A member of the House Committee on Ecology said that an initial batch of 3,457 victims from the fisheries sector have so far filed a combined P114 million in financial compensation claims for the economic losses due to the MT Princess Empress oil spill.
A member of the House Committee on Ecology said last Sunday that an initial batch of 3,457 victims from the fisheries sector have so far filed a combined P114 million in financial compensation claims for the economic losses they suffered due to the MT Princess Empress oil spill.
“We understand that the IOPC Funds are now managing the civil liability claims with respect to the oil pollution damage caused by the incident,” Pimentel said. The 508-ton MT Princess Empress sank on February 28 in the Tablas Strait and discharging up to 5,600 barrels of highly toxic industrial fuel oil into the waters of Oriental Mindoro, Batangas, Antique and Palawan.
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