Government agencies are at odds whether the 300 cubic meters of coal spilt in a coastal village of Agno is polluting the village marine resources, and pointed at each other which should spearhead the clean-up of the affected area.
 Provincial Board Member Alice Pulido called for a committee hearing on Friday to decide on what to be done about the coal spilt by LCT Eisner on December 18 last year when it ran aground at sitio Talisay in Abagatanen village in Agno.
 Earlier, Governor Victor Agbayani has given the barge owner up to March 20 to tow the barge and to clean the area or will sue the shipping line. He said “the meter is running out of them” and that the provincial government was assessing the willingness of the owner to assist the community in cleaning the area.
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