US Navy contractor won’t shirk from duty

From the Manila Standard Today (Nov 11): US Navy contractor won’t shirk from duty

A ranking official of a US Navy contractor which owns the ship that allegedly dumped toxic wastes into Subic Bay assured the Filipino people and the United States government that they did not commit any violation pertaining to environmental degradation, and at the same time expressed willingness to face a congressional inquiry. Retired Vice Admiral Mateo Mayuga, Chief Operating Officer of Glenn Defense Marine, said the company recognizes that they have a legal and moral obligation to protect the seas and will not do anything to harm it in any way. The Glenn Defense Marine owns the M/T Glenn Guardian, which allegedly dumped toxic wastes from US ships into the waters of Subic Bay. “We in Glenn Defense Marine Asia Philippines love the environment, too. We will not shirk from our moral and personal obligations to keep it from destruction, much more the waters that give us life, particularly our business that thrives on seas,” Mayuga said in a statement. The toxic wastes, according to a previous report, came from the USS Emory S. Land, which participated in a joint military exercise with the Philippines’ armed forces last October. “We welcome full-dressed investigations into the allegations that our ship dumped into the Subic Bay the wastes we collected from US naval ship USS Emory S. Land during the recent Visiting Forces Agreement exercise in the Philippines,” Mayuga said. “We are very much confident we will come out clean even in the most assiduous investigation. And if ever it will prove that toxic waste were indeed dumped, it cannot come from us,” Mayuga added. He explained that the accusation against Glenn has no proof since the issue is still being investigated, and added that the report was “premature and malicious.”

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