Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has proposed solutions to the daily intermittent power outage in Occidental Mindoro as the power crisis has affected hospital operations amid a dengue outbreak as well as rising Covid-19 cases. One solution, according to Gatchalian, is for the National Power Corporation...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Tuesday, July 5 said he will seek a Senate inquiry into the power supply problems in Occidental Mindoro plaguing the province for several years now. Gatchalian made the promise even as he noted that the province’s power supply has been restored after it was hit by a...
Presidential candidate Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday, April 26, said she plans to boost the local production of fertilizers or “abono” so farmers won’t suffer from high importation costs that eat away at their profits. Vice President Leni Robredo speaks before supporters at the...
Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP) standard-bearer Bongbong Marcos has vowed to address the biggest headache of Occidental Mindoro residents--exorbitant electricity rates. (Kai Gradert/ Unsplash) Marcos was able to touch base with local folk during a quick swing to the province Wednesday, April 20....
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Four drug suspects were arrested on Sunday, April 17, 2022, including three in a buy-bust operation, and one at a Commission on Elections (Comelec) checkpoint in Occidental Mindoro. Twenty-two year-old Raniel Liedo, a vacationer from Tondo, Manila is being frisked...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The regional office of the Department of Agriculture here is doubling its efforts in assisting onion growers by inking an agreement with private storage facilities and a supermarket chain to address the problem of overproduction of onions that practically leads to...
A few hours after the latest Pulse Asia voter preference survey showed a nine-point jump in her numbers for March, Vice President Leni Robredo was seen dancing the traditional Mangyan dance in San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, during a campaign sortie on Wednesday, April 6. Vice President Leni Robredo...
The 22 fishermen, whose boat was rammed by a Chinese fishing vessel in the West Philippine Sea in 2019, issued a manifesto of support for the presidential bid of Vice President Leni Robredo. Vice President Leni Robredo holds a dialogue with Gem-Ver fishermen during a visit to Occidental Mindoro on...
(Phivolcs) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) so far recorded 187 aftershocks following the 6.4-magnitude earthquake in Lubang, Occidental Mindoro on Monday morning, March 14. As of 3 p.m., Phivolcs said that of the 187 aftershocks recorded, 54 were plotted or located...
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported minor damages in Lubang, Occidental Mindoro after a magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the island province Monday morning, March 14. (Phivolcs) The NDRRMC National Operations Center said that assessment was on-going “to...
(PHIVOLCS) A moderately strong earthquake measuring 5.3-magnitude on the Richter scale jolted Occidental Mindoro on Monday afternoon, Feb. 21, said the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). In its initial bulletin, Phivolcs said the epicenter of the earthquake was traced 16...
(File Photo / Phivolcs) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) updated its bulletin noting that the earthquake that jolted Occidental Mindoro on Tuesday, Dec. 21 was recorded with a magnitude of 5.1 instead of 4.8 as reported earlier. The epicenter of the said quake was...
