VERDE ISLAND, Philippines Working together to lift an outrigger from the clear, teal water onto a white sand beach, a group of fishers had just returned home to Verde Island with their catch. A ways down the beach, other fishers sat sewing their nets or painting their boats. Out at sea, cargo vessels and […]
The Office of the Vice President has distributed relief packs to residents of Verde Island in Batangas who were affected by the oil spill from the sunken motor tanker Princess Empress.
Verde Island Passage, which is dubbed “the epicenter of marine biodiversity” is facing a grave threat as the oil spill is predicted to reach the strait.
“During the aerial inspection from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., the PCG confirmed that Verde Island and its vicinity waters no longer have traces of oil,” it said in a statement.