Archive for the ‘Litigation’ Category
Monday, August 11th, 2008
TWO years after a massive oil spill hit this island-province, officials and experts said the island is showing recovery and coping from the impact of the calamity.
But rehabilitation efforts have been stalled by the non-release of around P150 million intended for development programs.
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Thursday, January 17th, 2008
PARIS, France -- A French court Wednesday found Total guilty of negligence and ordered the oil giant and three other parties to pay nearly 200 million euros in damages for the 1999 Erika oil spill, one of France's worst environmental disasters.
Establishing a legal precedent, the judge ruled that some of the ...
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Wednesday, September 12th, 2007
Lessons from the Petron oil spill and what steps are being taken to prepare the country for similar disasters
By Lala Rimando/Newsbreak
THERE IS little hint from Phoebe Sabado's tanned face how, one year ago, she and her fisherman husband were worried sick of how her family of six would survive the Guimaras oil ...
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Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
MILITANT fisherfolks on Monday slammed the International Oil Pollution Board (IOPC) for awarding P118 million to Petron Corp. to cover for the expenses incurred by the oil giant in cleaning up the oil spill off Guimaras Island, while rejecting the claims of close to 100,000 victims of the oil spill.
They ...
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Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
A NATIONAL federation of fisherfolk organizations has questioned the P118 million reimbursement given to Petron Corp. by an international agency compensating oil spill victims for the clean up of areas affected by the oil spill in Guimaras.
The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) has also called on the United ...
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Sunday, August 12th, 2007
THE GUIMARAS oil spill has driven home one powerful lesson: The need to be prepared before calamity strikes.One year after it happened, the effects of the spill are still very much in evidence.
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Thursday, August 2nd, 2007
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The islands impacted by last year's oil spill in the Philippines are known for their breathtaking beauty: white sand beaches lined with coconut groves; fishermen standing waist deep in clear blue water flinging their nets; children standing on the shores waving to tourists.
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Friday, July 27th, 2007
OVER A YEAR has passed since the oil spill in Guimaras but despite three separate investigations, charges have yet to be filed against those responsible for the country’s worst environmental disaster.Rafael Coscolluela, presidential adviser for Western Visayas, chided the Department of Justice for its failure to pursue charges against individuals who ...
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Sunday, October 8th, 2006
IN A COUNTRY of about 7,100 islands, where sea transport of industrial raw materials is common with up to 200 vessels plying different routes at any one time, accidents are nothing new. But previous ones were of a smaller and more manageable scale. Obviously, Petron and the Philippine Coast Guard ...
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Sunday, August 27th, 2006
DEFENSE Secretary Avelino Cruz Jr. is expected to skip the joint Senate-House inquiry into the massive oil spill off Guimaras island on Monday, a move that could further anger senators.
Cruz, chair of the National Disaster Coordinating Council, wrote Senator Pia Cayetano last Friday informing her that he would be unable ...
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