Gokongwei firm pollutes Tañon Strait
The ethanol and wastewater spill from the Gokongwei-owned Universal Robina Corp. (URC) distillery plant in Bais City has caused a major fish kill in the coastal waters of Bais and Manjuyod town in Negros Oriental, thus polluting the Tañon Strait Protected Seascape (TSPS), regarded as one of the country’s most important marine biodiversity areas.
Pamalakaya demands immediate subsidy to ethanol spill-affected fisherfolk
The progressive federation of fisherfolk made the appeal as the Environment Management Bureau-Negros Island Region (EMB-NIR) reported that the effects of the waste spill widened from 3,000 hectares from an initial estimate of 400 hectares.