Fishing is what the 61-year-old native of Pola, Oriental Mindoro has known all his life. It’s a skill that he inherited from his father, also a fisherman. So when a massive oil spill reached the ...

Bookmark this page for live updates on the Oriental Mindoro oil spill. The oil spill from MT Princess Empress has reached the shores of Barangay Navotas in Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro ...

CITY OF CALAPAN — The coastal town of Pola in Oriental Mindoro province was placed under a state of calamity as authorities rushed to contain the spread of an oil spill from a sunken fuel tanker ...

The provincial government of Oriental Mindoro said that the Feb. 28 oil spill has affected the livelihood of over 10,000 fisherfolk in the towns of Pinamalayan, Gloria, Bansud, Bongabong ...

An aerial view of the oil spill in Oriental Mindoro province on April 15. Image courtesy of the Presidential Communications Office via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain). On Feb. 28, the MT ...

The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is recommending keeping the fishing ban in the municipalities hit by the oil spill in Oriental Mindoro while food safety has yet to be fully ...

Experts estimate 1,000 barrels of oil are leaking out every day. Sources: Reuters, Manila Standard The spill has already hurt Oriental Mindoro, an island known for its resorts, beautiful beaches ...

The Philippines’s coast guard is struggling to contain an oil spill after the sinking of a tanker in the Oriental Mindoro region in a threat to protected marine areas. The tanker MT Princess ...

POLA, Oriental Mindoro — An oil spill boom has been placed around the possible location of MT Princess Empress on Wednesday, over a week after the tanker sank off the coast of Oriental Mindoro.

MANILA — The oil spill from a tanker that sunk in the waters of Bataan last week was "not as massive" as the one in Oriental Mindoro last year, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources ...

MANILA, Philippines — A town in Oriental Mindoro has been placed under a state of calamity due to the oil spill from the sunken motor tanker MT Princess Empress. Polo Mayor Jennifer Cruz said ...