Aired (August 5, 2024): Nitong July 25, lumubog ang MT Terranova dahil sa malalaking alon dulot ng habagat at Bagyong #CarinaPH. Makalipas ang ilang linggo, ramdam pa rin ng mga mangingisda mula sa iba’t ibang probinsya ang epekto ng oil spill. Sundan ang buong ulat sa video na ito.
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00:00Two days after the sinking of MTKR Serranova, another oil tanker, MTKR Jason Bradley, sank in the ocean.
00:10The Philippine Coast Guard confirmed that oil spill was also caused by rain.
00:15Who should be responsible for the oil spill and how to avoid this kind of tragedy in the ocean?
00:20Here is the story of Tatac Public Affairs,
00:23brought to you by Nadyun Veneracion and Mackie Pulido in Reporter's Notebook.
00:30In the video captured by the fisherman, Romar Estrada,
00:37you can see their boat that turned black after being washed away from the ocean.
00:43Our boat was washed away.
00:45Wow!
00:47The entire boat was washed away from the sinking MTKR Serranova.
00:53They saw it at 5 o'clock in the morning.
00:55Our boat was washed away.
00:57When the oil tanker sank, the oil spill was not removed.
01:03But oil spill did not only affect Romar's boat.
01:07What's worse, the fish they caught could not be sold anymore.
01:14How did the oil spill start?
01:16While the storm Karina intensified in July 25, 2024,
01:22the motor tanker Serranova sank due to the strong waves.
01:30It is 3.6 nautical miles away from Lamao Port in Limay, Bataan.
01:35According to the Philippine Coast Guard or PCG,
01:38the industrial fuel tanker has 1.4 million liters of fuel.
01:43The tanker is traveling to Iloilo.
01:46On July 28, three days after the motor tanker Serranova sank,
01:51the environmental group, the Greenpeace Philippines,
01:54went to Hagonoy, Bulacan.
01:56The oil spill spread to this part of Bulacan.
01:59We could see the streaks and then we could see pieces of oil.
02:03Suddenly, you can feel the weight of the wind.
02:06Suddenly, you can smell the force, the oil.
02:09But not only in Bulacan,
02:11the effect of the oil spill in MTKR Terranova was felt.
02:15In the following oil spill trajectory models released by UPMSI,
02:20it was pointed out that it could also reach the coastal areas of Cavite and Batangas,
02:25even in Metro Manila.
02:27Cavite has already declared a state of calamity.
02:31But the oil spill from MTKR Terranova is not yet solved.
02:36The oil spill from MTKR Terranova is not yet solved.
02:39A new tragedy happened.
02:41Not far from here, in the bay of Mariveles,
02:44MTKR Jason Bradley sank.
02:46Until now, the ship is still there.
02:49It has a load of 5,500 liters of operational oil.
02:56MTKR Jason Bradley was surrounded by the oil spill boom.
02:59Two coastal ships and the oil tanker are also being watched.
03:04UPMSI said that the oil spill is dangerous to health and the environment.
03:10The oil spill can affect our marine organisms that synthesize.
03:17The long-term impact of the oil spill
03:20can affect mangroves, coral reefs, and seagrass ecosystems.
03:28If mangroves and seagrass ecosystems are affected,
03:32the oil spill may have a long-term effect on food security in the country.
03:38Unfortunately, there is no such thing as an oil spill cleanup
03:43because oil never disappears.
03:45In such tragedies, not only the environment is damaged.
03:51For the fishermen and residents we talked to,
03:54it is only right that those who have compassion should be answered.
03:58And they should be helped by the government to recover.
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