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CHAVIT EYES ‘NEW CITY’ AT PASIG’S METROWALK BUSINESS / B1 Former Ilocos Sur Gov. Luis Singson discusses a wide range of topics with Manila Standard Radio, from his Super Typhoon ‘Carina’ experience, to his push for e-jeepneys and his birthday wish to get married again despite supporting the divorce bill.
VOL. XXXVIII • NO. 161 • 3 SECTIONS 16 PAGES • P20 • FRIDAY, JULY 26, 2024
Oil tanker sinks in Manila Bay
PCG warns could be biggest spill in recent history By Charles Dantes, Rex Espiritu and Vince Lopez
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PHILIPPINE-FLAGGED tanker carrying 1.4 million liters of industrial fuel oil capsized and sank off Manila early Thursday dawn, authorities said as they raced to contain the spill. ENORMOUS VOLUME OF OIL. This Philippine Coast Guard handout photo
taken on July 25, 2024 shows part of the MT Terra Nova oil tanker after it sank off Manila Bay. The Philippine-flagged tanker is carrying an ‘enormous’ 1.4 million liters of industrial fuel oil. PCG / AFP
President Ferdinand Marcos immediately ordered the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Department of Science and Technology and the Philippine Coast Guardto conduct an
environmental assessment after an oil tanker capsized off the coast of Bataan. “The fuel is being released, what are the tides? What are the winds? Where is it headed? So we can get ahead of the
situation. We need some determination of that,” Mr. Marcos said. PCG spokesman Rear Admiral Armando Balilo said authorities were “racing against time” to contain the spill from MT Terra Nova and stop more fuel leaking. He warned that if all the oil in the tanker were to leak, it would be the biggest spill in recent Philippine history. Next page
‘Carina’ leaves 21 dead, 1.1m people displaced By Vince Lopez, Charles Dantes, Rex Espiritu, Rio Araja, Joel Zurbano, and Rolando Ng III SOME 21 individuals lost their lives during the height of Super Typhoon “Carina,” which intensified the southwest monsoon or “habagat,” the Philippine National Police reported on Thursday. The PNP said Calabarzon accounted for 11 fatalities -- three from Cavite, three from Rizal and five from Batangas, while Central Luzon had three fatalities and Metro Manila had seven. Aside from Metro Manila, Oriental Mindoro, Batangas, Cavite, Bataan and Bulacan provinces already declared a state of calamity due to massive floods during the onslaught of “Carina,” Interior Secretary Benhur Next page
IMMEDIATE AID. President Marcos (in
white shirt and blue cap) distributes aid to residents affected by Super Typhoon ‘Carina’ and the enhanced southwest monsoon or ‘habagat’ during an ocular inspection in Valenzuela, Navotas, and Malabon. Inset photo shows Speaker Martin Romualdez distributing relief packs to some 2,000 individuals affected by floods at the Diosdado Macapagal Elementary School in Brgy. Tatalon in Quezon City. Ver Noveno
Garbage, climate change blamed for floods By Joel E. Zurbano, Charles Dantes, Macon Ramos-Araneta, Maricel V. Cruz, and Alena Mae S. Flores PRESIDENT Marcos on Thursday said irresponsible garbage disposal and climate change were factors in the massive floods in Metro Manila and other regions during the onslaught of Super Typhoon “Carina” and the enhanced southwest monsoon or “habagat.” He said flood control infrastructures, like the pumping stations in Valenzuela and Navotas, did not work properly as they were clogged with garbage. “We have a lot of pumping stations but we just encountered a problem. I hope the people will learn. Let’s not throw away our trash carelessly because they are blocking our pumps that’s why they weren’t effective,” Mr. Marcos said. The President noted that Navotas City has 81 pumping stations while Valenzuela has 32. Metro Manila and five nearby areas have Next page
Chinese Coast Guard ‘cruising’ along Manila Bay, Zambales By Rex Espiritu, Vince Lopez, and Macon Ramos- Araneta A CHINESE Coast Guard (CCG) vessel was spotted “cruising” along the western shoreline of Luzon, first detected near Manila Bay on Thursday morning, and, later the same day,
seen again navigating waters off the coast of Zambales province. The ship that was able to travel some 92 kilometers within close proximity to the Philippine mainland was identified as CCG vessel 3301, a 3,980-ton Shucha II-class vessel. Next page
VP’s foreign trip ‘unfortunate’ coincidence amid calamity By Rachelle Tonelada and Maricel V. Cruz
MOUNTAIN OF GARBAGE. Government personnel clean up scattered garbage in the wake of Super Typhoon ‘Carina’ at the so-called Dolomite Beach along Roxas Boulevard on Thursday, July 25, 2024. Norman Cruz
nate” that the country’s second-highest executive flew off on a European trip with her family just as a confluence THE Office of the Vice President on of weather disturbances was wreaking Next page Thursday said that it was “unfortu-