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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 area following a devastating storm that…
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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 area following a devastating storm that killed at…
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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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PH’s first ever “Flood Control” wedding held in Mindoro
Forty couples exchanged vows simultaneously Oct. 30, 2025 at a controversial constructed flood control project in Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro…
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Dead body found floating off Roxas coast
A lifeless body was found floating in waters off Oriental Mindoro province Sunday, authorities said, as police launched an…
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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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 area following a devastating storm that killed at least 188 people and displaced over 2 million Filipinos nationwide. The National Disaster…
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PDEA Arrests Rank 12 Provincial High-Value Target in Occidental Mindoro Buy-Bust Operation
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San Jose Municipal Council Holds Inaugural Session in New Plenary Hall
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PBBM Signs ‘Kabalikat sa Pagtuturo Act’ Granting Annual Allowance to Public School Teachers
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Couple Opens Riverside Coffeehouse, Hopes to Boost Local Tourism
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The Dolor-Leachon 2022 Super Fight: A Retrospective Examination
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Bulalacao, Lisap Bridge, and Mindoro’s Forgotten Buses
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PDEA Arrests Rank 12 Provincial High-Value Target in Occidental Mindoro Buy-Bust Operation
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San Jose Municipal Council Holds Inaugural Session in New Plenary Hall
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PBBM Signs ‘Kabalikat sa Pagtuturo Act’ Granting Annual Allowance to Public School Teachers
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Couple Opens Riverside Coffeehouse, Hopes to Boost Local Tourism
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The Dolor-Leachon 2022 Super Fight: A Retrospective Examination
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Bulalacao, Lisap Bridge, and Mindoro’s Forgotten Buses
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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 area following a devastating storm that…
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PDEA Arrests Rank 12 Provincial High-Value Target in Occidental Mindoro Buy-Bust Operation
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San Jose Municipal Council Holds Inaugural Session in New Plenary Hall
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PBBM Signs ‘Kabalikat sa Pagtuturo Act’ Granting Annual Allowance to Public School Teachers
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Couple Opens Riverside Coffeehouse, Hopes to Boost Local Tourism
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The Dolor-Leachon 2022 Super Fight: A Retrospective Examination
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Bulalacao, Lisap Bridge, and Mindoro’s Forgotten Buses
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PDEA Arrests Rank 12 Provincial High-Value Target in Occidental Mindoro Buy-Bust Operation
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) has apprehended the 12th-ranked Provincial Target Listed Personality and High-Value Target (HVT) following a successful buy-bust operation in Barangay San Isidro, San Jose,…
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San Jose Municipal Council Holds Inaugural Session in New Plenary Hall
The Municipal Council of San Jose, Occidental Mindoro on June 4, 2024 held their 22nd Regular Session in the newly constructed Plenary Hall of the Legislative Building, marking a…
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PBBM Signs ‘Kabalikat sa Pagtuturo Act’ Granting Annual Allowance to Public School Teachers
In a landmark event at Malacañang Palace, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has enacted Republic Act No. 11997, a pivotal piece of legislation aimed at bolstering the support for…
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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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Bulalacao, Lisap Bridge, and Mindoro’s Forgotten Buses
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…