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Puerto Galera Youth Sailing Team Sweeps National Championship Series
The ALLUSIVE Galerean Youth Sailing Race Team from Puerto Galera has achieved what officials are calling an “outstanding achievement by any national or international standard”…
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Puerto Galera Youth Sailing Team Sweeps National Championship Series
The ALLUSIVE Galerean Youth Sailing Race Team from Puerto Galera has achieved what officials are calling an “outstanding achievement by any national or international standard” after completing…
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Puerto Galera Youth Sailing Team Sweeps National Championship Series
The ALLUSIVE Galerean Youth Sailing Race Team from Puerto Galera has achieved what officials are calling an “outstanding achievement…
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10 Calapan Fishermen Arrested in Naujan
Ten fishermen from Calapan City were arrested Wednesday for unauthorized fishing in municipal waters, authorities said. The Municipal Fishery…
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Mang Inasal Expands Footprint with New Branch in Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro
Filipino food enthusiasts in Pinamalayan have reason to celebrate as popular quick-service restaurant chain Mang Inasal announces the blessing…
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2 Tons of Bangus Harvested from Aquaculture Project in Mindoro
A fisherfolk association in Occidental Mindoro harvested more than two tons of bangus (milkfish) this month, marking the first…
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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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Puerto Galera Youth Sailing Team Sweeps National Championship Series
The ALLUSIVE Galerean Youth Sailing Race Team from Puerto Galera has achieved what officials are calling an “outstanding achievement by any national or international standard” after completing a clean sweep of the 2025 BPI Season2 Series and claiming the National…
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Puerto Galera Youth Sailing Team Sweeps National Championship Series
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Couple Opens Riverside Coffeehouse, Hopes to Boost Local Tourism
By Romel “Direk” F. Bernardo We don’t have water here, just coffee,” quipped 58-year-old Kuwaiti national Ahmeer Alkatan as I requested a glass of water after a scenic 30-minute…
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The Dolor-Leachon 2022 Super Fight: A Retrospective Examination
By Romel “Direk” Bernardo Three weeks before the recently concluded elections, this writer penned an article detailing factors that could help shape the outcome of the battle royale between…
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Bulalacao, Lisap Bridge, and Mindoro’s Forgotten Buses
By Romel “Direk” F. Bernardo(Last of Two Parts) Before Mansalay and Roxas, my father’s church duties first brought him to Bulalacao, eastern Mindoro’s southernmost and most distant municipality, in…
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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…