In the wake of a super typhoon, coastal communities grapple with oil spill in Manila Bay

Published on August 5, 2024

After just over a year since the MT Princess Empress disaster in Oriental Mindoro, environmental groups have renewed calls to ‘make polluters pay’ as the nation grapples with more frequent super typhoons and yet another massive oil spill, now closer to the Philippine capital.

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