Jerry Alcayde

Extreme heat prompts Oriental Mindoro governor to suspend classes on April 24

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Gov. Humerlito Dolor suspended face-to-face classes in pre-school, elementary, high school, and senior high school in private and public schools in this province on Wednesday, April 24, due to extreme heat.

Oriental Mindoro opposes power rate hike

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The provincial government has filed a petition before the Energy Regulatory Commission opposing the move of the National Power Corp. to increase electricity rates in areas outside the main Luzon grid by as much as 36 percent.

SUV catches fires at parking lot of Calapan City mall

    The incident, which was captured live on camera by vloggers and on-lookers nearby, showed the SUV being engulfed in fire and thick smoke as it was parked at a mall in Barangay Sto. Nino.

Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fair launched in Oriental Mindoro

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – This province received a total of P585-million worth of programs and services on Saturday, March 9, during the launching of the Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fair, the country’s biggest service caravan which aims to cover all 82 provinces nationwide, in Oriental Mindoro.

2 dead as fast craft, water taxi collide at sea

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – A water taxi carrying five foreign passengers collided with a fast craft vessel in the sea between Batangas and Mindoro, killing the taxi boat’s captain and one crew member on Wednesday, January 31.