CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro: The tourist town of Puerto Galera remains free from the oil slick that is advancing in many areas in the province, parts of the Visayas and Batangas, including the marine protected area, the Verde Island Passage.

This was confirmed after the province, through the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP or Provincial Board), passed a resolution during a special session on Friday placing some areas under a state of calamity but did not include Puerto Galera.

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