THE Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) have released a total of P740,000 to families affected by the oil spill in Naujan, Oriental Mindoro.
The recipients were 37 parents of students from Francisco Tria Memorial School, who received P20,000 in cash assistance on June 14.
Leo Reynoso, regional director of the DSWD field office in Mimaropa (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan), said the fund release is the third in the partnership between the OVP and DSWD in providing cash assistance to affected residents of the oil spill caused by the sinking of the MT Princess Empress in February.

The tanker carried over 800,000 liters of industrial fuel oil, and the spill affected multiple communities in Mindoro, Palawan and nearby areas.
The OVP-Disaster Operations Center also conducted a five-day relief mission in Oriental Mindoro last April, where it distributed 1,616 sacks of rice to 8,241 fisherfolk beneficiaries.
An additional 2,924 sacks of rice were also distributed to Calapan City and the towns of Naujan and Bulalacao on April 25-27, while 5,385 sacks were distributed to fisherfolk in the three municipalities covering 17 villages in the provinces.
OVP relief missions were also conducted in oil-spill localities outside Oriental Mindoro.