ENVIRONMENT Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga on Saturday told President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. that the oil spill caused by the sunken MT Terra Nova in Bataan might affect Bulacan, Cavite, and Pampanga.
In a situation briefing on the effects of Super Typhoon Carina and the Enhanced Southwest Monsoon in Malolos, Bulacan, Yulo-Loyzaga showed Marcos a diagram from the Biodiversity Management Bureau identifying coastal and marine resources and marine protected areas that might be affected by the oil spill.
“We are on the lookout now for the possible contamination that could happen in the wetlands and the coastline areas not just of Bataan, but we are also looking at Bulacan, and we are also looking at Pampanga, possibly Cavite because of Corregidor,” Yulo-Loyzaga said, as reported by GMA News.
Yulo-Loyzaga also presented an image from the Philippine Satellite Agency of the oil spill which has spread towards Bulacan.
“As we see from this image it has spread quite quickly towards the Bulacan area,” the Environment Secretary said.
