No oil spill claims for minor victims
After hundreds of thousands in checks released to oil spill victims in the Province of Guimaras, a new complaint is out anew following reports that under-aged claimants are barred from any compensation.
Disclosed by Nueva Valencia Mayor Diosdado Gonzaga, the mayor said applications of a number of minor claimants were refused by the International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund.
As such, Mayor Gonzaga wrote to Nueva Valencia barangay captains to keep watch of the ongoing check distribution in an effort to resolve and avert similar problems.
Reached by Bombo Radyo Iloilo, Gonzaga decried the alleged denial of claims to Guimaras locals below 18 years old though it was not clear how many of such claims were disallowed in the compensation process.