Villar wants Senate probe on oil spill

SEN. Cynthia Villar has filed Senate Resolution 537 directing the Senate Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change to conduct a probe into the oil spill from MT Princess Empress that sank off the coast of Naujan, Oriental Mindoro on February 28.

"The oil spill has likewise affected the tourist destinations in Oriental Mindoro such as the Bihiya Beach, 3 Cottage, Long Beach K. I, Aguada Beach Resort, Oloroso Beach Resort, Munting Buhangin Tagumpay Beach Resort and Buhay na Tubig White Beach Resort in Oriental Mindoro, and even threatens to affect Boracay, the country's premiere tourist destination," said Villar, chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change.