Read this in The Manila Times digital edition.

THE Maritime Industry Authority (Marina) guarantees that safety nets are properly in place and that every centavo drawn from the Oil Pollution Management Fund (OPMF) is spent according to its purpose.

This was the response made by the Marina in view of the P33 million initial budget requested by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to prevent the persistent oil from the sunken oil tanker MT Princess Empress from further destroying the marine environment.

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