The Municipality of Bingawan, Iloilo decided to place the entire municipality under a State of Calamity as losses in its agriculture sector due to the dry spell surged to P53,172,976.
The Sangguniang Bayan of Bingawan held a special session on the request of Mayor Mark Palabrica to declare the municipality of Bingawan, Iloilo under a State of Calamity due to El Niño Phenomenon so that the municipal government could utilize its calamity fund to help over the estimated around 8,000 affected residents (2,015 farmers plus their dependents).
