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Two More LGUs Join Opposition to Batangas Port Terminal Fee Increase
Two additional local government units (LGU) have joined Oriental Mindoro’s provincial board in opposing a proposed 233-percent increase in passenger terminal fees at Batangas Port,…
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Two More LGUs Join Opposition to Batangas Port Terminal Fee Increase
Two additional local government units (LGU) have joined Oriental Mindoro’s provincial board in opposing a proposed 233-percent increase in passenger terminal fees at Batangas Port, citing issues…
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Two More LGUs Join Opposition to Batangas Port Terminal Fee Increase
Two additional local government units (LGU) have joined Oriental Mindoro’s provincial board in opposing a proposed 233-percent increase in…
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Oriental Mindoro Scraps Controversial ‘Armor Rock’ Ordinance
Oriental Mindoro provincial board has dramatically repealed a controversial law allowing the extraction of massive volcanic boulders after mounting…
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Former Rebels Launch First Federation in MIMAROPA
Ex-insurgents from MIMAROPA region have established the country’s first federation for former combatants, a unified voice for former NPA…
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Oriental Mindoro Generates P6.17 Billion in Tourism-related Revenue in 2024
Oriental Mindoro province has positioned itself as a rising star in the Philippine tourism landscape, generating P6.17 billion in…
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Romel “Direk” Ferriol Bernardo
Bernardo Creative Ventures, Inc., the company behind Direk Fuels, Oriental Mindoro’s homegrown gas station chain, and Direk Builders, which rents out heavy equipment, is expanding its portfolio by venturing into online media and content production.
The company’s entry into news media is not surprising, as its founder and CEO, Romel “Direk” Bernardo, was a television writer, producer, and director for over 15 years. From 2002 to 2007, he served as a researcher, writer, and producer for GMA-7’s top-rating show Imbestigador before becoming the executive producer for ABS-CBN’s award-winning documentary program, The Correspondents.
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Two More LGUs Join Opposition to Batangas Port Terminal Fee Increase
Two additional local government units (LGU) have joined Oriental Mindoro’s provincial board in opposing a proposed 233-percent increase in passenger terminal fees at Batangas Port, citing issues over the burden on low-income travelers and students. The city council of Calapan…
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Two More LGUs Join Opposition to Batangas Port Terminal Fee Increase
Two additional local government units (LGU) have joined Oriental Mindoro’s provincial board in opposing a proposed 233-percent increase in passenger terminal fees at Batangas Port,…
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Panutsa, Pansiteria, and Mindoro’s Forgotten Buses
By Romel “Direl” F. Bernardo(First of two parts) Long before massive and speeding Chinese-made passenger buses began passing through our island from Manila to Visayas and vice versa, or…
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Domestic Tourism’s Long Road To Recovery
(This article was penned at the height of COVID 10 pandemic in 2020)By Romel “Direk” Ferriol Bernardo Businesswoman Flor Maliwanag-Keh should have been the busiest and proudest business owner…