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The oil spill occurred in the Guimaras Strait that connects the Visayan Sea with the Sulu Sea, and is considered a rich fishing ground that supplies most of the demand for the entire country. (NDCC, August 2006) Haribon sent two biologists to Guimaras to assess the damage and talk to the affected communities regarding their immediate needs ...
The Guimaras oil spill, that occurred in Panay Gulf on August 11, 2006, has severely affected the fishing industry. During this spill, considered Philippines' worst, the oil tanker M/T Solar 1 sank during a violent storm, spilling some 500,000 litres (110,000 imp gal; 130,000 US gal) of oil which formed an oil slick that drifted through the strait. [4]
Poverty incidence of Guimaras 5 10 15 20 25 30 2006 25.30 2009 20.73 2012 25.20 2015 5.22 2018 9.49 2021 7.30 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Mangoes galore in the Guimaras Manggahan Festival The sectors having the most potential to support Guimaras' economic development are mangoes, tourism, cashew cultivation, and food processing. Another expanding sector is fishery, which includes ...
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Trinidad and Tobago’s prime minister said a large oil spill near the twin-island nation in the eastern Caribbean has caused a “national emergency” as crews struggled to contain the oil ...
2024 Manila Bay oil spill; G. Guimaras oil spill; M. MT Princess Empress oil spill This page was last edited on 31 July 2024, at 14:19 (UTC). ...
A preliminary investigation into a mushrooming oil spill in waters near Trinidad and Tobago has found that an overturned and abandoned barge blamed for the disaster was being tugged to nearby Guyana.
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