The Pampanga provincial government has wrapped up its assistance in Pola town in Oriental Mindoro province on Saturday, helping at least 4,839 residents affected by the oil spill caused by tanker MT Princess Empress that sank off the province on Feb. 28. A total of 1,390 fishermen and 3,449 families in 21 barangays each received 10 kilos of rice, 20 canned goods and water containers from the provincial government, said Angelina Blanco, provincial disaster risk reduction and management office head and special assistant to Gov. Dennis Pineda, in an interview on Saturday.

Orejas, T., & Mallari, D. T., Jr. (2023, May 1). Spill victims get help from Pampanga, Caritas. Philippine Daily Inquirer, p. A8.