The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) announced over the weekend that the total losses due to the oil spill in Oriental Mindoro last February has already hit nearly half a billion pesos. According to BFAR Director Demosthenes R. Escoto, as of March 31, more than 26,000 fishermen were directly affected by the oil spill with each seeing a daily income-loss of P714, or nearly $13 a day in current exchange rates.

Sausa, R. S. (2023, April 17). Cost of oil spill in Mindoro has hit nearly ₧0.5B–BFAR. BusinessMirror, p. A3.