Party list representative and senatorial candidate Teddy Casiño yesterday called for the immediate suspension of the operations of Glenn Defense Marine Asia a Malaysian company operating in several countries which services American ships in the Philippines, when the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) found out that the tanker MT Glenn Guardian dumped toxic wastes from American ships that joined the recently concluded joint military exercises in the country in Philippine waters.
“Dapat talaga na isuspinde muna ang operasyon ng kumpanyang ito dahil baka dati pa itong nagtatapon ng toxic wastes sa ating karagatan at ngayon lang natin nalaman. Dapat din na magkaroon ng komprehensibong imbestigasyon dito ang Kongreso at ipatawag ang mga sangkot sa nangyari maging ang kanilang mga kliyente kung alam nila ang ginagawa ng kanilang contractor,” said the solon.
Based on newspaper reports on Oct. 15, SBMA Ecology Center personnel inspected Glenn Guardian, then docked at the Naval Supply Depot area here due to a “hazard call” from another free port locator.
A copy of the SBMA spot report showed that the tanker was carrying some 189,500 liters of domestic waste and about 760 liters of bilge water (a combination of water, oil and grease), all of which were hauled from Emory Land, a US Navy ship.
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