The United States Navy has disqualified its contractor in the country from joining future bids after a Senate inquiry established the firm’s liability and recommended sanctions for dumping untreated sewage in Philippine waters near Subic Bay.
A Senate committee report concluded that a contractor of the United States Navy was liable for unauthorized dumping of untreated sewage in Philippine waters and scored the inaction of relevant environment protection agencies on the matter.
Laboratory tests showed that the wastes dumped in Subic Bay by a US Navy contractor in October were hundreds of times beyond the permissible limits and would definitely cause damage to the aquatic ecology.
Sailors from the Philippine and United States Navy have partnered this week to exchange fleet experience, share technical knowledge and undertake repair and maintenance work on two ships currently docked at the Subic Bay Freeport, a former American naval base in Zambales.
Senator Juan Ponce Enrile on Wednesday threatened to hold in contempt a representative of a local consignment company during their committee hearing on the alleged rice smuggling in Subic Bay Freeport.
