The spill has already hurt Oriental Mindoro, an island known for its resorts, beautiful beaches, and coral reefs. A traditional fishing boat is moored off shore during a sunset in the Philippines.

The Philippines’s coast guard is struggling to contain an oil spill after the sinking of a tanker in the Oriental Mindoro region in a threat to protected marine areas. The tanker MT Princess ...

MANILA, Philippines — A fishers' group has renewed its call for “quick and unconditional indemnity” for coastal residents and fisherfolk affected by the massive oil spill that started ...

Liza Osorio, legal and policy director of Oceana Philippines, in a webinar on Wednesday pointed out that based on Republic Act No. 9483, the liability of oil spill pollution from ships could be ...

MANILA, Philippines — The shorelines in three towns in Oriental Mindoro have been affected by an oil spill from the motor tanker MT Prince Empress that sank in the waters off Naujan, Oriental ...

Thousands of fishermen in the Philippines are out of work because of a massive oil spill. The 800,000-liter oil spill has coated a section of the country's shoreline in a thick black sludge.

An oil slick from the sunken tanker MT Princess Empress along a shoreline on March 8, 2023, in Pola, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines.

MANILA, Philippines — A town in Oriental Mindoro has been placed under a state of calamity due to the oil spill from the sunken motor tanker MT Princess Empress.

By Kyle Aristophere T. Atienza, Reporter AN oil spill from a tanker that sank near Oriental Mindoro province could endanger over 20 marine protected areas, according to the Philippines’ environmental ...

Volunteers clean up oil spill debris on the shores of Pola after a tanker sank off the coast of Oriental Mindoro province in the Philippines on Feb. 28. (Video: Reuters, Philippine Coast Guard) ...