00:00Empty Mary Queen of Charity's cargang mulases was thrown into the sea in Sagay Negros Occidental.
00:06Is it possible that it is a threat to the environment?
00:09Mark Salazar is on the scene.
00:14The water turned black around Sagay Feeder Port, Sagay Negros Occidental,
00:19around 9 in the morning yesterday.
00:22Empty Mary Queen of Charity's cargang mulases was thrown into the sea.
00:29Industrial mulases is used as a binding agent in factories and mines.
00:34It binds industrial waste so that it does not spread to the environment.
00:39The Coast Guard District, through the stations and substations in the area,
00:44and the Marine Environmental Protection Group immediately responded to the incident
00:49and also coordinated with relevant agencies to have a whole-of-nation approach.
00:57300 metric tons of mulases were loaded when the shore-to-ship operation of the ship was halted
01:04to find a way out.
01:06We are still trying to get a statement from the owner of the ship.
01:09It is very low in our priority because it is not a threat to the environment.
01:15Mulases come from sugar.
01:17The Philippine Coast Guard was more involved in the recovery operation in Empty Terra Nova in Bataan.
01:24The siphoning operation is sensitive so that the 1.4 million liters of oil from the sinking ship can be disposed of.
01:32During the test, it was demonstrated that siphoning is not that easy.
01:40It needs to be a very, very careful process.
01:47Now that Manila Bay is clean, we want to keep it that way even if we have to siphon.
01:54Safety is still our main concern.
01:58The sinking and crashing of ships in the aftermath of Hurricane Karina and Hurricane Habagat
02:02will be a pleasure for us by the Senate and the PCG is also preparing for it.
02:08It is always with us.
02:09If there are incidents, we really have to face the people through the Congress and Senate
02:17so that we can improve the laws that are needed so that we can serve the people more.
02:25For GMA Integrated News, Mark Salazar.
02:29This has been Tutok 24 Hours.
