Help

BI’s Article search uses Boolean search capabilities. If you are not familiar with these principles, here are some quick tips.

To search specifically for more than one word, put the search term in quotation marks. For example, “workers compensation”. This will limit your search to that combination of words.

To search for a combination of terms, use quotations and the & symbol. For example, “hurricane” & “loss”.

Login Register Subscribe

Philippines: Seen Sam Shipping pays out for oil spill damage

Reprints

Seen Sam Shipping Inc., owner of the sunken cargo vessel M/V Sportivo that caused a minor oil spill in Guimaras island province, has paid nearly 2.2 million Philippine pesos ($50,160) in compensatory damages, the Manila Bulletin reported.

Around PHP 1.8 million ($41,040) was paid to the affected fishermen in Buenavista and Jordan.

Raymund Moderes, executive assistant to Guimaras Governor Samuel Gumarin, said criminal charges will be pursued against Seen Sam.

Read more