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Panamax bulk carrier aground, Brazil
Mar 13, 2023 https://www.fleetmon.com/maritime-news/2023/41385/panamax-bulk-carrier-a...

Remains of missing tugboat crew member found in Cebu
Jacque Manabat, Mar 12 2023 https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/03/12/23/remains-of-missing-tugboat-crew-m...

Photo courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard.

Beyond cleaning up the oil spill
Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:03 AM March 12, 2023 https://opinion.inquirer.net/161632/beyond-cleaning-up-the-oil-spill

PCG rescues MV Catriona's Japanese crew
Mar 11 2023 https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/multimedia/photo/03/11/23/pcg-rescues-japa...

Crew of rescued vessel ‘crime suspects in China’
Frances Mangosing - March 11, 2023 https://globalnation.inquirer.net/211859/crew-of-rescued-vessel-crime-su...

Group slams 'anti-seafarer provisions' in new Magna Carta bill
Cristina Chi - March 10, 2023 https://www.philstar.com/business/2023/03/10/2250715/group-slams-anti-se...

NegOcc lawmaker files anti-oil spill bill
Nanette Guadalquiver March 9, 2023 https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1197054

BACOLOD CITY – A legislator from Negros Occidental province has proposed a measure seeking to strengthen the regulation of ships in the country to prevent oil spills and the discharge of harmful substances into the sea.

Strict enforcement of shipbuilding guides sought after oil spill
Zaldy De Layola March 8, 2023 https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1196947

Call for help: UP experts ask public to report oil spill sightings
Catalina Ricci S. Madarang - March 9, 2023 https://interaksyon.philstar.com/politics-issues/2023/03/09/245291/call-...

Experts from the University of the Philippines asked the public for help in reporting sightings of the oil spill in Oriental Mindoro.

Green group seeks urgent action on oil spill to protect Verde Island Passage
CBCP News - March 9, 2023 https://interaksyon.philstar.com/politics-issues/2023/03/09/245247/green...