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The ongoing response operations and strengthening of various government agencies’ joint efforts in addressing the impacts of the oil spill from the submerged MT Princess Empress in Oriental Mindoro were emphasized during the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council full council meeting, attended by 45 government agencies, at Camp Aguinaldo on March 23.
In a bulletin published Saturday night, the UP MSI said currents in the coast of northern Mindoro to the Verde Island Passage are expected to be stronger in the coming days. This may lead to majority of the leak to spill over to Calapan from March 20 to 22.
Residents affected by the recent oil spill in Oriental Mindoro continue to swell as progressive groups push for proper compensation to tens of thousands of fisherfolk whose livelihood were affected within the area.
Heavy rains spawned by low-pressure areas, the shear line and northeast monsoon or amihan since Jan. 1 has reached P1.1 billion, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council.
On Saturday, NDRRMC said that at least 20 people had died amid the floods caused by heavy rainfall. Another eight people were reported injured and one person was missing. On Sunday, NDRRMC said that the death toll from the floods stood at 27. Eleven people were injured.