The Department of Social Welfare and Development said that P217 million worth of assistance was given to victims of the Mindoro oil spill in Mimaropa, Palawan, Antique, and Batangas.
“Sinuguro po kasi ng ating kalihim na talagang hindi lang po pagbibigay ng pansamantalang kabuhayan, maging po ‘yung mga emergency assistance po natin ay magagawa po natin o maiaabot sa ating mga kababayan na labis po naapektuhan nitong oil spill sa Mindoro,” DSWD Assistant Secretary Romel Lopez said in a public briefing.
Lopez enumerated that the DSWD distributed 97,162 family food packs in Mimaropa, 2,000 in Palawan, 16,100 in Antique, and 3,500 in Batangas. Under the AICS program, around P37 million were released to assist 14,557 families in Mimaropa and 600 families in Antique. The Emergency Cash Transfer program, on the other hand, benefitted 15,000 families in Antique, Lopez added.The cash for work program, meanwhile, has more than 16,000 participants who received an accumulated P 58.5 million salary from the DSWD, Lopez further noted.
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