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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…
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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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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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