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Mindoro under Signal No. 2 and 1 as Super Typhoon Uwan intensifies
The two provinces of Mindoro braced for Typhoon Uwan on Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025 as the rapidly intensifying storm threatened to strike the country with…
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Mindoro under Signal No. 2 and 1 as Super Typhoon Uwan intensifies
The two provinces of Mindoro braced for Typhoon Uwan on Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025 as the rapidly intensifying storm threatened to strike the country with potentially catastrophic…
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Mindoro under Signal No. 2 and 1 as Super Typhoon Uwan intensifies
The two provinces of Mindoro braced for Typhoon Uwan on Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025 as the rapidly intensifying storm…
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DFA Mobile Passport Service in Occidental Mindoro Postponed Due to Typhoon Uwan
The Public Employment Service Office (PESO) postponed a Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) mobile passport service scheduled for Nov.…
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Sen. Marcoleta slams NAPOCOR over P144-M debt to Mindoro electric coop
A maverick Senator on Thursday slammed the National Power Corporation (Napocor) for failing to settle its P144-million-peso debt to…
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Mindoro Under Signal No. 1 as Typhoon Uwan Intensifies East of Visayas
Oriental Mindoro and Occidental Mindoro, including Lubang Islands, were placed under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 1 early Saturday…
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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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Mindoro under Signal No. 2 and 1 as Super Typhoon Uwan intensifies
The two provinces of Mindoro braced for Typhoon Uwan on Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025 as the rapidly intensifying storm threatened to strike the country with potentially catastrophic force, prompting PAGASA to issue flash flood warnings. Northern and central portions of…
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Sablayan Prison Officials Dismissed Over Contraband Smuggling Attempt
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Batangas Port Terminal Fee to Increase 233% Affecting Thousands of Mindoro Travelers
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Lawmakers Propose Mandatory West Philippine Sea Education in Schools
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Oriental Mindoro SP Orders Stoppage of Sand Dredging Operations, but Gov. Dolor Says No
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Occidental Mindoro’s P23.9M ‘River Restoration’ Income Ignites Questions Over Sand Mining Operations
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Buy-Bust in Sablayan Nets P341K Worth of Shabu
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Sablayan Prison Officials Dismissed Over Contraband Smuggling Attempt
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Batangas Port Terminal Fee to Increase 233% Affecting Thousands of Mindoro Travelers
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Lawmakers Propose Mandatory West Philippine Sea Education in Schools
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Oriental Mindoro SP Orders Stoppage of Sand Dredging Operations, but Gov. Dolor Says No
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Occidental Mindoro’s P23.9M ‘River Restoration’ Income Ignites Questions Over Sand Mining Operations
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Buy-Bust in Sablayan Nets P341K Worth of Shabu
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Mindoro under Signal No. 2 and 1 as Super Typhoon Uwan intensifies
The two provinces of Mindoro braced for Typhoon Uwan on Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025 as the rapidly intensifying storm threatened to strike the country with…
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Sablayan Prison Officials Dismissed Over Contraband Smuggling Attempt
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Batangas Port Terminal Fee to Increase 233% Affecting Thousands of Mindoro Travelers
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Lawmakers Propose Mandatory West Philippine Sea Education in Schools
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Oriental Mindoro SP Orders Stoppage of Sand Dredging Operations, but Gov. Dolor Says No
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Occidental Mindoro’s P23.9M ‘River Restoration’ Income Ignites Questions Over Sand Mining Operations
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Buy-Bust in Sablayan Nets P341K Worth of Shabu
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Sablayan Prison Officials Dismissed Over Contraband Smuggling Attempt
The Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) has dismissed the camp commander and a commissioned officer at Sablayan Prison and Penal Farm in Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro province after the elaborate smuggling…
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Batangas Port Terminal Fee to Increase 233% Affecting Thousands of Mindoro Travelers
The operator of the Philippines’ primary gateway to Mindoro Island is seeking to more than triple passenger terminal fees, a move that could impact tourism costs for travelers to…
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Lawmakers Propose Mandatory West Philippine Sea Education in Schools
A group of Filipino lawmakers have filed legislation requiring all schools to teach students about the West Philippine Sea dispute, as tensions with China over the contested waters continue…
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Oriental Mindoro SP Orders Stoppage of Sand Dredging Operations, but Gov. Dolor Says No
Oriental Mindoro SP Orders Stoppage of Sand Dredging Operations, but Gov. Dolor Says No The Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Oriental Mindoro has temporarily suspended all sand dredging operations in the…
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Occidental Mindoro’s P23.9M ‘River Restoration’ Income Ignites Questions Over Sand Mining Operations
The Provincial Government of Occidental Mindoro’s recent disclosure of P23.9 million in “Sand and Gravel/Dredging Shares” distributed to local government units has unearthed questions about whether ongoing operations constitute…
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Buy-Bust in Sablayan Nets P341K Worth of Shabu
Anti-drug agents arrested a 30-year-old woman and seized about 50 grams of suspected methamphetamine, also known as shabu, during a buy-bust operation Monday (July 7, 2025) in Barangay Santo…