Camille Villar, daughter of Senate President Manuel Villar and Jaro Queen 2006 holds a feeding program for Ilonggo kids Thursday. (Contributed photo)
SOLAR 1 insurer, P & I Club and the International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds (IOPC) said it did not charter the sunken Barge Ras, which carried 59,649 sack of oil debris from oil-spilled areas in Guimaras.
Owner and operator of Barge Ras, Harbor Star Shipping Services Inc. in its press statement claimed that it was "collectively contracted by the P&I Club, International Tankers Owners Pollution Federation Ltd. (ITOPF), and the International Oil Spill Compensation Fund (IOPC) in response to the oil spill of mt Solar 1 and has been helping Petron in the clean-up operations in Guimaras."
Damage from barge sinking may be covered by IOPC Fund: lawmaker
COMMUNITIES affected by the sinking of a barge carrying debris from the oil spill off Guimaras Island may also seek compensation from the International Oil Pollution Compensation (IOPC) Fund, House Deputy Majority Leader Eduardo Gullas said.
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Singaporean firm hired to siphon oil
INSURER of the Sunshine Maritime Development Corporation (SMDC), owner of the sunken MT Solar 1, which spilled oil throughout the shoreline of three municipalities in Guimaras Province, hired Sonsub, an oil recovery ship of a company in Singapore.
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