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7.1 Magnitude Mindoro Earthquake: 31 Years After Deadly Dawn Disaster that Killed 78
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Calapan Port Resumes Operations After Super Typhoon Uwan, Delays Expected
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7.1 Magnitude Mindoro Earthquake: 31 Years After Deadly Dawn Disaster that Killed 78
7.1 Magnitude Mindoro Earthquake: 31 Years After Deadly Dawn Disaster that Killed 78 On November 15, 1994, a powerful earthquake shattered the pre-dawn darkness of…
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7.1 Magnitude Mindoro Earthquake: 31 Years After Deadly Dawn Disaster that Killed 78
7.1 Magnitude Mindoro Earthquake: 31 Years After Deadly Dawn Disaster that Killed 78 On November 15, 1994, a powerful earthquake shattered the pre-dawn darkness of Oriental Mindoro,…
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7.1 Magnitude Mindoro Earthquake: 31 Years After Deadly Dawn Disaster that Killed 78
7.1 Magnitude Mindoro Earthquake: 31 Years After Deadly Dawn Disaster that Killed 78 On November 15, 1994, a powerful…
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ERC Suspends Electricity Disconnections After Typhoons
ERC Suspends Electricity Disconnections After Typhoons The national government has ordered all power distributors to suspend electricity disconnections until…
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COA Uncovers Massive Irregularities in P482-M Sitio Electrification Program on Mindoro
The Commission on Audit (COA) has uncovered massive failures in the implementation of a government rural electrification program on…
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Calapan Port Resumes Operations After Super Typhoon Uwan, Delays Expected
Vessel operations at the Port of Calapan gradually resumed Tuesday morning, Nov. 11, 2025, following the lifting of storm…
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.
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7.1 Magnitude Mindoro Earthquake: 31 Years After Deadly Dawn Disaster that Killed 78
7.1 Magnitude Mindoro Earthquake: 31 Years After Deadly Dawn Disaster that Killed 78 On November 15, 1994, a powerful earthquake shattered the pre-dawn darkness of Oriental Mindoro, or 31 years ago today, unleashing a killer tsunami that claimed 78 lives,…
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Off-grid cooperatives slam power rate hike as ‘unfair punishment’ for island residents
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Teen Girl Missing in Mindoro Since Oct. 9
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Mindoro eyed as renewable energy hub in DMCI rural development plan
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Coral-Eating Starfish Removed for Mindoro Reef Protection
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Mindoro farmers to receive P260-M aid after triple typhoon onslaught
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San Jose market vendors protest delayed project linked to corruption scandal
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Off-grid cooperatives slam power rate hike as ‘unfair punishment’ for island residents
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Teen Girl Missing in Mindoro Since Oct. 9
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Mindoro eyed as renewable energy hub in DMCI rural development plan
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Coral-Eating Starfish Removed for Mindoro Reef Protection
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Mindoro farmers to receive P260-M aid after triple typhoon onslaught
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San Jose market vendors protest delayed project linked to corruption scandal
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7.1 Magnitude Mindoro Earthquake: 31 Years After Deadly Dawn Disaster that Killed 78
7.1 Magnitude Mindoro Earthquake: 31 Years After Deadly Dawn Disaster that Killed 78 On November 15, 1994, a powerful earthquake shattered the pre-dawn darkness of…
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Off-grid cooperatives slam power rate hike as ‘unfair punishment’ for island residents
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Teen Girl Missing in Mindoro Since Oct. 9
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Mindoro eyed as renewable energy hub in DMCI rural development plan
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Coral-Eating Starfish Removed for Mindoro Reef Protection
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Mindoro farmers to receive P260-M aid after triple typhoon onslaught
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San Jose market vendors protest delayed project linked to corruption scandal
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Off-grid cooperatives slam power rate hike as ‘unfair punishment’ for island residents
A national association representing isolated electric cooperatives has condemned a regulatory decision to raise power rates in off-grid areas (including Oriental and Occidental Mindoro), warning the increases will push…
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Teen Girl Missing in Mindoro Since Oct. 9
Loved ones and friends are searching for a 15-year-old girl who has been missing since Oct. 9 from Barangay San Vicente, Abra de Ilog, Occidental Mindoro. Raiza Masalansan was…
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Mindoro eyed as renewable energy hub in DMCI rural development plan
The island province of Mindoro could become a major renewable energy hub under Philippine conglomerate DMCI Holdings’ rural development strategy, with plans to tap power from massive wind and…
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Coral-Eating Starfish Removed for Mindoro Reef Protection
Marine scientists and LGU personnel conducted a removal operation of Crown of Thorns Starfish in the waters off Barangay Cabalwa, Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro on Friday, to protect coral reefs…
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Mindoro farmers to receive P260-M aid after triple typhoon onslaught
More than 31,000 farmers in Mindoro and surrounding provinces are set to receive P260 million pesos in emergency assistance after three successive typhoons devastated rice fields and croplands in…
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San Jose market vendors protest delayed project linked to corruption scandal
Market vendors in San Jose, Occidental Mindoro have been holding protests demanding transparency over a stalled P193-million-peso public market project, one year after construction was meant to begin. The…