. Photos posted…
TWO environmental groups are encouraging government agencies and the local government unit of Moalboal to thoroughly investigate the minimal oil spill off the shores of Pescador Island. Vince Cinches, Oceans campaigner of Greenpeace, said that although the…
THE Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Cebu has started an investigation into an oil spill in the coastal waters of Piscador Island off the town of Moalboal in southern Cebu. PCG Cebu Station Commander Agapito Bibat said…
There are no traces of oil and grease in the shoreline of barangay Daanglungsod, Medellin town, northern Cebu, according to results of an inspection done by a team from the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB). The inspection came…
“Let’s have an occular inspection.” This was the request of lawyer Benjamin Cabrido of the Philippine Earth Justice Center to the court as the hearing of a P213- million damage suit for marine pollution opened yesterday in…
Both the 2GO Group Inc. and the Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corp. (PSACC) are liable for the Aug. 16 collision of their vessels off Lawis Ledge in Talisay City last year. This was the finding of the…
Fed up waiting to be paid for damage to their coastal villages, Cordova Mayor Adelino Sitoy and local fishermen yesterday filed a $3 million lawsuit against two shipping companies whose vessels collided a year ago. They said…
UPDATED, 8/14/14, 5:53 P.M. Multi-million damage suit against two shipping firms for oil spill damage on Cordova Cordova Mayor Adelino Sitoy and fisherfolk groups yesterday filed a multi-million peso damage suit against two shipping companies involved in…
Cordova Mayor Adelino Sitoy asked shipping companies 2GO and Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corp to disclose their insurers so the municipal government could pursue their damage claims. Sitoy said he has doubts over the refusal of the…
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