Oil tanker capsizes off Mindoro, threatens marine life
A motor tanker carrying 800,000 liters of industrial oil capsized off Naujan, Oriental Mindoro on February 28.
The spill has affected multiple towns in Oriental Mindoro and reached Caluya in Antique, threatening marine biodiversity and livelihoods.
Experts estimate that up to 36,000 hectares of coral reefs, mangroves, and seagrass may be impacted across 21 cities and municipalities.
Local residents are using buckets and coconut husks to clean the oil from coastlines as authorities work to contain the spill's environmental impact.
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