A majority of children from families displaced by the oil spill from the sunken motor tanker Princess Empress were forced to stop schooling due to lack of income, an environmental group said yesterday.
Experts from the University of the Philippines - Marine Science Institute estimate that tens of thousands of hectares worth of coral reefs, mangroves and seagrass have been affected by the oil spill due to the recent sinking of MT Prince Empress.
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Three barangays in Caluya town in Antique have been affected by the oil spill from the motor tanker MT Princess Empress that sank off the coast of Naujan, Oriental Mindoro.
up. do you hold bp responsible and should they pay the entire bill? absolutely. that s the law. the 1990 oil pollution law of the united states. that exactly what the law says. that bp is the responsible party. and bp has never backed off from that, at least it any meeting that hive been in or calls i ve been on. it is bp s responsibility, and at this stage, they re meeting every responsibility, paying for everything, and that s what they re supposed to do. those two senators, exactly right. that s what they re supposed to do under the law. haley barbour, the governor of mississippi. governor, thanks very much for coming in. good luck to all the folks not only in mississippi but along the gulf of mexico coast and we hope to see a result sooner rather than later. appreciate it. thank you, wolf. the oil spill comes as president obama grapples with immigration and border security, a supreme court nominee in the works, the economy, wall street