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ORMECO Power Rates Surge 19% More in May 2025
Residents and businesses across Oriental Mindoro face steep electricity cost increases as the Oriental Mindoro Electric Cooperative (ORMECO) implemented a P2.19 per kilowatt-hour jump in…
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ORMECO Power Rates Surge 19% More in May 2025
Residents and businesses across Oriental Mindoro face steep electricity cost increases as the Oriental Mindoro Electric Cooperative (ORMECO) implemented a P2.19 per kilowatt-hour jump in May 2025,…
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ORMECO Power Rates Surge 19% More in May 2025
Residents and businesses across Oriental Mindoro face steep electricity cost increases as the Oriental Mindoro Electric Cooperative (ORMECO) implemented…
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Lifeless Body Found Floating in Waters off Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro
Authorities recovered an unidentified body found floating off the coast of Barangay Don Pedro in Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro on…
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Wanted Suspect in 14-Year-Old Attempted Murder Case Nabbed in Oriental Mindoro
Police have arrested a suspect wanted for attempted murder in a remote barangay in Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro province, authorities…
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Art Competition in Calapan Promotes Marine Conservation in MIMAROPA
Young artists have used their talents to raise awareness about marine conservation at a regional art competition in Oriental…
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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ORMECO Power Rates Surge 19% More in May 2025
Residents and businesses across Oriental Mindoro face steep electricity cost increases as the Oriental Mindoro Electric Cooperative (ORMECO) implemented a P2.19 per kilowatt-hour jump in May 2025, bringing residential rates to P15.67/kWh – the highest in more than a year.…
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𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗗𝗼𝘄𝗻, 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗲-𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
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Six Oriental Mindoro Mayors Seek Vice Mayor Posts in 2025 Elections
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Oriental Mindoro Hails New Sandiganbayan Associate Justice
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German Doctors Sign Historic Agreement to Provide Medical Services to Mindoro’s Indigenous Communities
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Parish Priest, Singer’s Agency Apologize for Viral Concert at Mindoro Church
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DILG Urges Public: Report All Forms of Child Abuse
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𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗗𝗼𝘄𝗻, 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗲-𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
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Six Oriental Mindoro Mayors Seek Vice Mayor Posts in 2025 Elections
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Oriental Mindoro Hails New Sandiganbayan Associate Justice
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German Doctors Sign Historic Agreement to Provide Medical Services to Mindoro’s Indigenous Communities
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Parish Priest, Singer’s Agency Apologize for Viral Concert at Mindoro Church
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DILG Urges Public: Report All Forms of Child Abuse
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ORMECO Power Rates Surge 19% More in May 2025
Residents and businesses across Oriental Mindoro face steep electricity cost increases as the Oriental Mindoro Electric Cooperative (ORMECO) implemented a P2.19 per kilowatt-hour jump in…
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𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗗𝗼𝘄𝗻, 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗲-𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
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Six Oriental Mindoro Mayors Seek Vice Mayor Posts in 2025 Elections
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Oriental Mindoro Hails New Sandiganbayan Associate Justice
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German Doctors Sign Historic Agreement to Provide Medical Services to Mindoro’s Indigenous Communities
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Parish Priest, Singer’s Agency Apologize for Viral Concert at Mindoro Church
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DILG Urges Public: Report All Forms of Child Abuse
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Six Oriental Mindoro Mayors Seek Vice Mayor Posts in 2025 Elections
Six municipal mayors in Oriental Mindoro are seeking to run for vice mayor in the upcoming elections, as they approach the end of their three-term limit. The mayors, three…
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Oriental Mindoro Hails New Sandiganbayan Associate Justice
The province of Oriental Mindoro beams with pride as one of its native sons, Justice Gener M. Gito, has been appointed as the new Associate Justice of the Sandiganbayan,…
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German Doctors Sign Historic Agreement to Provide Medical Services to Mindoro’s Indigenous Communities
A historic Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) was signed on October 10, 2024, between the provincial government of Occidental Mindoro and the German Doctors – Committee of German Doctors for…
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Parish Priest, Singer’s Agency Apologize for Viral Concert at Mindoro Church
A Catholic parish priest in Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro has issued a formal apology following a controversial secular concert held at the Nuestra Señora del Pilar Shrine and Parish on…
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DILG Urges Public: Report All Forms of Child Abuse
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in Oriental Mindoro is intensifying its campaign against child abuse through the MAKABATA Helpline 1383, a 24/7 reporting system for…