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Sand-Dredging Vessel Runs Aground in Mindoro
A dredging vessel has reportedly run aground on a reef near residential areas in Barangay Talabaan, Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro, according to netizens’ reports and images…
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Sand-Dredging Vessel Runs Aground in Mindoro
A dredging vessel has reportedly run aground on a reef near residential areas in Barangay Talabaan, Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro, according to netizens’ reports and images shared by…
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Sand-Dredging Vessel Runs Aground in Mindoro
A dredging vessel has reportedly run aground on a reef near residential areas in Barangay Talabaan, Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro,…
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Mindoro to Ship 80,000 Rice Bags to Visayas for P20-per-kilo Program
The National Food Authority (NFA) in Occidental Mindoro is preparing to dispatch 80,000 bags of rice to the Visayas…
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Mindoreño College Boxer Dies After Fight at SCUAA Games
A student-athlete from Occidental Mindoro State College died Saturday (April 26, 2025) after a boxing match at the ongoing…
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Demographics of Household Heads in Occidental Mindoro Reveal Gender Disparities
A demographic study released by the Philippine Statistics Authority reveals notable gender disparities among household heads in Occidental Mindoro…
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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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Sand-Dredging Vessel Runs Aground in Mindoro
A dredging vessel has reportedly run aground on a reef near residential areas in Barangay Talabaan, Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro, according to netizens’ reports and images shared by residents. The stranded vessel is reportedly less than 50 meters from homes, sparking…
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Sand-Dredging Vessel Runs Aground in Mindoro
A dredging vessel has reportedly run aground on a reef near residential areas in Barangay Talabaan, Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro, according to netizens’ reports and images…
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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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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…