ILOILO CITY – No oil slick from the sunken tanker in Oriental Mindoro has been seen so far in Boracay Island, the country’s most famous beach destination in Malay town, Aklan province.
“We conducted monitoring since Saturday and we found none,” said Commander Jansen Benjamin, Western regional information officer of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), during a virtual press conference on Sunday, March 5.
The PCG was on alert on Saturday, March 4, after an slick reached three coastal barangays in Caluya town, Antique.
Benjamin explained that Boracay, which is more than 27 nautical miles from Caluya, was spared because the wind was going the opposite direction.
“But of course, that could change if the course of the wind changes,” Benjamin cautioned.
The Department of Tourism (DOT) has issued an advisory to tourists at the resort-island to “take precautionary measures.”
“We are reminding our local governments and tourism establishments on the identified areas to provide assistance to tourists (if the need arises) to ensure their health and safety,” the DOT-6 added.
