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The damage from the oil spill of a sunken tanker in Oriental Mindoro is “extensive” and will be felt for decades, the environmental group Oceana Philippines warned Thursday.
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources is planning to seek the help of the participants in the 2023 Balikatan military exercises for the cleanup drives in areas affected by the oil spill, the Presidential Communications Office said.
Laguesma said ambulant and market stall fish vendors and employees of beach resorts will also be given assistance. Meanwhile, the oil slick has reached as far south as Cuyo Island in Palawan province, a TV Patrol report said last night, apart from affecting beaches in Mindoro and Antique, and threatening to reach tourist gem Boracay Island.
Villar’s measure wants to inquire into the negative impact of the oil spill, ecologically and economically. Based on the monitoring report of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office , nine out of the 13 towns in Oriental Mindoro have been affected by the oil spill from the sunken MT Princess Empress, while around 10,362 families or 48,885 people were affected, Villar noted.
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