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US Energy Firm Proposes $25M Natural Gas Power Plant to End Occidental Mindoro’s Chronic Blackouts
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Mindoro Bishop Calls for Prayer, Dialogue Over Mining Ban Reversal
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DOST-PAGASA Evaluates Disaster Warning Systems in Occidental Mindoro
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COA Finds Discrepancies in Oriental Mindoro’s P1.6-B Cash Records
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US Energy Firm Proposes $25M Natural Gas Power Plant to End Occidental Mindoro’s Chronic Blackouts
An American energy corporation has proposed a $25 million natural gas power plant project to address Occidental Mindoro’s decades-long power crisis, provincial officials announced. Rise…
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US Energy Firm Proposes $25M Natural Gas Power Plant to End Occidental Mindoro’s Chronic Blackouts
An American energy corporation has proposed a $25 million natural gas power plant project to address Occidental Mindoro’s decades-long power crisis, provincial officials announced. Rise Capital Group…
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US Energy Firm Proposes $25M Natural Gas Power Plant to End Occidental Mindoro’s Chronic Blackouts
An American energy corporation has proposed a $25 million natural gas power plant project to address Occidental Mindoro’s decades-long…
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Mindoro Bishop Calls for Prayer, Dialogue Over Mining Ban Reversal
A Catholic bishop has called for prayer and dialogue after the Supreme Court struck down a 25-year ban on…
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DOST-PAGASA Evaluates Disaster Warning Systems in Occidental Mindoro
The Department of Science and Technology’s weather bureau (DOST-PAGASA) has conducted a comprehensive assessment of early warning devices across…
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COA Finds Discrepancies in Oriental Mindoro’s P1.6-B Cash Records
The Commission on Audit (COA) has found the provincial government’s bank balances deemed “unreliable” with P40.5M in unreconciled items…
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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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US Energy Firm Proposes $25M Natural Gas Power Plant to End Occidental Mindoro’s Chronic Blackouts
An American energy corporation has proposed a $25 million natural gas power plant project to address Occidental Mindoro’s decades-long power crisis, provincial officials announced. Rise Capital Group Nash Oil, Gas, and Power Inc. (RCNO), led by Chairman Brent Franklin and…
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Oriental Mindoro Vice Governor-Elect Vows to Maintain Mining Ban Despite Supreme Court Ruling
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Over 200 Bilibid Inmates Transferred to Sablayan Prison Farm
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Calapan City Records 48°C Heat Index; Residents Urged to Take Precautions
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Bansud Resident Nabbed at Batangas Port with P0.5M Worth of Shabu
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Famous Mindoro Journalist Who Interviewed Manila Hostage-Taker Passes Away
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Drug Suspect Arrested with P102,000 Worth of Shabu, Hand Grenade in Occidental Mindoro
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Oriental Mindoro Vice Governor-Elect Vows to Maintain Mining Ban Despite Supreme Court Ruling
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Over 200 Bilibid Inmates Transferred to Sablayan Prison Farm
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Calapan City Records 48°C Heat Index; Residents Urged to Take Precautions
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Bansud Resident Nabbed at Batangas Port with P0.5M Worth of Shabu
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Famous Mindoro Journalist Who Interviewed Manila Hostage-Taker Passes Away
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Drug Suspect Arrested with P102,000 Worth of Shabu, Hand Grenade in Occidental Mindoro
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US Energy Firm Proposes $25M Natural Gas Power Plant to End Occidental Mindoro’s Chronic Blackouts
An American energy corporation has proposed a $25 million natural gas power plant project to address Occidental Mindoro’s decades-long power crisis, provincial officials announced. Rise…
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Oriental Mindoro Vice Governor-Elect Vows to Maintain Mining Ban Despite Supreme Court Ruling
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Over 200 Bilibid Inmates Transferred to Sablayan Prison Farm
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Calapan City Records 48°C Heat Index; Residents Urged to Take Precautions
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Bansud Resident Nabbed at Batangas Port with P0.5M Worth of Shabu
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Famous Mindoro Journalist Who Interviewed Manila Hostage-Taker Passes Away
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Drug Suspect Arrested with P102,000 Worth of Shabu, Hand Grenade in Occidental Mindoro
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Oriental Mindoro Vice Governor-Elect Vows to Maintain Mining Ban Despite Supreme Court Ruling
Vice Governor-elect Atty. Antonio “Jojo” Perez Jr. has vowed to uphold Oriental Mindoro’s mining moratorium despite a Supreme Court decision last month that invalidated a similar ban in neighboring…
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Over 200 Bilibid Inmates Transferred to Sablayan Prison Farm
More than 200 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) were transferred Friday from the New Bilibid Prison (NBP) in Muntinlupa City to the Sablayan Prison and Penal Farm in Occidental…
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Calapan City Records 48°C Heat Index; Residents Urged to Take Precautions
A highly dangerous heat index of 48 degrees Celsius was recorded in Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro on Saturday, prompting disaster authorities to issue urgent health warnings. The Calapan City…
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Bansud Resident Nabbed at Batangas Port with P0.5M Worth of Shabu
A 30-year-old passenger from Oriental Mindoro was arrested Monday afternoon during a joint anti-drug operation at the Port of Batangas, authorities said. The suspect, identified only as “Edmar,” a…
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Famous Mindoro Journalist Who Interviewed Manila Hostage-Taker Passes Away
Michael Rogas, the radio broadcaster who gained national attention for conducting a controversial live interview with a hostage-taker during the 2010 Manila bus crisis, has died in Quezon City.…
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Drug Suspect Arrested with P102,000 Worth of Shabu, Hand Grenade in Occidental Mindoro
Anti-drug agents arrested a suspected high-value drug dealer and seized shabu worth more than P102,000 and a hand grenade during a buy-bust operation Monday evening, May 26, 2025. The…