No traces of oil from a sunken fuel tanker off Oriental Mindoro have been spotted in the waters of Coron town, Palawan province since Tuesday, April 4, a Philippine Coast Guard official said. | JEMendozaINQ
According to PCG Deputy Commandant for Operations Vice Admiral Rolando Punzalan Jr., their team in Palawan and local government representatives checked the area following the statement of the University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute that an April 2 satellite image showed “possible oil slicks near Coron, about 12 kilometers off of the Palawan municipality.”Subsequently, he said, the contingent found “no sightings of oil in the said vicinity.
“I have with me the marine pollution surveillance report that you are referring to. And if we will notice despite what is written here, it is subject to confirmation,” Punzalan said Wednesday during an interview with ANC when asked about the UPMSI report.
“They reported not only yesterday but including this morning that there are no sightings of oil in the said vicinity,” he also said. On February 28, MT Princess Empress submerged off Naujan municipality after having engine trouble due to rough sea condition. In a few days, the resultant oil spill affected neighboring towns and eventually, as far asVarious agencies and environment groups have been conducting cleanup operations since.
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