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Philippines coast guard frustrated as sunken oil tanker remains at sea
Some 50,000 gallons of oil has already leaked from the Solar I, which sank in rough seas on August 11 off the central island of Guimaras with 500,000 gallons on bunker oil onboard...the owners of the Solar I...Sunshine Maritime Development Corp, told AFP the company was in talks...to see if the...tanker can be raised...Petron Corp., which chartered the vessel, has placed booms along many of the beaches to hold the oil back...Relief agencies have begun handing out food to many of the hundreds of poor fishermen whose livelihoods have been put at risk by the spill.