Mindoro protected area at risk of damage after vessel grounding

CALAPAN CITY— The grounding of passenger vessel M/V Roromaster 5 has raised concerns over its impact on a marine protected area (MPA) in the town of Abra de Ilog, including a core conservation zone, local disaster officials said Thursday evening The roll-on, roll-off vessel struck the seabed and was beached near Sitio Sigman, Barangay Udalo,