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Environmental damage feared after coal barge runs aground in Zambales fish sanctuary
San Salvador Island, one of the marine sanctuaries in Masinloc Oyon Bay Protected Seascape and Landscape, is now under threat as a barge containing coal ran aground during the onslaught of severe tropical storm Kristine. —PHOTO BY JOANNA ROSE AGLIBOT
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October 30, 2024October 30, 2024Environment

Environmental damage feared after coal barge runs aground in Zambales fish sanctuary

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MASINLOC, Zambales—Local residents are worried about a marine disaster after a barge carrying more than 11,000 metric tons (MT) of coal ran aground last week in a fish sanctuary within a government-declared protected seascape off this town. Nestor Dait, 67, the chair of the Bantay Dagat civilian volunteer group in Masinloc, said the barge Katapatan...

Fear, isolation test resolve of residents in Albay town
A resident of Burabod village saves some of his belongings from his landslide-hit house. —PHOTOS BY REY ANTHONY OSTRIA
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October 25, 2024October 25, 2024News

Fear, isolation test resolve of residents in Albay town

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LIBON, Albay—Delia Sario Elcano, 68, plodded through mud and past fallen power lines, barbed wires, slippery stones, and streams that were not there before. She had to take an unfamiliar path in temporarily abandoned residential lots because the usual route was covered with soil and rubble from a landslide. It was noon of Oct. 24...