173,000 affected by Mindoro oil spill

by Franco Jose C. Baroña - Ire Joe Laurente

Mar 27, 2023 12:37 am

(UPDATE) ABOUT 173,000 individuals or 36,700 families have been affected by the oil spill in Oriental Mindoro, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Center (NDRRMC) reported on Sunday.

The NDRRMC said the biggest number of affected residents were from the Mimaropa (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan) Region with 138,043. Western Visayas followed with 27,145, and Calabarzon (Batangas, Cavite, Laguna, Quezon and Rizal) with 7,740.

Children swim at the Silonay Mangrove Conservation and Ecopark swamp in Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro oblivious to the oil spill that has crept into its shores from a sunken oil tanker. PHOTO BY RENE DILAN

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