Presidential spokesperson Sec. Harry Roque delivers the keynote address of the IOPC Funds Compensation and Claims workshop taking place from 9 to 11 January 2018 at the New World Manila Bay hotel. Secretary Roque is joined (from l-r) by Philippine Permanent Representative to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Amb. Gilberto Asuque; Mr. José Maura, Director of the International Oil Pollution Compensation-Funds; incoming PCG Commandant Commo. Elson E. Hermogino, and Mr. Mark Homan, Claims Manager of the IOPCF.

The 3 day workshop, co-organized by the Philippine Coast Guard, the Philippine Embassy in London, and the IOPCF, aims to instruct first responders on oilspills, PH coastal communities, maritime agencies, and relevant stakeholders in seeking compensation from the Fund for economic and environmental damage arising from an oilspill. It will discuss in detail the 1992 Civil Liability Convention and the 1992 IOPC Fund, which the PH is a contracting state.  END