Marcos: No need for oil spill czar

By Catherine S. Valente

Mar 23, 2023 12:30 am

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is not keen on designating a czar to lead the government's response to the oil spill from a sunken ship in the waters off Oriental Mindoro.

Speaking to reporters, Marcos said the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), led by its commandant Admiral Artemio Abu, is already leading the task.

A fisherman wearing personal protective equipment takes part in a clean-up operation from the oil spill of the sunken tanker Princess Empress along the shore in Pola, in Oriental Mindoro on March 22, 2023. The Princess Empress was carrying 800,000 litres (210,000 gallons) of industrial fuel oil when it sank on February 28 off the central island of Mindoro. JAM STA ROSA / AFP

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