00:00The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council
00:05does not want to repeat the widespread oil spill in Manila Bay.
00:08Therefore, in the wake of the Pipito earthquake,
00:11Defense Secretary Gilberto Chodoro has a short reminder.
00:16This is what Jel Guzman of the Philippine Information Agency, NCR, has to say.
00:24First, Defense Secretary Gilberto Chodoro reminded
00:27those who own oil tankers that they should not sail in Manila Bay at this time
00:32due to the possibility of oil spills in the wake of a strong typhoon.
00:37Chodoro does not want to repeat the oil spill
00:40due to the capsizing of the MT Terra Nova this July 2024 near Manila Bay.
00:45The spill of thousands of liters of highly toxic industrial fuel
00:50and the destruction of hundreds of marine protected areas in the vast ocean of the country.
00:55Due to the disaster, the livelihood of thousands of small fishermen in Luzon was severely affected.
01:01As a result, small fishing boats and fishing boats were also banned
01:06due to the Gale Warning of DOST Pagasa.
01:09Metro Manila is under Storm Signal No. 2 according to Pagasa.
01:13The region is expected to experience a wind speed of 62 to 88 km per hour
01:21within the next 36 hours.
01:24Although it is not expected that the typhoon Pepito will hit Manila directly,
01:29the NDRMC also ordered all local governments to remain alert
01:34to any possibility of the effects of the typhoon.
01:41And that is the message of Jel Guzman of the Philippine Information Agency, NCR.
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