Tanker disaster a 'litmus test' for oil pollution law

By Carmela I. Huelar

Mar 15, 2023 12:22 am

THE latest oil spill involving MT Princess Empress is a 'litmus test' for Republic Act 9483 or the Oil Pollution Compensation Act, which was signed into law in 2007

The law, signed by then-president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, was the result of the sinking of MT Solar I off the coast of Guimaras in August 2006, spilling more than 2.1 million liters of bunker fuel. This incident is considered the worst oil spill in the country.

A member of the Philippine Coast Guard collects water samples from an oil spill in the waters off Naujan, Oriental Mindoro. HANDOUT PHOTO FROM PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD VIA AFP

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