The PCG said the municipal government of Pola in Oriental Mindoro would pursue legal actions against the owner, operator or insurer of the sunken fuel tanker in proper courts or administrative agencies due to the damage from the oil spill. /PDI
The spill has affected coastal areas of Oriental Mindoro and Caluya town in Antique province.
The PCG said the shoreline cleanup team in Pola “observed minimal traces and patches of oil along the shorelines with a 3-kilometer length area covered. They also noted patches of oil floating on the surface of the water.”PCG spokesperson Rear Admiral Armando Balilo earlier admitted it would be difficult for responders to conduct salvage operations because the vessel sank 400 meters deep in the sea.
“I saw people before in Guimaras na tinatabo-tabo yung oil with no personal protection equipment and I saw that again in Pola and here we are 10 days since the spill but there’s still no clear way to contain it,” he said. No “significant landing of oil” had been observed along the shorelines since March 8, said Commander Jansen Benjamin, public information officer of the PCG Western Visayas District.
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