SAN JOSE, Occidental Mindoro (PNA) – Provincial officials and concerned citizens on Saturday, July 1, pooled their hard-earned cash to put up an almost P500,000 bounty on information leading to the arrest of architecture student Eden Joy Villacete’s killers. VILLACETE (FB) The fund-raising...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Fifteen persons were injured in a restaurant explosion here on Thursday morning, June 29. Choy Aboboto, Calapan Public Safety Department head, said the blast occurred at Mr. Won Samgyupsal, a Korean restaurant at Xentro Mall at about 10:20 a.m. FIFTEEN persons...
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake hit Occidental Mindoro at 12:03 p.m. on Saturday, June 24, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) advised. Magnitude = 4 .2 | Depth = 003 km | Location = 13 .51°N , 120 .79°E - 010 km N 40° E of Abra De Ilog (Occidental Mindoro ) ...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) have provided a total of P740,000 to some 37 families that have been affected by the oil spill in in Naujan town in Oriental Mindoro. Naujan, Oriental Mindoro residents receive financial assistance...
Nearly four months since motor tanker (MT) Princess Empress sank and triggered a massive oil spill off Oriental Mindoro, the removal of oil from its cargoes has finally been completed, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) announced on Saturday, June 17, although monitoring is still being conducted due...
The siphoning operations of the remaining oil from the sunken MT Princess Empress in Oriental Mindoro is expected to be completed on June 19, a Coast Guard official said. Oriental Mindoro oil spill (Bongbong Marcos Twitter) “Hopefully we can beat the target or we can beat the deadline by June 19...
A fishing boat carrying 40 crew members was allegedly bumped by an unidentified vessel off Cabra Island in Occidental Mindoro on Tuesday, June 6. *(Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) * Fishing boat “Ron Kirby 4” was anchored at the vicinity waters of Cabra Island while its crew were engaged in...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – At least three individuals, including a police major and a provincial official, have been identified as persons of interest by the Special Investigation Task Group (SITG) formed to investigate the killing of radio commentator Crescenciano “Cris” Bundoquin in...
Police Gen. Benjamin Acorda Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), directed the special investigation task group (SITG) handling the case of a slain radio broadcaster in Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro to immediately arrest the remaining at-large gunman, noting that his order is a...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The suspect in the killing of a radio commentator in Oriental Mindoro who also died after a car chase was convicted for violation of the dangerous drugs law in 2015 but was released a year later, the Philippine National Police Special Investigation Task Group...
At least 125 liters of industrial fuel oil were extracted from motor tanker (MT) Princess Empress as dynamic support vessel (DSV) Fire Opal intensified its efforts to siphon the remaining oil from the sunken vessel, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) revealed Friday, June 2. *DSV Fire Opal extracts...
Two tugboats have been deployed in Oriental Mindoro to contain the oil sheens that were again monitored in the municipal waters of Naujan nearly three months since motor tanker (MT) Princess Empress sank and sparked a massive oil spill, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said. (Photo: PCG) The PCG...
