Oil spill reaches Taytay town in Palawan

The Philippine Coast Guard, in this photo release, reported that the effects of the oil spill, from a vessel that sunk off Oriental Mindoro waters, have reached Barangay Casian in the town of Taytay in Palawan.

Philippine Coast Guard release

MANILA, Philippines — The oil leaked from MT Princess Empress that sank off Oriental Mindoro has reached the shore of Taytay town in Palawan, the Philippine Coast Guard reported on Friday.

Barangay Casian in Taytay is 295 kilometers away from Naujan in Oriental Mindoro, where the tanker carrying 800,000 liters of industrial oil sank in rough s