CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Vice Mayor Alma C. Mirano of Bansud town, this province, said she will appear before the National Bureau of Investigation to explain her side regarding the case of a Department of Public Works and Highways engineer who was arrested last Nov. 23 in her rented...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The owner of the apartment building where a Department of Public Works and Highways engineer was arrested by National Bureau of Investigation agents said she is willing to cooperate with the authorities to shed light on the presence of the suspect in her property....
More than 40 individuals involved in flood control anomalies in Bulacan and Oriental Mindoro would likely stay in jail as early as November this year, Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon disclosed on Thursday, Nov. 13. Dizon said criminal charges related to the...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Authorities seized almost a ton of hot meat in this city on Tuesday night. A driver is facing criminal charges for transporting the contraband weighing 763 kilos and worth P350,000 from Batangas to this city in a jeepney. Police said a jeepney with license plates...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The town council of Puerto Galera has urged Congress to reapportion the current first congressional district for the creation of a new district to achieve focused legislation and equitable resource distribution. In a one-page resolution, the Sangguniang Bayan...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The lone suspect in the shooting of a former policeman on Thursday, Oct. 30, in Bansud, this province, is now under the custody of the police after he voluntarily gave himself up to local authorities. Major Clyde B. Kalyawen, chief of the Bansud Municipal Police...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – A former policeman was shot and wounded in Bansud, this province, on Thursday morning, Oct. 30. Police Major Clyde B. Kalyawen, Bansud Municipal Police Station chief, identified the victim as Elmar Sumo, married. Kalyawen said the victim was driving a Toyota...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Mayor Robinhood D. Ylagan of Puerto Galera, this province, has appealed to Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Vince Dizon to immediately resume road rehabilitation activities in four barangays in his town to ensure the safety of the public and the...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Gov. Humerlito A. Dolor has ordered an in-depth investigation over the death of a newborn baby boy at the provincial hospital here. In a social media post, Dolor said he will dig deeper to the bottom of the case. The baby’s father, a 20-year-old resident of...
Gov. Humerlito A. Dolor has approved an ordinance prohibiting sand mining and dredging in the coastline and municipal waters of the province, ending speculations that he was supporting large-scale seabed mining and other forms of destructive extraction of minerals from coastal areas. Dolor recently...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The provincial government reported P1 billion in damage to agriculture from tropical cyclone “Opong.” Gov. Humerlito A. Dolor reported that some 16,752 farmers and fishermen were severely affected and private properties, particularly in southern part of the...
Oriental Mindoro declared a state of calamity on Monday, days after tropical cyclone “Opong” slammed into the province and caused widespread destruction. The Sangguniang Panlalawigan led by Vice Gov. Antonio “Jojo” Perez Jr. approved Provincial Resolution No. 7938-2025 during its 13th...
