Two weeks into tanker sinking, slick reaches Oriental Mindoro capital

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The oil slick from a sunken fuel tanker reached the shores of Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro as residents of two subvillages of Barangay Navotas reported finding traces of industrial oil in their communities. /PDI

In Palawan province, Capt. Dennis Rem Labay, Philippine Coast Guard District Palawan commander, confirmed that the oil spill in Oriental Mindoro reached Taytay town, particularly the island village of Casian and Barangay Calawag, which is on the mainland, on March 10 and March 12, respectively.

The Philippine Coast Guard said an estimated 100 meters of seaweed plantation was also affected by the oil slick. Binay, chair of the Senate committee on tourism, made the call after the Department of Tourism announced that at least 61 tourist sites had been assessed as having been affected by the oil spill, two weeks after the fuel tanker MT Princess Empress sank in the waters off Naujan town on February 28.

 

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