The Department of Tourism (DOT) assured Monday, May 1, that it is monitoring the maritime incident that occurred in Tubbataha, Palawan over the weekend.
Fingerprinting results of the collected oil samples from Oriental Mindoro matched the industrial oil from the sunken motor tanker (MT) Princess Empress, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported Monday, April 17.
Oil spill from the sunken vessel off Naujan, Oriental Mindoro reached Tablas Strait in Oriental Mindoro, based on the latest satellite image from the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA).