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CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Police arrested Friday a couple who allegedly blackmailed a police trainee in Mindoro by threatening to post his lewd video on social media.

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The local government of Puerto Galera has imposed a new set of curfew hours for minors, adults and senior citizens in its bid to increase the operational hours of business, and boost the local economy, starting Thursday, January 21.

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The head of the Southern Luzon Command (SOLCOM) of the Armed Forces of the Philippines said Mindoro is now the center of the government's war against the communist New People’s Army following the discovery of the rebels’ plan to make the island as its regional base.

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The city government here has allocated an initial amount of P25 million for the procurement of affordable and approved vaccines for COVID-19 from authorized manufacturers.

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Five crew members of a small vessel that was bound for Batangas from Romblon were rescued by a passing cargo ship when their boat was partly submerged due to rough seas off the coast of Calapan City last Thursday.

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Governor Humerlito A. Dolor has formed a special task force to directly address the problem on flooding that caused widespread destruction in several barangays, particularly in the first district, as an after-effect of the recent typhoons and monsoon rains that crossed the province.

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The city government of Calapan yesterday reported 15 new positive cases of COVID-19, seven of whom are personnel of a government hospital.

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Former House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano has alloted a total of P110 million for the construction of two big projects in the province that are intended to boost its tourism and economy.

PUERTO GALERA, Oriental Mindoro -– The municipal engineer of this premier tourist town has recommended the abandonment of the whole public market building which was gutted by fire on Monday and rendered unsafe for use.

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The ground-breaking for a P60-million heritage museum that will showcase the province’s unique history and rich culture dating back to pre-Hispanic times was held last Sunday, November 15, as part of Oriental Mindoro’s 70th founding anniversary.

CALAPAN CITY – Governor Humerlito A. Dolor acknowledged that the new Malasakit Center, which was inaugurated recently here, will play a vital role in the implementation of efficient health and social welfare programs of the province as it is expected to benefit the majority of his constituents particularly indigent families.

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro - A 53-year-old businessman will be charged with attempted murder after he tried to kill Occidental Mindoro Governor Eduardo B. Gadiano with a knife inside the governor's office in Mamburao, Occidental Mindoro on Tuesday, September 1.

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The entire city of Calapan is now under a modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) status after the Regional Inter-agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (RIATF-EID) approved the request of Mayor Arnan C. Panaligan to place it under lockdown for 14 days.

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The city police station here was put under lockdown on Saturday after four police trainees, a police officer, and a non-uniformed personnel (NUP) tested positive for coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19).

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The provincial capitol here has been put under lockdown Monday after the brother of Oriental Mindoro Governor Humerlito A. Dolor, who is also the provincial administrator, tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).