SEN. Christopher Lawrence 'Bong' Go is urging concerned authorities to take necessary and immediate actions to address the oil spill incident in Oriental Mindoro caused by the capsizing of MT Princess Empress.
'The owner of the vessel must answer. We should not rely solely on the government in cleaning the coastal areas affected by the oil spill. Many families will go hungry, especially those who depend on fishing for their daily sustenance. Their health is already affected,' said Go in an interview after he led a relief operation in Romblon, Romblon on Thursday, March 16.
NO BUYERS This photo on Saturday, March 18, 2023, shows empty stalls along the national highway going to Baco town in Barangay Sta.
Isabel despite clarification by the Office of Calapan City Mayor Malou Morillo that there is no ban in the selling of fish. People have shied away from buying
fish amid reports that oil slick from a sunken tanker in a nearby town in Oriental Mindoro has reached Calapan City. On normal days, the area is teeming
with patrons that sometimes causes traffic. Fishing and swimming are only banned in the three adjacent villages of Navotas, Maidlang and Silonay that
had been monitored with traces of the oil slick. PHOTO BY IRE JOE V.C. LAURENTE
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