Two Oriental Mindoro congressmen have pushed measures to stop the entry of companies that may be contracted to conduct large-scale mining in Mindoro. Rep. Arnan C. Panaligan of the first district said he will refile House Bill 3891 that he introduced in 2022 declaring the entire Mindoro Island as...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The Provincial Board of Canvassers has officially proclaimed the winners in the May 12 elections in this province. Proclaimed were Reps. Arnan C. Panaligan and Alfonso V. Umali Jr. of the first and second districts, respectively. Panaligan ran unopposed while Rep....
NAUJAN, Oriental Mindoro – The Police Regional Office 4-B mourned the death of two police officers from the Regional Mobile Force Battalion 4-B in a lightning strike here on Wednesday night, May 14. “It is with profound sadness that we confirm the untimely passing of two dedicated members of...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Occidental Mindoro Gov. Eduardo B. Gadiano on Monday, April 21, temporarily stopped sand-dredging operations in the sea of Rizal town after a vessel capsized last April 15 that resulted into the death of at least nine crew members. THE Philippine Coast...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Eighty-two out of 134 infrastructure projects in the second district of Oriental Mindoro were awarded to winning contractors before the ban on public works projects took effect on March 28, the start of the 45-day local campaign period in the May elections, the...
(Photo: PCG) (UPDATED STORY) Three more cadavers were recovered from the capsized sand carrier MV Hong Hai 16 in the waters of Rizal, Occidental Mindoro, raising even further the death toll to nine, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported Easter Sunday, April 20. The PCG said the first cadaver...
Philippine coast Guard personnel deploy oil spill booms around the capsized MV Hong Hai 16 in Rizal, Occidental Mindoro on April 18, 2025 to mitigate the potential spread of any oil contaminants. (Photo: PCG) Two additional crew members were found dead from the capsized sand carrier MV Hong Hai 16...
Philippine Coast Guard personnel retrieve the body of a crew member of MV Hong Hai 16 in the waters of Rizal, Occidental Mindoro on April 17, 2025. (Photo: PCG) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Black Friday, April 18, that it has issued a demand letter to the ship owner of MV Hong Hai 16 to...
(Courtesy of PCG) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) retrieved on Wednesday, April 16, the cadaver of a second crew member of a sand carrier vessel that capsized off Rizal, Occidental Mindoro. MV Hong Hai 16 capsized at approximately 100 meters from the shoreline of Barangay Malawaan around 5:20 p.m....
A crew member died and 10 others remain missing after a sand carrier vessel sunk in the sea of Barangay Malawaan, Rizal, Occidental Mindoro on Tuesday afternoon, April 15, the Philippine Coast Guard said. MV Hong Hai (PCG photo) The body of the victim, Chinese, was recovered in a search and...
Actor Coco Martin endorsed the FPJ Panday Bayanihan and reelectionist Oriental Mindoro Gov. Humerlito Dolor during the grand rally of the party-list in Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro on Saturday, April 12. ACTOR Coco Martin (right) aired support for Oriental Mindoro Gov. Bonz Dolor (left) and wife...
Fire responders from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and crew members battle a blaze that occurred aboard passenger ship MV Roro Master 2 at the Port of Abra de Ilog in Occidental Mindoro on April 9, 2025. (Photo: PCG) A fire broke out aboard a passenger ship carrying 67 individuals at the Port of...
