Health
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Police Seize P1.8M in Unregistered Cooking Oil in Pinamalayan Raid
Operatives from the Philippine National Police–Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) seized an estimated P1.8 million worth of unregistered and prohibited cooking oil in Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro. The confiscated products lacked the required registration from…
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Sablayan LGU Donates Land for Proposed Occidental Mindoro General Hospital
The municipality of Sablayan has donated four hectares of land to support the establishment of a proposed provincial hospital, officials announced Friday. The Sangguniang Bayan formalized the donation through a resolution adopted in October. The…
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Three New Dialysis Centers Offer Free Treatment in Oriental Mindoro
Oriental Mindoro province unveiled three free dialysis centers on Friday, improving public access to life-saving treatment for kidney patients in underserved rural areas, Governor Humerlito Dolor announced on Facebook. The new facilities, located at the…
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San Jose provincial hospital struggles to fill doctor posts
A government-run hospital in Occidental Mindoro is struggling to recruit doctors for three funded positions, a situation that bares the chronic difficulty of attracting medical professionals to rural areas. The San Jose District Hospital announced…
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Shocking Revelation: Dr. Leachon Confirms Zero PhilHealth Budget in 2025
In a candid interview with veteran journalist Jessica Soho on the Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho Podcast, renowned internist and cardiologist Dr. Anthony “Tony” Leachon exposed a critical flaw in the national budget, claiming that the…
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Nearly quarter-million pesos of smuggled meat seized in Mindoro
Authorities in Oriental Mindoro province intercepted 84 boxes of illegally transported frozen meat worth more than P246,000 hidden among fruit cargo in a 10-wheeler truck, officials said Thursday. The contraband was seized in Barangay Salong…
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Bulalacao to Offer Free Dental Extractions for 50 Residents
The municipal government of Bulalacao will provide free dental services for 50 residents on Nov. 10, 2025, at the Guillermo H. Salas Sr. Memorial Gymnasium. The dental mission is being organized through a collaboration between…
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Oriental Mindoro intensifies anti-smoking campaign
Provincial officials in Oriental Mindoro held a stakeholders meeting on Monday October 20, 2025 to strengthen enforcement of a new anti-smoking ordinance covering cigarettes, tobacco, and e-cigarettes in the island province. Dr. Cielo Angela Ante,…
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Mindoro Official Calls for Hospital Overhaul After Infant Death Tragedy
A provincial official is demanding urgent reforms at Oriental Mindoro Provincial Hospital (OMPH) following an incident in which medical staff declared a newborn dead, only for the infant to show signs of life when the…
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Mindoro town taps local cooperative to feed malnourished children in rare public-private model
More than 1,000 young children in Naujan, Oriental Mindoro have started receiving daily hot meals through a government feeding program that uniquely partners with a local cooperative, officials said, in a novel approach to tackling…
Founder’S Profile
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.
