(Eagle News)–In this picture shared by Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra, the MV Bavaria, which is carrying the at least 1000 tons of Canada garbage illegally shipped to the Philippines six years ago, is seen leaving the Subic port on Friday, May 31.
Guevarra, who was designated caretaker of the executive department while President Rodrigo Duterte is on a working visit in Japan, said the cost of the shipment, around P10 million, would be shouldered by the Canadian government.
The development comes days after President Duterte ordered government agencies to look for a private vessel that would transport the garbage back to Canada.
Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo had said the plan was for the Philippine government to shoulder the cost of the shipment.
If Canada refused to accept the garbage, Panelo said then that the vessel was instructed to leave the trash in Canada waters.
The development also came after Foreign Affairs Secretary Teddy Locsin recalled Philippine envoys to Canada, after the North American country missed the May 15 deadline for the shipment of the trash.
Earlier, Duterte warned of a war if Canada did not take back the garbage, a bulk of which had been languishing in a Tarlac landfill since it arrived in the Philippines.
