Oriental Mindoro residents affected by the oil spill from the tanker Princess Empress have risen to 19,000, Social Welfare Secretary Rex Gatchalian announced on Saturday. | dempseyreyesINQ JoeyMarzanINQ /PDI
The DSWD has been distributing food packs in Oriental Mindoro shortly after the MT Princess Empress sank in waters between Mindoro island and Marinduque.
“The fishermen there want to be part of the solution. They don’t want to sit idly there and just watch while their home province is being cleaned up by other people,” he explained. Maria Rosario Vergeire, the officer in charge of the Department of Health, has already gone to Mindoro to help orient residents on the proper protocols, he added.
Gatchalian said affected families already received P8,000 cash assistance from the DSWD and more families may receive such aid by next week.
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