The company that owns the sunken oil tanker hires two contractors which helped in the Guimaras oil spill to assist in the cleanup efforts in Oriental Mindoro.
ORIENTAL MINDORO, Philippines – RDC Reield Marine Services, the company which owns sunken vessel MT Princess Empress, has been in hot water over its supposed poor communication with local officials on matters related to a devastating oil spill.
On Monday, March 6, a high-ranking official of RDC finally participated in a meeting with government officials – a closed-door one as requested by the company – to offer assurances that it would not evade responsibility.During the meeting, Fritzie Tee, vice president for admin and external affairs of RDC, expressed “the company’s commitment to address the cleanup and containment of the oil spill,” according to a company press release on Monday afternoon.
Harbor Star Shipping Services, whose services include providing an underwater robot that can stop the leak from the sunken ship, and suck the remaining oil from it But Harbor Star, one of the contractors, said it will “immediately” hire and pay displaced fishermen for their efforts to assist in cleanup operations.
“We will reimburse from the company all we spent for oil spill-related problems, concerns on environment, damage to environment including livelihood, and properties,” he added.The oil spill puts at risk more than 30 marine-protected areas in Oriental Mindoro, which the provincial government took many years to take care of.
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