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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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Hand, foot and mouth disease spike reported in Mindoro
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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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Hand, foot and mouth disease spike reported in Mindoro
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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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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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Hand, foot and mouth disease spike reported in Mindoro
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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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Hand, foot and mouth disease spike reported in Mindoro
Cases of hand, foot and mouth disease have spiked across Mindoro and neighboring provinces, with infections jumping more than 1,500 percent compared to last year, health authorities said. Oriental…
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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…