The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has recommended keeping the fishing ban imposed in Oriental Mindoro areas affected by the oil spill caused by the sinking of Motor Tanker (MT) Princess Empress. In BFAR's Oil Spill Bulletin No. 3 released Wednesday, April 27, the bureau cited...
Nearly 1,000 families from Pola, Oriental Mindoro who were affected by fishing ban due to an oil spill from the sunken M/T Princess Empress received P20,054 from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on Saturday, April 15. Courtesy of DSWD "The cash assistance is composed of the...
Around 19,000 fishermen affected by the recent oil spill in Oriental Mindoro are set to receive food assistance and undergo livelihood training that can help them move forward from the impact of the incident, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) revealed. In a television interview,...
President Duterte has publicly endorsed for the first time Senator Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go as his presidential bet for next year's elections. Senator Bong Go (standing) and President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte made the pronouncement on Thursday night, Nov. 18, during the...
Jonjon Sarmiento, aka Farmer Jon, is a sustainable agriculture advocate, a community organizer, and a climate crisis activist. He is also the man behind Kuatro MariaS’ Agroecology Farm in Oriental Mindoro. The farm is named after his four daughters and the four elements, with the capital “S”...
Jonjon Sarmiento, more popularly known as Farmer Jon, is a community organizer, volunteer manager of the SALIKA Farmers Cooperative, and sustainable agriculture farmer and advocate. Aside from running Kuatro MariaS Agriecology Farm in Oriental Mindoro, he also launched Padyak Touro: Krisis sa Klima...
Several schools in Oriental Mindoro have set up their own community pantries to help needy families and Mangyan communities. In a Facebook post, the Department of Education (DepEd) lauded the efforts of Managpi National High School (MNHS) and Nag-iba National High School (NNHS) for coming up with...
