Who says these girls from poor families in Isabela town in Negros Occidental can’t be the best gymnasts in province? These home-grown talents, mostly daughters of hacienda laborers, will soon compete in the Regional Palaro in Western Visayas. (Sun.Star Bacolod/Nicolas C. Delfin)
EVEN before Petron Corporation could contain all its problems brought by the oil spill in Guimaras Island, the oil giant faces yet another challenge.
The barge Ras, which it tasked to haul about 600 metric tons (59,000 bags) of spilt oil and other debris from Guimaras to a cement firm in Misamis Occidental, also sank just when it neared its destination.
