Oil spill contractor refuses to give address, payroll
Provincial Capitol, Iloilo City May 19, 2014 ILOILO Gov. Arthur D. Defensor lashed at the contractor for the oil spill clean up in northern Iloilo for criminal negligence and vowed to haul it off with its co-conspirators before the Ombudsman. Task Force Buliganay Estancia, an NGO organizing victims of the oil spill, announced it will also sue Kuan Yu Global Technologies, Inc. (KYGTI) before the labor court for the ailments afflicting people that it hired for the cleann up. Defensor said that while Kuan Yu must be sued for negligence, heads must also roll from government offices for rigging the public bidding that awarded Kuan Yu the P87-million contract. “Kuan Yu has a paid-up capital of only P62,000, it has no equipment and its personnel have no experience in responding to oil spills,” fumed Defensor as he convened the task force meeting this morning. “The company’s sole experience is in water purification and bottling.” The task force...