A villager removes bunker oil that was washed ashore at the coastal village of Concepcion in the island of Guimaras Tuesday. (AP photo)
CEBU CITY -- Calls from local officials to remain vigilant as the worst may not yet be over did not stop environmentalist and lawyer Antonio Oposa from asserting that northern Cebu is now safe from the oil slick in Guimaras Island.
Oposa, head of the Visayan Sea Squadron and national environmental team leader of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, said that all the bunker oil in the sunken tanker has already seeped out.
MANILA -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is likely seen to scrap the people's initiative petition filed by Charter change proponents due to lack of jurisdiction, three officials of the election agency said on Tuesday.
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- The military tightened security in the southern Philippines after a firefight erupted between soldiers and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) forces in North Cotabato's Midsayap town, officials said Tuesday.
DAVAO CITY -- Mayor Rodrigo Duterte challenged banana growers in the city to show him scientific proof that aerial spraying is not harmful to people's health so he could reconsider his stand against it.
