Halaga ng pinsala ng El Nino sa ilang bayan sa Oriental Mindoro, patuloy na tumataas

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00:00 The local government of Oriental Mindoro has not yet seen the State of Calamity being implemented

00:06 in the whole province due to the effect of El Nino.

00:09 That's what Ryan Lesigues has reported.

00:11 El Nino's increase in their town of Oriental Mindoro continues.

00:19 According to the latest report of the Provincial Agriculture Office,

00:22 the increase in rice, vegetables and fruits has reached more than 350 million pesos.

00:28 On the other hand, Oriental Mindoro Governor Buens Dolor is positive

00:32 that the supply of rice in their province will not be lacking.

00:36 But there are other talks regarding the supply of vegetables.

00:39 The town of Mansalay produces a lot of tons of melon.

00:43 Because of this, we are exporting it to Batangas, Calabar Zone and Manila.

00:49 But because of El Nino, the possibility of exporting,

00:54 even if it's not totally lost, it will be greatly reduced.

00:57 The province of Cebuyas, which was our number 8 top producing province,

01:03 will be reduced because of El Nino.

01:05 The province-wide State of Calamity does not need to declare yet.

01:09 Aside from the cows that are being used for the cultivation of the rivers,

01:13 the LGU will also buy drilling machines.

01:16 We can declare the State of Calamity and the affected parts,

01:20 and probably those that will be or might be affected.

01:23 Because we can take pre-emptive actions using the Calamity funds

01:28 by declaring the State of Calamity to the affected areas.

01:33 NDRRMC has also been on top of the situation in the affected areas of Tagtuyot.

01:39 According to NDRRMC, more than 14,000 hectares of rice fields

01:44 were destroyed because of El Nino in the whole country.

01:47 It's equivalent to more than 900 million pesos.

01:50 We have funds. The government is ready, including the ones we are doing,

01:55 to help our fellowmen. We have funds.

02:02 We are in a preposition to do this.

02:07 The State of Calamity does not need to declare yet.

02:11 The Office of the Civil Defense under Secretary Ariel Nepomuceno explained,

02:15 the situation in each province that is under El Nino is different.

02:21 Ryan Liziguez for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.

02:27 us.