MANILA: Workers are ready to dismantle the bridge of the US Navy minesweeper USS Guardian on the way to its complete removal from Tubbataha Reef in Palawan.
Commodore Enrico Efren Evangelista, Coast Guard district commander in Palawan, said yesterday workers have successfully removed the funnel or smokestack and the mast of the 68-metre Guardian.
“We are preparing for the 02 level for removal,” he said. “This includes the cutting of the bolts, cables, wires prior to the lifting and inspection of the lifting points.”
Workers from the SMIT Borneo, the US Navy, Malayan Towage and Salvage Corp have been busy clearing the equipment below the weather deck and the loose debris at the main deck of the ship.
Enrile says charter change better for food security
MANILA: United Nationalist Alliance senatorial bet Cagayan Representative Jack Enrile has joined his colleagues who are calling for charter change and vowed to push for provisions that could lead to food security.
“The sooner there is charter change, the better for our country’s future.
“I am one of those who favour the amendments of certain provisions in our constitution particularly those that directly impact our agricultural sector,” Enrile said in a statement.
“If we want to achieve food security and sovereignty, we must adopt a rationalised food master plan which will help ensure a steady and affordable supply of food,” he added.
4 dead, 7 missing
in Leyte landslide
MANILA: Four people were killed while seven were reported missing following a landslide in a geothermal power plant in Leyte today.
Local media reports said two weeks of intermittent rains triggered a landslide in the Upper Mahiao Geothermal Project of the Lopez Group in Leyte.
The company was quoted as saying that of the 43 workers at the geothermal plant, 32 workers were injured.
The injured have been admitted to a nearby hospital.
Agencies
