Close to 20,000 individuals affected by the oil spill in Oriental Mindoro province will be given emergency employment and livelihood assistance worth P110 million, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) reported on Monday.
Gabriela Rep. Arlene Brosas questioned the absence of the owner of the ill-fated MT Princess Empress in the joint hearing of the House Committees on Ecology and on Natural Resources.
With the distribution of aid to Mindoro oil spill victims, Senator Loren Legarda hopes to help alleviate their burdens and help them get back on their feet.
Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla said the government may have to resort to securing a Writ of Kalikasan in response to the oil spill off the waters of Oriental Mindoro.
There is no deadline for cleaning up the oil spill caused by a fuel tanker sinking in Oriental Mindoro, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is looking for the long-term rehabilitation of Oriental Mindoro following an oil spill off its coastal waters.
There is no deadline for cleaning up the Oriental Mindoro oil spill, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said.
President Ferdinand Marcos on Saturday directed Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos Jr. to meet with local chief executives of the alternative fishing grounds to allow fisherfolk in Oriental Mindoro to fish in their waters.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is looking for the long-term rehabilitation of oil spill-hit Oriental Mindoro.
The Office of Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez sent P500,000 cash aid to help the victims of an oil spill in Oriental Mindoro.
