Glenn Defense still servicing US ships—Payumo

From the Philippine Daily Inquirer (Nov 19): Glenn Defense still servicing US ships—Payumo

A top official of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) has assailed the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) for allowing a US Navy contractor to continue servicing American vessels here despite an ongoing investigation on the firm’s alleged waste dumping in Subic Bay last month. BCDA Chair Felicito Payumo, whose agency has oversight functions over the SBMA, said the proper response of the SBMA should have been to hold the vessels involved in the incident and suspend the operations of the contractor, Glenn Defense Marine Asia Philippines Inc. Earlier, SBMA Chairman Roberto Garcia said their initial investigation showed that Glenn Defense dumped the waste it had collected from US Navy vessels in Subic Bay in an area 17 nautical miles (31.4 km) from land. But Payumo said “prudence dictates that the SBMA should suspend the operations of this company while the investigation is ongoing. What if they are found guilty? These vessels should not have been allowed to get out of Subic Bay [once the investigation started].” Instead, Payumo said, the SBMA allowed Glenn Defense to service the US Navy vessels USNS John Ericson, USNS Pecos and USNS Charles Drew....

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