The Center for Energy, Ecology, and Development captured images showing livelihood uncertainties for the residents of Oriental Mindoro whose lives have been on pause due to the ongoing oil spill in the province.
Fisherfolks say that this situation is ‘worse than COVID’ as they decry the impact of no-fishing order of the local government, leaving them with no alternative livelihood to tide them over the next months as the retrieval of sunken tanker is still uncertain. Fish vendors and other residents whose source of income are from jobs generated by tourism also reel from the impacts and ask for immediate response from the government.
Photos are by Jilson Tiu.
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