Fisherfolk file class action suit vs firms linked to Oriental Mindoro oil spill

Fisherfolk file class action suit vs firms linked to Oriental Mindoro oil spill

MANILA, Philippines – Fisherfolk from Oriental Mindoro filed a class action suit with a regional trial court on Tuesday, December 9, seeking to hold liable the shipowner, charterer, insurer, as well as intergovernmental organizations over the “environmental catastrophe brought by the [Oriental] Mindoro oil spill.“ This comes more than two years after MT Princess Empress capsized off Naujan, Oriental Mindoro, triggering a fishing ban across the p…

Fisherfolk file class suit over MT Princess Empress oil spill

Authorities prevented fisherfolk from holding a symbolic action outside the court, underscoring what CEED’s Gerry Arances later described as the difficulty marginalized sectors face in making their voices heard. ALBAY, Philippines—Nearly three years after the MT Princess Empress oil spill devastated the biodiversity-rich Verde Island Passage (VIP), Oriental Mindoro fisherfolk filed a class suit before the Regional Trial Court on December 9. Dema…