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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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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 Mindoro recorded 1,079 cases from January 2025 to early October 2025,…
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Mindoro Shrimp Farm Secures Government Tech Support
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Fishing Ban Imposed on Rare and Endangered Species
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115 Days Before Elections: BJMP, Comelec Hold Voter Education for PDLs in San Jose
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Drug Pusher Arrested in San Jose Buy-Bust Operation
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Maritime Police Launch School in a Boat Project to Educate Coastal Youth
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Senator Bong Go Inaugurates Super Health Center in Mamburao
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Mindoro Shrimp Farm Secures Government Tech Support
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Fishing Ban Imposed on Rare and Endangered Species
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115 Days Before Elections: BJMP, Comelec Hold Voter Education for PDLs in San Jose
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Drug Pusher Arrested in San Jose Buy-Bust Operation
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Maritime Police Launch School in a Boat Project to Educate Coastal Youth
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Senator Bong Go Inaugurates Super Health Center in Mamburao
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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,…
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Mindoro Shrimp Farm Secures Government Tech Support
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Fishing Ban Imposed on Rare and Endangered Species
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115 Days Before Elections: BJMP, Comelec Hold Voter Education for PDLs in San Jose
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Drug Pusher Arrested in San Jose Buy-Bust Operation
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Maritime Police Launch School in a Boat Project to Educate Coastal Youth
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Senator Bong Go Inaugurates Super Health Center in Mamburao
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Mindoro Shrimp Farm Secures Government Tech Support
A family-run shrimp farm in Oriental Mindoro has won crucial government backing to modernize its operations, in a move that could boost the country’s’ growing aquaculture sector. JEB Aqua…
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Fishing Ban Imposed on Rare and Endangered Species
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has recently released Fisheries Administrative Order (FAO) 208-1, series of 2024, imposing a comprehensive ban on activities involving certain rare and…
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115 Days Before Elections: BJMP, Comelec Hold Voter Education for PDLs in San Jose
SAN JOSE, Occidental Mindoro — With just 115 days before the 2025 National and Local Elections, the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) and the Commission on Elections…
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Drug Pusher Arrested in San Jose Buy-Bust Operation
A 44-year-old man was apprehended in a joint anti-drug operation on Sunday in Barangay Lacurva, San Jose, Occidental Mindoro. Agents from the Municipal Drug Enforcement Team (MDET) of the…
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Maritime Police Launch School in a Boat Project to Educate Coastal Youth
Philippine maritime police have launched an innovative “School in a Boat Project” to bring education to out-of-school youth in coastal areas of Occidental Mindoro province, officials said Saturday. For…
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Senator Bong Go Inaugurates Super Health Center in Mamburao
Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go, also known as “Mr. Malasakit”, arrived in Occidental Mindoro today to formally inaugurate and bless the new Super Health Center in the town of…