00:00Good evening Zon Visayas and Menderao
00:03Due to bad weather, it is difficult to start the shipping of a million liters of oil
00:09loaded by a sinking motor tanker in Lima, Bataan.
00:12The Philippine Coast Guard launched a boom in the sinking of the tanker
00:17to prevent oil and other goods.
00:20Water is also being investigated in several towns to find out if oil has arrived
00:24that could also reach Metro Manila if it leaks.
00:28John Consulta is live from Lima, Bataan.
00:36Emil Coney Atom, the Philippine Coast Guard is now preparing
00:41to stop this oil spill from the sinking oil tanker MT Terra Nova
00:47here in the sea of Lima, Bataan.
00:50The Philippine Coast Guard is helping the people of Bataan
01:00in driving the oil spill boom and other equipment.
01:03The boom is to prevent the oil spill in the sea of Lima, Bataan
01:08following the sinking yesterday of the motor tanker MT Terra Nova.
01:13This is the private salvage company that will be pushed to the sea of Lima, Bataan
01:18where the motor tanker MT Terra Nova sank.
01:21According to the Philippine Coast Guard, this group will use
01:26the 1.4 million liters of industrial oil loaded by the motor tanker MT Terra Nova
01:34and at the time of the oil spill, it will be placed here
01:38in these plastic containers so that the sea of Bataan will be safe.
01:46According to the Philippine Coast Guard,
01:48so far, only oil sheen or oil slick has been found in the sinking of the boat.
01:53But in case the oil spilled, it was loaded.
01:56The oil spill in Metro Manila and other areas were worried.
02:01The oil spill reached Paranaque, Nabotas, Manila, Bulacan and La Pampanga.
02:08So we are coordinating with the local government units of these areas
02:15and we dispatched our personnel to do this.
02:19Just to prepare.
02:21The Philippine Coast Guard started to search for water around the sinking boat.
02:25But due to the bad weather, it was not possible to start siphoning or get oil from here.
02:31The municipality prohibited fishing in the area.
02:34Our barangay captains are helping and of course, they are preparing for help.
02:41PEDRO-AMB also got water samples from various coastal areas in Limay and Mariveles
02:47to find out if they got oil.
02:57Atom, in our interview with Atty. Lionel Mujal Infante
03:01of Portavaga Ship Management Incorporated, the owner of the sinking boat,
03:05their crisis management team was able to achieve their target of zero oil spill.
03:11But in case of worst-case scenario,
03:14their equipment is already on standby
03:16and they have already contacted foreign companies
03:19to monitor the effects of the oil spill from the sinking boat.
03:24That's all for Limay Bataan.
03:26Back to you, Atom.
03:28Thank you very much, John Consulta.
03:35For more information, visit www.fema.gov
