DSWD extends cash-for-work aid for oil spill victims
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) extended the cash-for-work program until May for victims of an oil spill caused by the sunken tanker MT Princess Empress off Oriental Mindoro's coast.
Over 150,000 people have been affected across 131 barangays in Oriental Mindoro, Palawan, and Antique provinces.
DSWD has allocated P116 million for a cash-for-work program to assist 18,762 fisherfolk and continues to provide family food packs to those in need.
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