Coastal villages struggle to recover after oil spill disaster near Philippine capital

Cleanup operations are still ongoing almost a month after the spill

Originally published on Global Voices

Coast Guard personnel and residents inspect a coastal area near an abandoned fuel tanker in Bataan. Source: Facebook page of Philippine Coast Guard, a government agency. Public domain.

Nearly one month after an oil spill disaster covered Cavite and Bataan provinces located south and north of the Philippines’ National Capital Region, at least 50,000 fisherfolk and their families...