Grounded cargo ship triggers oil spill in Ilocos Norte

DAGUPAN CITY, PANGASINAN, Philippines — Authorities have launched extensive containment and cleanup operations following an oil spill caused by a cargo vessel that ran aground along the shoreline of Barangay La Virgen in Badoc, Ilocos Norte on Monday. Police Master Sgt. Jackychan Cajigal, investigator of the Badoc Municipal Police Station, said the Department of Environment