The oil tanker Princess Empress, was carrying some 800,000 litres of industrial fuel when it suffered engine trouble on Feb 28 near the eastern Mindoro town of Naujan.
Dagupan faces significant vulnerabilities from perennial flooding, evolving new threats to water security, and lack of waste or sewage treatment infrastructure.
“It is saddening that on the occasion of World Wildlife Day, we are grappling with the unfolding of an environmental nightmare right before our eyes. Oil