Overloading blamed for Romblon boat accident

THE Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMO) has blamed overloading as the probable cause of a boat accident off Corcuera, Romblon that left one person dead.

In a radio interview, PDRRMO head Roseller Muros said the motorboat MB

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Secretary Enrique Manalo, along with ASEAN Ladies Foundation chairperson Pamela Louise Manalo and Thai Ambassador to Manila Tull Traisorat savor Thai cuisine at the Food Festival 2023 at the Mall of Asia in Pasay City on Sunday.

Danny Pata records, this Office finds that among the respondents, respondent Benny D. Antiporda’s guilt is strong and that the case against him involves Grave Misconduct, Conduct Prejudicial to the Best Interest of the Service, and Oppression, which may warrant his removal from service,” the Ombudsman said.

King Sto. Niño 7 was carrying a total of 116 passengers at the time of the incident, way over its maximum capacity of only 90 passengers.

According to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), a motorcycle was also on board the boat.

Boat captain Jose Moreno Sr. said MB King Sto. Niño 7 ‘’submerged due to a direct hit from a solid wood at the port side.’’ It left a 55-year-old female passenger dead due to cardiac arrest, while three others were hurt.

Later, President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. appointed Pidig, Ilocos Norte Mayor Eduardo Guillen to replace Antiporda at the NIA.

More than 70 percent of local government units (LGUs) have no access to landfills, the CoA also said.

Only 478 or 29 percent of 1,634 local government units in the country have access to operational sanitary landfills according to 2021 data from the DENREnvironmental Management Bureau at the National Solid Waste Management Council (NSWMC).

The figures were cited in the May 2, 2023 Performance Audit Report of the CoA on the Solid Waste Management Program.

“As of 2021, the country has 245 total operational Sanitary Landfills (SLFs) servicing 478 (29.25 percent) of 1,634 LGUs. Due to the limitation in disposal facilities, the operation of the illegal dumpsites could not be avoided in some LGUs,” the government auditors said.

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A tanker refills an underground gasoline depot at a station in Blumentritt Street corner Espana Bvld. in Samplaoc, Manila ahead of an increase in petroleum prices starting Tuesday. The price hikes cover diesel, P3.70-P4 per liter, gasoline P0.20-P0.50/ liter, and kerosene P2.70-P3/liter.

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Cavite solon eyes probe on Laguna

De Bay boat sinking that killed 27

CAVITE Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. has filed a resolution calling for a congressional investigation into the July 27 capsizing of MB Aya Express in Laguna Lake which left 27 passengers dead and six others missing.

Under House Resolution No. 1159, he urged the appropriate House committee to investigate in aid of legislation, the Philippine Coast Guard PCG), the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, Department of the Interior and Local Government, as well as the local government units of Binangonan, Rizal and other related agencies to look into their response to typhoon “Egay” and determine the “much-needed reforms in the prevention and response to natural disasters that have negative impacts to millions of Filipinos.” MB Aya Express sank off Barangay Kalinawan, Binangonan, Rizal, a part of Laguna Lake.