Ipinagmalaki ni Mindoro Oriental Gov. Humerlito ‘Bonz’ Dolor ang anya’y ‘victory over tragedy’ sa naganap na oil spill sa karagatan ng Mindoro sa nakaraang taon.
Pinabulaanan din ni Dolor ang report ng Center for Ecology, Energy and Development or CEED na hindi pa ligtas ang karagatan ng kanilang probinsiya na pangisdaan dahil sa naganap na oil spill nang nakaraang taon.
Sa isang panayam sa anibersaryo ng oil spill, sinabi ni Dolor na noong pang September 29, 2023 ay ipinasa na ang resolusyon sa Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council o PDRRMC “recommending the lifting of the state of calamity all over the province. Our decision to lift, to recommend the lifting is based on a six-cycle, regular testing made by the Department of Health and the Department of Environment and Natural Resourced on the grease and oil levels.”
“During the regular testing that was done during that period, it was found out that the level of grease and oil is already within the limit allowed by national standards wherein fishing Is already allowed. So as far as the province is concerned, the entire province of Oriental Mindoro is already safe for fishing as early as September 29, 2023,” ayon kay Dolor.
Idinagdag pa ni Dolor na inuna nila ang kapakanan ng mga naaksidente at ang pagbabayad ng karampatang danyos sa kanila.
“We bring them first to the hospital, then pag okay na sila then we compute the damages. Now that we have finished already with the fishing ban, yung ayuda sa tao tuloy ang pagbibigay. The people have started receiving their partial compensation from the International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund, now is the time to compute. The province is not an expert on computation that is why there is a task force made and there is a seminar conducted by the Coast Guard and Department of Justice, giving us insights on how to compute the damages.”
Ibinalita rin ni Dolor na matapos ang 100 days ay nagbalik na sa safe at normal levels ang langis at grasa sa baybayin ng dagat.
“Kaya nga naitala sa kasaysayan that the oil spill recovery and response in the province of Oriental Mindoro is the fastest in the whole world in its history. Because government and the private sector joined together. Kaya ang panawagan ko lang sana instead of coming up with certain information, sana sabihin sa amin kung meron kaming kakulangan. I-inform po kami. That we can use them as basis also in our claim,” wika pa ng opisyal.
