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PARIS, France — Olympic organizers cancelled a second day of triathlon training in the River Seine planned for Monday after weekend downpours in Paris polluted the waterway, but said they were "confident" the medal events would be held this week.
MANILA, Philippines — Oil was found on the shores of Tanza in Cavite, which a fisherfolk group believes came from the sunken oil tanker MT Terra Nova.
THE Puerto Princesa City Water District (PPCWD) has informed the Commission on Audit that it is working with the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) to come up with alternative activities to promote the rehabilitation and reformation of persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) after the plan to hire them as laborers and watershed watchmen did not pan out.
MANILA, Philippines — here are now two sunken motor tankers – both with oil leaks that pose a threat to the marine environment – in the waters of Bataan, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported yesterday.
MANILA, Philippines — Officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and other government agencies in charge of the country’s sewerage system will be grilled about the recent massive flooding in the metro, Sen. Grace Poe said yesterday.
MANILA: The cargo of industrial fuel oil on a tanker that sank in stormy weather in Manila Bay has started to leak in small amounts, the Philippine coast guard said Saturday. Authorities were scrambling to start a delicate undersea operation to siphon off the highly toxic shipment from the sunken vessel, which has remained intact, to avert a major environmental crisis.
MANILA: Some of the 1.4 million litres of industrial fuel oil inside a sunken Philippine tanker has started to leak into Manila Bay, the coast guard said Saturday, calling for a suspension of fishing in the waterway. The MT Terra Nova sank in bad weather in the busy waterway early Thursday, killing one crew member and leaving the country potentially facing its worst oil spill disaster.
MANILA, Philippines (Updated 4:38 p.m.) — Some of the 1.4 million liters of industrial fuel oil inside a sunken Philippine tanker has started to leak into Manila Bay, the coast guard said Saturday, as they raced to avoid an environmental catastrophe.