The environmental group Greenpeace assailed the insurance company of the sunken MT Princess Empress after its lawyer allegedly dissuaded claimants from filing a case in court against the ship owner. | dtmallarijrINQ /PDI
Lawyer Valeriano Del Rosario, who represents the P&I Club, the insurance association covering the owners of the MT Princess Empress, reportedly advised the victims of the oil spill not to file separate individual civil and/or criminal cases against the ship owner, RDC Reield Marine Services because they would already get compensation after the processing of the claims.
“This reveals the self-serving mindset of these companies: that impacted communities are mere collateral damage and they can easily be paid off,” Chua lamented. He noted that it had been a month since the oil spill, and the government agencies had yet to provide a complete and accurate valuation of the damage.it is in the best interest of the government to protect its people, natural resources, and the economy “against companies that operate without regard for the serious and often irreparable consequences of their destructive business,” he argued.
Based on the situational report by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the oil spill has already reached the towns and cities of Bansud, Bongabong, Bulalacao, Calapan, Gloria, Magsaysay, Mansalay, Naujan, Pinamalayan, and Pola in Oriental Mindoro. The whole province was declared under a state of calamity.
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