Who says Safer Cities is only for Metro Manila and urban areas? The peace and order initiative is working in Mimaropa with a 23 percent decline in crime incidents since the implementation of the program in the region on April 6, a top police official said in what he described as Safer Islands...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The multi-million flood control scandal that put this province in the spotlight last year was one of the factors that triggered a .2 percent decline in the Mimaropa (Oriental Mindoro, Occidental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, and Palawan) region’s Gross Domestic...
Around P3.3 million worth of fuel subsidy will be directly downloaded to 28 groups of drivers and operators of public utility vehicles (PUVs) in Mimaropa region as part of the intervention measures amid complaints of slow distribution of cash assistance. Vigor D. Mendoza II, chairman of the Land...
Gaslighting and disinformation are among the biggest threats in the fight for the West Philippine Sea—and the head of the police forces in Mimaropa will not take it sitting down. On Saturday, April 18, Mimaropa regional director Brig. Gen. Jovencio Badua, Jr. led a regionwide activity as part of...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is also setting up a regional prosecution office (RPO) in Region IV-B, the Mimaropa Region. The provinces of Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, and Palawan are within Mimaropa. DOJ Acting Secretary Fredderick A. Vida said the Mimaropa RPO is...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Manuel M. Bonoan has appointed Engr. Editha R. Babaran as the new officer-in-charge regional director of the DPWH-Mimaropa (Oriental Mindoro, Occidental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, and Palawan) following a Senate...
Mimaropa police regional director Brig. Gen. Roger Quesada (photo: PRO-Mimaropa) At least 1,200 policemen were deployed in various transportation hubs, churches and places of convergence in the Mimaropa region as part of the security measures for the Holy Week. Police Brig. Gen. Roger Quesada,...
Police Brig. Gen. Anthony A. Aberin, director of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), ordered all police commanders in Metro Manila to beef up the intelligence monitoring against the possible misuse of government resources as part of the security measures against vote-buying and...
The Mimaropa region remains free from election-related violent incidents since the start of the election period on Jan. 12, a police official said on Wednesday, Feb. 19. Police Brig. Gen. Roger L. Quesada, director of the Police Regional Office 4B, attributed the peace and order accomplishment to...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Seventy-four linemen from electric cooperatives in the Mimaropa (Oriental Mindoro, Occidental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, and Palawan) region are competing in the first inter-electric cooperative linemen rodeo contest from Jan. 30 to 31 in San Teodoro,...
Police Brig. Gen. Roger L. Quesada, director of the Police Regional Office 4B, has ordered all commanders in five provinces of the region to intensify the security measures to ensure a peaceful and orderly conduct of midterm elections on May 12. The election period already started on Jan. 12 and...
President Marcos has assured the people of Mimaropa that his administration is undertaking more key infrastructure projects to boost the region's economy. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) Speaking at the distribution of financial aid in Palawan on Thursday, July 18, the...