Groups from different sectors on Wednesday called on the government to protect Verde Island Passage from the effects of oil spill and fossil gas plant operations.
The groups said the owner of the sunken motor tanker Princess Empress should be held liable for the oil spill.
MT Princess Empress sank in Naujan, Oriental Mindoro on February 28 while carrying 900,000 liters of industrial fuel.already reached Isla Verde. “This is attributed to the proliferation of fossil gas plant operations along the VIP corridor,” PMCJ said.
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