Mindoro 2025 Elections
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Post-2025 Midterm Outlook: Lakas CMD Emerges, GSM Falters, Umali Strengthens Hold
BY ROMEL “DIREK” FERRIOL BERNARDO The political landscape in Oriental Mindoro has dramatically shifted following the 2025 midterm elections, redrawing power lines across the province and ushering in a new bloc of dominant players. Governor…
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Pinamalayan’s Mayoral Deadlock: C3’s Hairline Lead Faces Magsino’s Push and Servando’s Youth Surge
𝑊ℎ𝑜’𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑒𝑡? 𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑎 ℎ𝑎𝑖𝑟𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑡ℎ 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑏𝑒ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑆𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑜, 𝑃𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑎𝑛’𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑦𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠ℎ. By Romel “Direk” BernardoFounder, Mindoro Today At first glance,…
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Oriental Mindoro Governor Race Begins as Orven Rabino Files COC
Business leader Orven Rabino filed his Certificate of Candidacy (COC) for the gubernatorial race in Oriental Mindoro on Monday, October 7, marking the first official candidacy for the province’s top position in the 2025 elections.…
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.
