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...
A group of resort and restaurant owners have joined the municipal government of Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro in opposing the multi-million cruise ship port project due to possible adverse effects on livelihood and the environment. In a position paper, the White Beach Business Owners Association...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The municipality of Puerto Galera in this province was awarded by the Department of Tourism as the country’s foremost diving destination during the recent Philippine Tourism Excellence Awards for Dive Destination 2025-2027. Vice Mayor Rocky D. Ilagan received...
Public Works and Highways Secretary Vince Dizon expressed dismay after he discovered that a flood control project in Barangay Tagumpay, Naujan, Oriental Mindoro was damaged barely a year after it was built. “Clearly, hindi siya ghost. Mayroon naman, pero ang dami ko nakikita agad na major na...
