MANILA, Philippines — Divers will attempt on Saturday to inspect the hull of a Philippine tanker carrying 1.4 million liters of industrial fuel oil that sank off Manila as authorities race to avert an ecological catastrophe, the coast guard said.
The MT Terra Nova sank in bad weather in the busy waterway early Thursday, killing one crew member and leaving the country potentially facing its worst oil spill disaster.
(UPDATES) CASSANDRA Li Ong, the alleged business partner of dismissed Bamban, Tarlac mayor Alice Guo, would rather go to jail than appear before a congressional inquiry, her lawyer said Saturday, setting the stage for a […]
AKBAYAN Rep. Percival Cendaña said that his party would intensify the fight against human rights abusers after being sworn into office by Speaker Martin Romualdez at the House of Representatives on Wednesday. “Akbayan will hold […]
CALI, Colombia — The world’s biggest nature protection conference agreed in Cali, Colombia, on Friday to create a permanent body to represent the interests of Indigenous peoples (IPs) under the UN’s biodiversity convention. Representatives of […]
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