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    Guimaras Oil Spill-Int Aud

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    The oil tanker M/T Solar 1 sank off the coast of Guimaras and Negros islands in the Philippines in August 2006, spilling over 500,000 liters of oil into the water. The spill was caused by bad weather, overloading of the ship, and an unqualified captain and ship. It damaged reefs and mangroves, impacting the livelihood of local fishermen. Environmental laws were violated, carrying penalties of fines up to P100,000 per day and imprisonment of up to 12 years. Further penalties included grounding sister ships and requiring Petron to pay for cleanup and livelihood programs.

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    The oil tanker M/T Solar 1 sank off the coast of Guimaras and Negros islands in the Philippines in August 2006, spilling over 500,000 liters of oil into the water. The spill was caused by bad weather, overloading of the ship, and an unqualified captain and ship. It damaged reefs and mangroves, impacting the livelihood of local fishermen. Environmental laws were violated, carrying penalties of fines up to P100,000 per day and imprisonment of up to 12 years. Further penalties included grounding sister ships and requiring Petron to pay for cleanup and livelihood programs.

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    The oil tanker M/T Solar 1 sank off the coast of Guimaras and Negros islands in the Philippines in August 2006, spilling over 500,000 liters of oil into the water. The spill was caused by bad weather, overloading of the ship, and an unqualified captain and ship. It damaged reefs and mangroves, impacting the livelihood of local fishermen. Environmental laws were violated, carrying penalties of fines up to P100,000 per day and imprisonment of up to 12 years. Further penalties included grounding sister ships and requiring Petron to pay for cleanup and livelihood programs.

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    Guimaras Oil Spill-Int Aud

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    The oil tanker M/T Solar 1 sank off the coast of Guimaras and Negros islands in the Philippines in August 2006, spilling over 500,000 liters of oil into the water. The spill was caused by bad weather, overloading of the ship, and an unqualified captain and ship. It damaged reefs and mangroves, impacting the livelihood of local fishermen. Environmental laws were violated, carrying penalties of fines up to P100,000 per day and imprisonment of up to 12 years. Further penalties included grounding sister ships and requiring Petron to pay for cleanup and livelihood programs.

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    Guimaras Oil Spill

    (Petron Corporation)
    What happened?
    -the oil tanker M/T Solar 1 sank
    off the coast of Guimaras and
    Negros islands in the
    Philippines
    -August 11,2006
    Causes of the Oil Spill
    1.Bad weather

    2.Overloading

    3.The Ship and the Captain was not


    qualified to sail
    Environmental laws violated
    1.PD 979 “Marine Pollution Decree of
    1976”
    SECTION 4. Prohibited Acts
    a. discharge, dump or suffer, permit the discharge
    of oil, noxious gaseous and liquid substances and
    other harmful substances from or out of any ship,
    vessel, barge, or any other floating craft, or other
    man-made structures at sea, by any method,
    means or manner, into or upon the territorial and
    inland navigable waters of the Philippines
    2. RA 9275-”Philippine Clean Water Act of
    2004”

    Chapter 5
    Section 27.Prohibited Acts
    a) Discharging, depositing or causing to be deposited
    material of any kind directly or indirectly into the
    water bodies or along the margins of any surface
    water, where, the same shall be liable to be washed
    into such surface water, either by tide action or by
    storm, floods or otherwise, which could cause water
    pollution or impede natural flow in the water body
    Effects

    -Takong Island National Marine Reserve was damaged.


    -Casualties-1 died and 2 missing
    -Affected 20 communities in 4 municipalities in Guimaras,27
    communities in Iloilo and 17 others in Negros Occidental.
    -the disaster have damaged the reefs and mangroves,
    scarring the ecosystem and marine life.
    -impact of the livelihood of the fishermen, mostly living in
    poor conditions.
    Penalties/Sanctions/Punishments
    /Consequences
    1.Penalties stemmed from Republic Act (RA) 9275
    or the Clean Water Act of 2004
    Under Sec. 28 of the law, the DENR secretary
    can fine an offender "for every day of violation.“
    -"Failure to undertake clean-up operations, willfully,
    or through gross negligence, shall be punished by
    imprisonment of not less than two years
    and not more than four years and a fine not
    less than P50,000 and not more than
    P100,000 per day for each day of violation
    "If the failure or refusal results in serious injury or
    loss of life and/ or irreversible water contamination
    of surface, ground, coastal and marine water, it shall
    be punished with imprisonment of not less
    than six years and one day and not more
    than 12 years, and a fine of P500,000 per
    day for each day during which the omission and/
    or contamination continues," the law stated.
    2.Penalties stemmed from PD 979
    SECTION 7. Penalties for Violations.
    -Any person who violates Section 4 of this Decree or any
    regulations prescribed in pursuance thereof, shall be liable
    for a
    fine of not less than Two Hundred
    Pesos nor more than Ten Thousand Pesos
    or by imprisonment of not less than thirty
    days nor more than one year or both such fine
    and imprisonment, for each offense, without prejudice to the
    civil liability of the offender in accordance with existing laws.
    -Any vessel from which oil or other harmful substances are
    discharged in violation of Section 4 or any regulation
    prescribed in pursuance thereof, shall be liable for the
    penalty of fine specified in this section, and clearance of
    such vessel from the port of the
    Philippines may be withheld until the fine
    is paid.
    -In addition to the penalties above-prescribed, the Philippine
    Coast Guard shall provide in its rules and regulations such
    reasonable administrative penalties as may
    be necessary for the effective implementation of this decree.
    Other Prescribed Penalties
     The Board of Marine declared
    Immediate grounding of the two sister
    vessels of oil tanker M/T Solar
     -not allow them to operate until the
    probe on the sinking is over
     Petron for its counterpart in the cleaning
    program-P 2.2M
     Petron for its counterpart in the
    livelihood program
    3.Clean up Operation

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