Bayan ng Bulalacao sa Or. Mindoro, isinailalim na sa State of Calamity dahil sa El Niño | 24 Oras

Name: Bayan ng Bulalacao sa Or. Mindoro, isinailalim na sa State of Calamity dahil sa El Niño | 24 Oras
Uploaded: 2024-02-29T12:13:29+00:00
Duration: 3 min 25 s
Channel: GMA Integrated News

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Dahil sa tumitinding epekto ng El Niño, posible pang madagdagan ang mga lugar na isinailalim sa State of Calamity. Tiniyak naman ng gobyerno ang ayuda sa mga maapektuhang magsasaka.

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00:00 Because of the growing effect of El Niño,

00:03 it is possible to add more places that are under state of calamity.

00:07 The government has promised to help the affected farmers.

00:11 Ivan Mayrina is in touch.

00:13 In Ilocos Norte, the province of Pangulo, the effect of the drought is also evident.

00:20 The drought of the crops,

00:22 in the land that is being spread,

00:24 the farmers also feel the animals' presence.

00:26 Like in Lawag, where there is almost no food left for the cows of Cesar Pascual,

00:31 because of the heavy drought.

00:33 If we see that the animals are not fed, we will take the cows and the animals,

00:43 and we will also take the land and use it.

00:52 In the whole country, the Department of Agriculture has estimated that the damage of El Niño's agriculture is worth P357 million.

00:59 But it is still lower than the historical damages of the past strong El Niño,

01:08 especially when we compare the 1997-1998 strong El Niño episodes.

01:13 The most affected is the province of Iloilo,

01:17 which recorded more than P127 million losses because of the El Niño.

01:23 The province of Oriental Mindoro is the second most affected,

01:26 which recorded P56 million losses.

01:29 For now, a town in Oriental Mindoro is under a state of calamity.

01:33 The whole province of Occidental Mindoro may follow.

01:37 But February is just over and there is no sign of the El Niño,

01:41 which is expected to last until May.

01:43 To reduce the impact, 500 million pesos of debt has been allocated to the farmers.

01:48 Each of them can borrow P25,000, but no interest and no collateral.

01:54 The Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation has allocated P1.8 billion

01:59 for the damaged crops because of the El Niño.

02:02 For the immediate need of the farmers who are affected by the El Niño,

02:06 there are other benefits such as cash for work, rice and fuel assistance, and others.

02:12 There is a P5,000 rice subsidy per affected farmer,

02:16 and there is a fuel subsidy of P3,000.

02:19 But we know that it is not enough.

02:21 The Office of Civil Defense will also enter.

02:24 We treat this as a calamity situation.

02:27 So it's like a storm.

02:29 They can be given food bags or whatever they need

02:34 when the state of calamity is declared.

02:37 The Philippine Air Force has also sent cloud seed

02:40 to Southern Cagayan and Northern Isabela in the hope that it will return in the rain.

02:44 Our cloud seeding operations are our last option.

02:48 Aside from the cost, we need to make sure that there are seedable clouds

02:54 and there is advice from the hope that our degree of success is high.

03:00 The DA's investigation continues on the wrongful sale of NFA

03:04 to their stocks of rice and fuel assistance,

03:06 which can be proven to be part of any irregularities.

03:10 For GMA Integrated News, Ivan Meirina, for 24 Hours.

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Bayan ng Bulalacao sa Or. Mindoro, isinailalim na sa State of Calamity dahil sa El Niño | 24 Oras

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