Calapan City readies measures for possible spread of oil spill
CITY OF CALAPAN, Oriental Mindoro – The local government here has sought the help of its partner agencies and community volunteers in monitoring and guarding the city’s seawater which is now facing the threat of being reached by the oil spill that hit the neighboring town of Naujan. Mayor Malou Flores-Morillo, in a televised interview on […]
Owner of spilled oil in Mindoro urged to take responsibility
MANILA – Representatives of both civil society and the legal community on Tuesday challenged the true owners of the oil carried by MT Princess Empress to finally come forward and take responsibility for their roles in the unfolding environmental disaster. The tanker ran aground on Feb. 28 off the coast Naujan town, Oriental Mindoro province with […]
Calapan city gov’t on alert as oil spill reaches shores
CITY OF CALAPAN, Oriental Mindoro – The city government here is now on alert after residents of Sitios (sub-villages) Villa Antonio and Proper in Barangay Navotas reported traces of an oil slick Thursday afternoon. In a phone interview on Friday, Dennis Escosora, head of the Calapan Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (DRRMO), said while their mission […]