Gov't gives cash aid to families hit by Mindoro oil spill
By Raymund Antonio and Raymund Antonio
Published Jun 18, 2023 02:55 am
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) have provided a total of P740,000 to some 37 families that have been affected by the oil spill in in Naujan town in Oriental Mindoro.
Naujan, Oriental Mindoro residents receive financial assistance from the OVP and the DSWD. (Inday Sara Duterte/Facebook)
In a statement, the OVP said the 37 parents of students from the Francisco Tria Memorial School received P20,000 cash assistance last June 14.
This was the third partnership between the OVP and DSWD, Leo Reynoso, regional director of the DSWD Field Office MIMAROPA, said.
The families who received the cash assistance were those affected by the sinking of MT Princess Empress, which carried over 800,000 liters of industrial fuel oil, last Feb. 28.
This was not the first time that the OVP reached out to the victims of the oil spill.
According to the OVP, its Disaster Operations Center (OVP-DOC) conducted a five-day relief mission in Oriental Mindoro from April 14 to 18.
They distributed some 1,616 sacks or 80,000 kilograms of rice to 8,241 fisherfolk beneficiaries.
In her recent One Year Report wherein she thanked the OVP’s partners, Vice President Sara Duterte explained the goal of the OVP-DOC.
“We wanted to complement the efforts of LGUs and national government agencies involved in disaster response and ensure that people affected by disasters and calamities were given immediate relief assistance,” she said.
The OVP also provided a total of 2,924 sacks of rice to the oil spill-hit towns of Naujan, Bulalacao, and Calapan City on April 25 to 27, while 5,385 sacks or 269,250 kilograms of rice were given to the fisherfolk in 17 barangays in the province on May 15.
“The OVP relief missions were also conducted in oil-spill localities outside Oriental Mindoro,” the OVP said.
Naujan, Oriental Mindoro residents receive financial assistance from the OVP and the DSWD. (Inday Sara Duterte/Facebook)
In a statement, the OVP said the 37 parents of students from the Francisco Tria Memorial School received P20,000 cash assistance last June 14.
This was the third partnership between the OVP and DSWD, Leo Reynoso, regional director of the DSWD Field Office MIMAROPA, said.
The families who received the cash assistance were those affected by the sinking of MT Princess Empress, which carried over 800,000 liters of industrial fuel oil, last Feb. 28.
This was not the first time that the OVP reached out to the victims of the oil spill.
According to the OVP, its Disaster Operations Center (OVP-DOC) conducted a five-day relief mission in Oriental Mindoro from April 14 to 18.
They distributed some 1,616 sacks or 80,000 kilograms of rice to 8,241 fisherfolk beneficiaries.
In her recent One Year Report wherein she thanked the OVP’s partners, Vice President Sara Duterte explained the goal of the OVP-DOC.
“We wanted to complement the efforts of LGUs and national government agencies involved in disaster response and ensure that people affected by disasters and calamities were given immediate relief assistance,” she said.
The OVP also provided a total of 2,924 sacks of rice to the oil spill-hit towns of Naujan, Bulalacao, and Calapan City on April 25 to 27, while 5,385 sacks or 269,250 kilograms of rice were given to the fisherfolk in 17 barangays in the province on May 15.
“The OVP relief missions were also conducted in oil-spill localities outside Oriental Mindoro,” the OVP said.