The municipality of Pola, Oriental Mindoro has already sustained an estimated damage of around P130 million due to the massive oil spill from the submerged MT Princess Empress.
“More or less nasa P130 million ang naapektuhan sa shoreline pa lang natin,” Pola Mayor Jennifer Cruz said in a public briefing on Monday.
"Simula noong nagka-oil spill ang Pola, kung noon ay 100 percent, ngayon mga 60 to 70 percent na,” she added. “Kasi noong unang bugso talaga ng oil, napakahirap namin. Noong unang three days, wala kaming katulong kung hindi iyong ating mga Bantay Dagat, fisherfolk, at naglinis ng dalampasigan; dumating lang sila mga after three or four days na,” Cruz said.
“So talagang nagkasakit sila, nagkaroon ng respiratory problem. At ngayon ay tinututukan ng ating mga MHO at doctor iyong 200 plus natin, more or less, 80 na lang ang under observation,” she added.in income has been lost in 22 fishing days due to the Mindoro oil spill, with more than 26,000 fisherfolks directly affected as of March 31. They suffered P714 in daily income loss.aerial inspection
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