DOE temporarily suspends work at Alegria oil, gas site

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 05/09/2018

Chinese firm lacks envt’l compliance certificate, envt’l impact assessment study among others Production works at the onshore gas and oil site in Alegria town have been temporarily suspended pending documentary requirements. According to the Department of Energy…

China giving P3.8B to PH, agrees to offshore oil development

Inquirer.net 04/11/2018

HAINAN, China — China is giving the Philippines another P3.8 billion in economic assistance, while the two countries also agreed to pursue offshore oil development during the meeting of President Rodrigo Duterte and President Xi Jinping on…

Environmentalist raises alarm over commercial extraction of natural gas, oil in Alegria

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 03/15/2018

CEBUANO lawyer and environmental activist Gloria Estenzo Ramos described as “sad and alarming” the latest development on the commercial availability of natural gas and oil at the Alegria Oil Field in southern Cebu. “Natural gas is still…

INCREASE IS FROM P2-P3 PER LITER: OIL PRICES HAVE RISEN

Futch Anthony Inso, Jose Santino S. Bunachita 01/29/2018

Citrasco mulls P10 fare hike instead of P12.50; higher bus fare starts Feb. 1 As early as the second week of January, rent-a-car driver Dexter Lalican already observed an increase in the price of petroleum products in…

The oil of the senses

Simeon Dumdum Jr. 11/11/2017

I have always looked on William Blake as a poet. In fact, he was more than that — he was likewise an artist, one that art critic Jonathan Jones considered “far and away the greatest artist Britain…

China imposes limit on oil supply to NKorea

AP 09/23/2017

  Beijing — China announced yesterday that it will limit energy supplies to North Korea and stop buying its textiles under UN sanctions imposed over its nuclear and missile development, further reducing support from Pyongyang’s last ally.…

‘No salvor firm to siphon oil of sunken ship yet’

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 06/04/2017

ALMOST a month after the ill-fated MV Fortuner sank off waters in Barangay Cansojong, Talisay City, siphoning of the oil has not yet started. Dionlett Ampil, commander of Cebu Station for the Philippine Coast Guards (PCG) said…

Officials urge vessel owner to siphon oil from ill-fated ship

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/11/2017

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…

‘WATCH OUT FOR OIL’

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/08/2017

‘No fishing ban yet but waters already ‘smell of gasoline’ With 10 family members to feed, fisherman Julian Abapo has more than enough reason to be worried about another possible oil spill in the waters off Talisay…

Cargo vessel sinks in Talisay waters

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/07/2017

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…

Bizmen see cheaper goods, lowered prices of gasoline

Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/17/2017

Business leaders in Cebu welcomed the idea of building an oil refinery in the province, citing its benefits to the local economy. For Virgilio Espeleta, Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) vice president for business development,…

Pier 4 blaze destroys warehouse

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 12/05/2016

AN EARLY morning fire destroyed a storage facility for cooking oil in Marca Leon at Pier 4. Senior Fire Officer 3 (SFO3) Angelo Abellana of the Cebu City Fire Department estimated the damage to property at P10…

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