Fishing banned as Philippine oil spill spreads

Fishing banned as Philippine oil spill spreads

Thousands of fishermen in the Philippines have been ordered to stay ashore as authorities struggled Friday to contain an oil spill from a sunken tanker that is threatening the region’s rich marine life and economy. The slick off Mindoro island, south of the capital Manila, stretched for 120 kilometres (75 miles) and was about nine kilometres offshore, said Ram Temena, disaster operations chief in the affected province of Mindoro Oriental. ALSO R…

Fishing banned as Philippine oil spill spreads

Fishermen are being told not to take their boats out to where a slick off Mindoro island, south of the capital Manila, stretches for 120km and is 9km offshore, after the Princess Empress vessel sank on Tuesday.

Fishing banned as Philippine oil spill spreads

The Philippine Coast Guard is still looking for the Princess Empress, which had engine trouble and sank in rough seas off Naujan municipality on Tuesday.

Philippines bans fishing as oil spill spreads

Thousands of fishermen in the Philippines have been ordered to stay ashore as authorities struggled Friday to contain an oil spill from a sunken tanker

Fishing banned as Philippine oil spill spreads

MANILA, March 3 — Thousands of fishermen in the Philippines have been ordered to stay ashore as authorities struggled today to contain an oil spill from a sunken tanker that is threatening the region’s rich marine life and economy. The slick off Mindoro island, south of the capital Manila, stretched for 120 kilometres and was about nine kilometres offshore, said Ram Temena, disaster operations chief in the affected province of Mindoro Oriental. …

Fishing banned as Philippine oil spill spreads

Thousands of fishermen in the Philippines have been ordered to stay ashore as authorities struggled Friday to contain an oil spill from a sunken tanker that is threatening the region's rich marine life and economy. The slick off Mindoro island, south of the capital Manila, stretched for 120 kilometres (75 miles) and was about nine kilometres offshore, said Ram Temena, disaster