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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 ...
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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]
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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.
A vibrant fishing industry, some of the world’s largest coral reefs, desalination plants supplying millions with drinking water. Officials on Saturday said the M/V Rubymar, a Belize-flagged ...
A general strike takes place in Georgia with hundreds of Georgian firms urging the government to release all political prisoners and hold new elections amid nationwide protests. Former Prime Minister and opposition leader Giorgi Gakharia is hospitalized after being assaulted, allegedly by members of the ruling Georgian Dream party.
Bayou Perot oil spill United States, Bayou Perot near Lafitte, Louisiana: 20 January 2007: 338 [c] 1,128: ExPert Oil & Gas LLC [194] [195] Guimaras oil spill Philippines, Guimaras Strait: 11 August 2006: 172: 1,540 [196] Jiyeh power station oil spill Lebanon: 14 July 2006 – 15 July 2006 20,000: 30,000 [196] Citgo refinery United States, Lake ...