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VOL. XXXVIII • NO. 164• 3 SECTIONS 16 PAGES • P20 •MONDAY, JULY 29, 2024 •

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MILESTONE WIN. Filipina rower Joanie Delgaco advances to the quarterfinals after beating her Vietnamese rival, Pham Thi Hue, by five seconds during the women's single sculls repêchages rowing competition at Vairessur-Marne Nautical Center during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on Sunday, July 28, 2024. AFP

Delgaco qualifies for q'finals; Gov’t postpones Catantan, 3 gymnasts bow out siphoning of fuel By Riera U. Mallari

PCG says divers seal 9 leaking valves first as second tanker sinks nearby By Vince Lopez and Butch Gunio

HE government postponed on Sunday the removal of fuel from a tanker that sank in Manila Bay, with fears of an environmental catastrophe growing as leaking oil reached shore for the first time.

The siphoning of the 1.4 million liters of industrial fuel oil from the vessel's hold was pushed back to Tuesday at the earliest so divers could seal nine leaking valves first, Philippine Coast Guard spokesman Rear Admiral Armando Balilo said. Meanwhile, another coast guard team was dispatched to the mouth of Manila Bay to join the search for an unspecified number of crew members

who were aboard a second tanker that sank nearby, Balilo said. The motorized tanker "Jason Bradley" sank in the vicinity of Barangay Cabcaben in Mariveles, Bulacan. Coast Guard divers said the 39-meter motor tanker was loaded with “diesel cargo” of unknown quantity. Meanwhile, Balilo said leaking oil from MT Terra Nova had now reached a patch of shoreline in Hagonoy mu-

nicipality, around 40 kilometers (25 miles) northwest of Manila. Coast guard cleanup teams were dispatched to the area Sunday to spray oil dispersants, he said. The tanker sank in bad weather off Manila early Thursday, killing one crew member and leaving the country facing the possibility of its worst oil spill ever. Balilo had no estimates as to how much beach was affected or what kind of damage the oil had done. The Coast Guard has warned that if the entire cargo were to leak, it would be an "environmental catastrophe." It also called for a suspension of fishing in Manila Bay to prevent people "eating contaminated fish."

PARIS (Via PLDT HOME)—Rower Joanie Delgaco got to fight for another day, but fencer Samanta Catantan, and Fil-Am gymnasts Levi Ruivivar, Emma Malabuyo, and Aleah Finnegan saw their Olympic dreams come to an end in the Summer Olympic Games here on Sunday.

BRAVE STAND. Filipina fencer Samantha Catantan wins over Brazil's Mariana Pistoia before losing to topseeded Arianna Errigo of Italy. One Sports via Cignal TV/POC

Levi Jung-Ruivivar, Emma Malabuyo and Aleah Finnegan

Swimming blockbuster headlines Olympics stage Next page

OIL SLICK. A thick layer of oil can be seen across the water’s surface approximately four kilometers from the

coastline of Hagonoy, Bulacan. The oil spill from capsized tanker MT Terra Nova, which was carrying 1.4 million liters of oil, is now affecting the municipal waters of several areas, including Bulacan, Cavite, and Bataan. Noel Celis / Greenpeace

A BLOCKBUSTER swimming showdown took center stage at the Paris Olympics Sunday as gymnastics icon Simone Biles made her eagerly anticipated first appearance at the Games. Day two of the Olympics saw 13 gold medals up for grabs in sports ranging from archery to skateboarding. But all eyes were on the battle for gold in the swimming pool at La Defense Arena, where Britain's Adam Peaty faced a duel with China's world champion Qin Haiyang in the 100m breaststroke. Next page

Classes open today but 979 schools remain shut—DepEd

US, Japan criticize China’s ‘destabilizing actions‘ in SCS By Rex Espiritu and Rachelle Tonelada THE United States and Japan jointly condemned Beijing's "destabilizing actions" in the South China Sea. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and Defense Minister Minoru Kihara jointly expressed their “strong objections to the PRC’s unlawful maritime claims, militariza-

tion of reclaimed features, and threatening and provocative activities in the South China Sea." China's "destabilizing actions in this region include unsafe encounters at sea and in the air, efforts to disrupt other countries' offshore resources exploitation, as well as the dangerous use of Coast Guard and maritime militia vessels," the officials said in a joint communique. The allies accused China of "intensifying attempts to unilaterally Next page

FLOOD MITIGATION.

Aerial photo shows flood water entering the Upper Wawa Dam reservoir and how the dam’s controlled impoundment reduced the impact of flooding caused by Super Typhoon 'Carina.'

By Rolando Ng III and Rio N. Araja

READY TO WELCOME LEARNERS. Elementary school teacher Leo Chavit writes a welcome message for the pupils of Wagas Elementary School in Brgy. Wakas in Imus, Cavite on Sunday, July 28, 2024, ahead of today's school opening. Danny Pata

Dam cited for reducing flood impact of ‘Carina’ By Alena Mae S. Flores THE local government of Rizal cited the water supply dam developed by Prime Infrastructure Capital Inc.-led WawaJVCo Inc. as a key factor in reducing the impact of the flooding caused by Super Typhoon “Carina.”

Governor Nina Ynares told President Marcos during a situation briefing that without the Upper Wawa Dam, flooding in certain areas of the province could have been significantly worse. Ynares said the Upper Wawa

CLASSES across the country opened today (Monday) even as some schools will remain shut pending repairs on damages caused by two typhoons and the enhanced southwest monsoon last week. The Department of Education placed the number of schools that would have to delay their openings at “below 1,000.” In the agency’s latest bulletin issued Sunday afternoon, the figures dropped from 1,063 to 979 as of 2:30 p.m. Central Luzon posted the most number of affected schools with 452, Region 1 with 231, the National Capital Region with 225, Calabarzon with 67, and SOCCSKSARGEN with four. In the NCR, it was announced that classes in the cities of Malabon, Pasig,