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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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2 Drug Suspects Nabbed in Sablayan Buy-Bust Op
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25 Oriental Mindoro Students Receive DOST’s Junior Level Science Scholarships
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Criticism of Public Officials Not Defamatory Without Proof of Malice: Supreme Court
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Blackout Hits Large Parts of Occidental Mindoro; OMECO Gets Power from ORMECO
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Mapping Tech Reveals MIMAROPA’s 133,709 Hectares of Rice Fields
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Subic Fishermen Surrender P12-M Worth of Drugs Fished Off Lubang, Mindoro
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2 Drug Suspects Nabbed in Sablayan Buy-Bust Op
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25 Oriental Mindoro Students Receive DOST’s Junior Level Science Scholarships
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Criticism of Public Officials Not Defamatory Without Proof of Malice: Supreme Court
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Blackout Hits Large Parts of Occidental Mindoro; OMECO Gets Power from ORMECO
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Mapping Tech Reveals MIMAROPA’s 133,709 Hectares of Rice Fields
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Subic Fishermen Surrender P12-M Worth of Drugs Fished Off Lubang, Mindoro
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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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2 Drug Suspects Nabbed in Sablayan Buy-Bust Op
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25 Oriental Mindoro Students Receive DOST’s Junior Level Science Scholarships
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Criticism of Public Officials Not Defamatory Without Proof of Malice: Supreme Court
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Blackout Hits Large Parts of Occidental Mindoro; OMECO Gets Power from ORMECO
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Mapping Tech Reveals MIMAROPA’s 133,709 Hectares of Rice Fields
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Subic Fishermen Surrender P12-M Worth of Drugs Fished Off Lubang, Mindoro
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2 Drug Suspects Nabbed in Sablayan Buy-Bust Op
Two suspected drug peddlers were arrested during a buy-bust operation conducted by the Sablayan Municipal Police Station and the Occidental Mindoro Provincial Police Office on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024.…
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25 Oriental Mindoro Students Receive DOST’s Junior Level Science Scholarships
Twenty-five students from Oriental Mindoro have secured spots in the prestigious 2024 Junior Level Science Scholarships (JLSS) program, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) announced Thursday. These scholars,…
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Criticism of Public Officials Not Defamatory Without Proof of Malice: Supreme Court
The Philippine Supreme Court has acquitted a woman of grave oral defamation charges for criticizing a barangay official, ruling that statements against public officials related to their duties are…
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Blackout Hits Large Parts of Occidental Mindoro; OMECO Gets Power from ORMECO
Huge parts of Occidental Mindoro experienced power outages Wednesday afternoon due to a line fault in the National Power Corporation’s (NPC) 69kV transmission lines, the Occidental Mindoro Electric Cooperative…
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Mapping Tech Reveals MIMAROPA’s 133,709 Hectares of Rice Fields
The Philippines’ rice production landscape has shown regional variations, with MIMAROPA (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan) emerging as a major contributor, dedicating 133,709 hectares to rice cultivation in the first…
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Subic Fishermen Surrender P12-M Worth of Drugs Fished Off Lubang, Mindoro
Eight fishermen from Subic, Zambales surrendered approximately P12 million pesos worth of suspected methamphetamine (or shabu) to authorities on Monday night, after discovering the drugs floating near Lubang Island,…