The Philippines will start siphoning off around 1.4 million litres of oil trapped in a submerged tanker off its central coastline, in January next year. Official said the operation could not start earlier because weather conditions were unpredictable.Reuters reports the Solar 1 sank in rough seas on Aug. 11 and leaked nearly 500,000 litres of bunker oil, affecting 40,000 people and more than 200 km (125 miles) of coastline in the Visayas region.
