In the wake of a super typhoon, coastal communities grapple with oil spill in Manila Bay

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After just over a year since the MT Princess Empress disaster in Oriental Mindoro, environmental groups have renewed calls to make polluters pay’ as the nation grapples with more frequent super typhoons and yet another massive oil spill, now closer to the Philippine capital.

Just two days later, motor tanker MTKR Jason Bradley sank off the coast of Mariveles, Bataan also in Manila Bay, with 5,500 litres of diesel still in its tanks.

Fisherman Isaac Aranas of coastal barangay Tibaguin in Hagonoy, Bulacan recounts seeing an ominous slick of oil on the surface of Manila Bay a few kilometres from the coastline, on the evening of 27 July.

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Author / Journalist: Rhick Lars Albay

Category: EconomyBusiness

Markets: SingaporePhilippines

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Published On: 2024-08-05 @ 03:40:00 (18 hours ago)

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