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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 an electric cooperative on Mindoro, warning…
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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 an electric cooperative on Mindoro, warning the unpaid…
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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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Over 34,000 in MIMAROPA affected as Typhoon Tino kills 188 nationwide
More than 34,000 people in the MIMAROPA region are picking up the pieces after Typhoon Tino swept through the…
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PDEA Dismantles Drug Den in Socorro, Arrests 3 and Seizes Shabu
Anti-narcotics agents arrested three suspected drug dealers and dismantled a drug den in Socorro on Wednesday, confiscating methamphetamine, also…
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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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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 an electric cooperative on Mindoro, warning the unpaid bills could trigger blackouts. Senator Rodante Marcoleta told a Senate energy committee hearing…
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Oriental Mindoro engineer wins national design award for rice planting innovation
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Mindoro Rep. Tarriela Among Officials Subject of Immigration Lookout Request
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DPWH cites Mindoro flood control projects in bid-rigging probe at PCC
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Mindoro coastal villages to benefit from US scholar’s marine protection research
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Oriental Mindoro power rates to increase as NPC wins case on generation subsidies
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Mindoro Towns Win Top Tourism Honors at National Awards
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Oriental Mindoro engineer wins national design award for rice planting innovation
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Mindoro Rep. Tarriela Among Officials Subject of Immigration Lookout Request
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DPWH cites Mindoro flood control projects in bid-rigging probe at PCC
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Mindoro coastal villages to benefit from US scholar’s marine protection research
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Oriental Mindoro power rates to increase as NPC wins case on generation subsidies
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Mindoro Towns Win Top Tourism Honors at National Awards
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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 an electric cooperative on Mindoro, warning…
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Oriental Mindoro engineer wins national design award for rice planting innovation
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Mindoro Rep. Tarriela Among Officials Subject of Immigration Lookout Request
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DPWH cites Mindoro flood control projects in bid-rigging probe at PCC
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Mindoro coastal villages to benefit from US scholar’s marine protection research
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Oriental Mindoro power rates to increase as NPC wins case on generation subsidies
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Mindoro Towns Win Top Tourism Honors at National Awards
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Oriental Mindoro engineer wins national design award for rice planting innovation
An engineer from Oriental Mindoro has won the Outstanding Industrial Design award at the 2025 National Invention Contest and Exhibits for developing a device that eases the burden of…
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Mindoro Rep. Tarriela Among Officials Subject of Immigration Lookout Request
Mindoro Rep. Tarriela Among Officials Subject of Immigration Lookout Request Occidental Mindoro Representative Leody “Ode” Tarriela is among over two dozen officials named in an urgent request for an…
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DPWH cites Mindoro flood control projects in bid-rigging probe at PCC
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has flagged flood control projects in Oriental Mindoro among two cases of alleged bid-rigging now under investigation by the competition watchdog,…
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Mindoro coastal villages to benefit from US scholar’s marine protection research
An American researcher will travel to Occidental Mindoro next year to study how coastal resilience and marine protected areas can strengthen disaster preparedness in vulnerable communities, the Ateneo Institute…
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Oriental Mindoro power rates to increase as NPC wins case on generation subsidies
Power rates in Oriental Mindoro and other missionary areas are set to rise starting November 2025 after the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) granted the National Power Corporation’s (NAPOCOR) petition…
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Mindoro Towns Win Top Tourism Honors at National Awards
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