Tanker sinks in Manila Bay

by Franco Jose C. Baroña - Catherine S. Valente

Jul 26, 2024 12:28 am

(UPDATES) A PHILIPPINE-FLAGGED tanker carrying 1.4 million liters of industrial fuel oil capsized and sank off Manila on Thursday, authorities said, as they raced to contain a spill that stretched out for more than three kilometers.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to assess the impact of the oil spill, which the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) warned could be the biggest in the country's history.

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