DENR installs booms to contain Oriental Mindoro oil spill

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has installed oil spill booms made from local materials to contain the slick caused by the sunken MT Princess Empress, which has affected areas in MIMAROPA and Western Visayas.

Communities around Oriental Mindoro are preparing improvised booms as a precaution against further spread of the oil spill.

The University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute (UPMSI) predicts that the slick could reach northern Palawan mainland, threatening over 36,000 hectares of marine habitats.