Mindoro oil spill ruins nearly P1 billion in livelihood sources

The damage and cost to people’s livelihood of the Feb. 28 oil spill off eastern Oriental Mindoro now amount close to P1 billion, the BFAR reported as President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. visited the province on Saturday morning. | NCorralesINQ /PDI

Press Secretary Cheloy Velicaria-Garafil said the four alternative fishing sites include Mindoro Strait between Mindoro island and Batangas province, Cuyo Pass between Panay and Cuyo islands, unaffected waters of Tablas Strait where the oil tanker sank, and even as far as Tayabas Bay between Quezon and Marinduque island.But the chief executive reminded officials not to limit their recovery programs to fishing and make ways to provide other means of livelihood.

The Department of Labor and Employment, through the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, also has many plans for the province under its recovery initiatives, the Chief Executive said.

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