Rice
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NFA: Rice reserves sufficient in Occidental Mindoro
Officials in Occidental Mindoro have said they have stockpiled 869,000 bags of unmilled rice and 90,000 bags of milled rice – enough for 144 days based on daily consumption patterns. “If we mill all the…
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Mindoro to Ship 80,000 Rice Bags to Visayas for P20-per-kilo Program
The National Food Authority (NFA) in Occidental Mindoro is preparing to dispatch 80,000 bags of rice to the Visayas region to supply the government’s P20-per-kilogram rice program, officials confirmed Tuesday. The shipments, currently undergoing fumigation…
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NFA Manager in Mindoro Sacked Over Tons of Unmilled Rice
A top food authority official in Mindoro has been dismissed following the discovery of thousands of bags of unmilled rice left in storage for two years, amid a national food security crisis. Department of Agriculture…
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Oriental Mindoro: The Next Big Thing in Agri-Tourism in Southern Tagalog
Written by the late Randy V. Urlanda for the predecessor of this news portal in June 2020 More than a decade ago, a former mayor of a big town in Mindoro, who requested anonymity, showed…
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.
