Eighteen counts each of falsification and perjury charges were filed yesterday against 35 people in connection with the sinking of motor tanker Princess Empress, which spilled around 800,000 liters of industrial fuel into the waters off Oriental Mindoro in February.
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources should explain incidents of fish kill in Pola, Oriental Mindoro more than two months after the sinking of motor tanker Princess Empress caused an oil spill.
Mindoro oil spill: Still a murky affair 2 months later Asia News Network (ANN) is the leading regional alliance of news titles striving to bring the region closer, through an active sharing of editorial content on happenings in the region.