28/03/2023
"On the morning of February 28, 2023, oil tanker MT Princess Empress sank off Naujan, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines, causing a widespread oil spill in the Tablas Strait that has affected the provinces of Antique, Batangas, Oriental Mindoro, and Palawan. En route from Bataan to Iloilo, the oil tanker was carrying 900,000 liters of industrial fuel oil before it sank".
As of today, the oil spill has affected a total of 34,553 families in Regions Mimaropa and Western Visayas as well as the livelihood of 13,654 fishermen and farmers,” the NDRRMC said in a statement. (NDRRMC March 23 statement)
"The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Tuesday recommended the continued suspension of fishing activities in parts of Oriental Mindoro impacted by the oil spill after it found contaminants in fish samples".
