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Read more about the article Oil spill at CDO seaport probed
Personnel from the Philippine Coast Guard in Northern Mindanao clean up a portion of the seaport in Barangay Macabalan on Friday (May 15) where an oil spill occurred. More than 200 liters of oil have already been retrieved from the spill that was spotted a day earlier. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Oil spill at CDO seaport probed

The Philippine Coast Guard Northern Mindanao (PCG-NM) said they are investigating the oil spill that occurred on the seaport of Barangay Macabalan as efforts are continuing to clean up the spillage.

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Read more about the article Coronavirus affects reshipment of Korean trash, Customs revenue collection
Bureau of Customs’ Mindanao Container Terminal sub-port collector John Simon. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Coronavirus affects reshipment of Korean trash, Customs revenue collection

The outbreak of the novel coronavirus 2019 (Covid-19) in China that spread all over the world has played a factor in the delay of the shipment of the remaining 2,000 metric tons of trash back to South Korea, the Bureau of Customs in Northern Mindanao (BOC-10) said Wednesday.

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Read more about the article BOC-10 to file charges vs SoKor gov’t over imported trash
A payloader unloads a pile of South Korean trash into a steel funnel before a tonner bag catches it at Sitio Buguac, Brgy. Sta. Cruz, Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental, Tuesday (March 3). The Bureau of Customs said there are at least 2,000 metric tons of imported wastes that have yet to be reshipped to its country of origin as the coronavirus disease delayed the transportation. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

BOC-10 to file charges vs SoKor gov’t over imported trash

As the last batch of imported trash is expected to be transported back to its country of origin, an official of the regional Bureau of Customs (BOC-10) revealed they are planning to file a complaint against the South Korean government before an international body for the alleged damage that the waste inflicted to the environment.

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Read more about the article Envi group calls on government anew to ban imported wastes for good
A Bureau of Customs personnel checks the trash from South Korea before it was shipped back to its point of origin recently. Just this week another shipment of waste materials which came from Australia was put on hold by the Customs at the port in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Envi group calls on government anew to ban imported wastes for good

Following the pronouncement of an environment official on why the Philippines has yet to ratify an international treaty that prohibits imported garbage from entering the country, environmental group EcoWaste Coalition has called on the government anew to strictly impose a ban on waste importation “without further delay.”

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