Oil Spill in our seas

@rsa101 (37968)

Philippines

March 8, 2023 6:47pm CST

There is a developing situation in one of our island provinces when it was reported that a ship sank and its oil leaked over the water, affecting a number of nearby islands. The environment, health, and tourism are all suffering. Tourism has been put on hold, notably at the impacted beaches, which are currently unavailable to visitors due to the oil disaster. Health is also impacted because it is difficult to breathe there due to the odor. Finally, because it pollutes the water and eventually causes the flora and wildlife in afflicted places to die, the ecosystem is also severely impacted. Although the local governments are making every effort to clean up the shorelines, the problem is spreading to other regions.

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@sjvg1976 (41131)

• Delhi, India

9 Mar 23

That's sad, aquatic life is the one who will get affected the most because of the oil. I hope things get resolved soon there.

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@rsa101 (37968)

• Philippines

9 Mar 23

@sjvg1976 True and this disaster is just an example of us playing with nature.

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@rsa101 (37968)

• Philippines

9 Mar 23

That is true it is a catastrophic event and it may take years before you can really recover from it.

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@sjvg1976 (41131)

• Delhi, India

9 Mar 23

@rsa101 thats very sad. We are playing with the nature.

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@RebeccasFarm (86823)

• United States

9 Mar 23

Oh no I am so sorry

This is a real threat.

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@rsa101 (37968)

• Philippines

9 Mar 23

Indeed it has been several days and the situation seems to be worsening as they could not contain the spreading of the spill to other places.

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@RebeccasFarm (86823)

• United States

9 Mar 23

@rsa101 This is very serious..I really pray something can be done.

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@rsa101 (37968)

• Philippines

9 Mar 23

@RebeccasFarm Yes I just very concerned since the report says the oil spill is not detected to other places that it is far from the incident. It only means the spread is not contained anymore.

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@velvet53 (22528)

• Palisade, Colorado

9 Mar 23

That is sad news. I pray thatnthey get it cleaned up so things can get back to normal and everyone is safe.

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@rsa101 (37968)

• Philippines

9 Mar 23

I also hope that everyone from the government to the shipowner would do to prevent the spread to other places.

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@velvet53 (22528)

• Palisade, Colorado

9 Mar 23

@rsa101 I am with you on that. I hope they do the right thing.

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@LadyDuck (459170)

• Switzerland

9 Mar 23

Our newspapers have published photos where the locals are trying to clean the best they can.

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@rsa101 (37968)

• Philippines

10 Mar 23

Yeah, you've received it there. As of now, they haven't actually released the news that transpired at the end of February, which makes it appear like everything is moving slowly here. After the ship sinking incident was reported, they stayed silent. It wasn't until recent days that they resumed reporting on the oil spill, by which time it had already reached the coasts and was preventing fisherfolk from leaving the seas.

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@LadyDuck (459170)

• Switzerland

10 Mar 23

@rsa101 The authorities are always responsible to create even more problems. Should they have taken action immediately it would have been better.

@DianneN (247191)

• United States

10 Mar 23

That has happened here, too. It's so important to have cleanup done as soon as possible. Are the owners of the ship being held responsible?

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@rsa101 (37968)

• Philippines

10 Mar 23

That is true I do not know if they would be able to do it since this has been going on since last Feb 28 and it is only now that the oil spill has reached the shores that they started making news about it.

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@DianneN (247191)

• United States

10 Mar 23

@rsa101 That truly is awful. I guess they can only cleanup what they see. Many volunteers are needed to help, too.

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

9 Mar 23

I’m so sorry, an oil spills tragic. I hope everyone pitches in and helps with clean up.

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@rsa101 (37968)

• Philippines

9 Mar 23

For now I know all residents near the shore are helping in their own ways but of course it is always not enough to really stop the oil from coming to their shores.

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@RubyHawk (99423)

• Atlanta, Georgia

9 Mar 23

@rsa101 I can imagine how bad it is.

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@rsa101 (37968)

• Philippines

10 Mar 23

@RubyHawk Actually, I feel bad for the damaged coastal areas since I know that they are still pure because pollution hasn't even touched them, and now they have to deal with the massive effort of cleaning up this mess.

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@Jenaisle (14079)

• Philippines

13 Mar 23

It is catastrophic. The national government should step in and do all measures to contain the spill because everyone could be affected. Livelihood would be severely impacted. Our fishermen should also be given alternatives and businesses be aided, perhaps with loans or ways to diminish the bad effects.

@allknowing (130116)

• India

9 Mar 23

Ship wrecks do this and I hope something will be done about it but what?

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@rsa101 (37968)

• Philippines

9 Mar 23

I really do not know how but it could be contained in one place at some point. But I know it takes a lot of effort and resources to do that.

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@jstory07 (134622)

• Roseburg, Oregon

12 Apr 23

What a mess. I hope it gets cleaned up really fast.

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@rsa101 (37968)

• Philippines

12 Apr 23

The issue has not yet been solved as of this writing. As they are unable to fish there, it is still spreading to other coastal communities, which has an impact on many fishermen's livelihoods. Their health is also being impacted because it is difficult for them to breathe because the oil generates a bad stench around the affected locations.

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@rakski (112925)

• Philippines

9 Mar 23

also the livelihood of those fishermen are affected as well.

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@rsa101 (37968)

• Philippines

9 Mar 23

That is true I forget to mention that in my post too. All I know is that they are involve in the cleanup operations.

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@rakski (112925)

• Philippines

9 Mar 23

@rsa101 but there will loss on their side for their livelihood

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@sol_cee (38222)

• Philippines

9 Mar 23

Heard about this news and how affected residents feel like it’s lockdown all over again because

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@rsa101 (37968)

• Philippines

9 Mar 23

Well they are not locked from their houses but they are constrained not to venture out in the seas to fish.

@JudyEv (326127)

• Rockingham, Australia

9 Mar 23

Oil spills are really bad news. They cause such a lot of problems and the damage can't be fixed in a short space of time.

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@rsa101 (37968)

• Philippines

9 Mar 23

That is true the damage can be permanent and takes years to restore back to its original state.

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@acelawrites (19273)

• Philippines

6 May 23

Eastern part of Mindoro was affected.Government agencies in charge of the operations of such cargo vessels should take the cudgels for such environmental mess! I hope the affected fisherfolks, etc.will get due compensation.

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@rsa101 (37968)

• Philippines

6 May 23

I heard there were some efforts made to compensate them. But the effect of the spill has just gotten worst as many are already getting sick because of the spill.

@MasGion (1676)

• Malang, Indonesia

9 Mar 23

it's a bad news. will make many problems to the environment for long time if not clean it up quickly

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@rsa101 (37968)

• Philippines

9 Mar 23

Everything is affected from fishing, to tourism is affected by this acccident.