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                    [Title] => ‘Batangas oil spill not harmful to marine life’
                    [Summary] => 

The oil spill from the terminal of Chevron Philippines in Batangas will not be harmful to marine life in Batangas Bay, an official of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2016-02-04 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096905 [AuthorName] => Evelyn Macairan [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1255906 [Title] => Damaged barge spills oil in Iloilo waters [Summary] =>

Some 499,000 liters of bunker fuel spilled into the waters of Iloilo after the hull of a barge owned by the National Power Corp. (Napocor) was damaged during the onslaught of Super Typhoon Yolanda, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096905 [AuthorName] => Evelyn Macairan [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 725532 [Title] => Coast Guard probes oil spill in Cebu [Summary] =>

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is investigating an oil spill spotted near the Osmeña Pier in Lapu-Lapu City in Cebu.

[DatePublished] => 2011-09-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096905 [AuthorName] => Evelyn Macairan [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 712662 [Title] => Sunken ship's oil slick no cause for alarm - PCG [Summary] =>

Apart from an oil slick from the sunken M/V Asia Malaysia, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is also monitoring the vessel’s movements to ensure that it would not drift toward a coral reef off Negros Occidental.

[DatePublished] => 2011-08-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096905 [AuthorName] => Evelyn Macairan [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 698007 [Title] => 'Only 39 percent of Princess of the Stars salvage operations completed' [Summary] =>

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) yesterday said only 39.15 percent of salvaging operations have been completed three years after the biggest domestic vessel M/V Princess of the Stars capsized near Sibuyan island in Romblon.

[DatePublished] => 2011-06-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096905 [AuthorName] => Evelyn Macairan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/2582/jacquelinegen16thumb.jpg ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 581334 [Title] => PCG continues cleanup of M/V Princess of the Stars oil spill [Summary] =>

The Philippine Coast Guard is continuing its clean up operations on the 400 liters of oily mixture from the sunken M/V Princess of the Stars that spilled out into the coastline of San Fernando, Romblon on May 31.

[DatePublished] => 2010-06-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096905 [AuthorName] => Evelyn Macairan [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 528877 [Title] => Sunken tugboat endangers Pasig River vessels - PCG [Summary] =>

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) yesterday said that they have advised vessels traveling along the Pasig River to exercise caution when they reach Sta. Mesa in Manila to avoid hitting the tugboat that sank Wednesday morning.

[DatePublished] => 2009-12-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096905 [AuthorName] => Evelyn Macairan [SectionName] => Metro [SectionUrl] => metro [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 504454 [Title] => Coast Guard to continue search for missing ferry passengers [Summary] =>

Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) commandant Admiral Wilfredo Tamayo yesterday said they would continue to conduct search and rescue operations in the vicinity of the Zamboanga peninsula after receiving reports that there are still six persons missing from the sinking of the M/V SuperFerry 9.

[DatePublished] => 2009-09-13 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096905 [AuthorName] => Evelyn Macairan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 399899 [Title] => Cargo vessel sinks off Cebu wharf [Summary] =>

The Philippine Coast Guard has dispatched a Marine Environment Protection Unit and divers to ensure that the 354.9 gross ton cargo vessel that sank some 50 meters off a private wharf in Cebu City would not cause any hazards to the marine life and other passing vessels.

[DatePublished] => 2008-09-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096905 [AuthorName] => Evelyn Macairan [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 383354 [Title] => Efforts on to contain spill of used oil in Palawan [Summary] => The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said they will coordinate with local officials in Palawan to remove an estimated 40 liters of used oil that washed ashore on the coast of Puerto Princesa City yesterday morning.

In a text message sent to PCG commandant Vice Admiral Damian Carlos, Palawan district commander Captain Henry Caballero confirmed the report of an oil spill at Purok Sandiwa in Barangay Tiniguiban.

The report was received by James Viernes, who was on duty at the PCG’s Puerto Princesa station, at around 8:15 a.m. yesterday.
[DatePublished] => 2007-02-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096905 [AuthorName] => Evelyn Macairan [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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