CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – A looming power shutdown in Occidental Mindoro scheduled at the start of the year was averted after the National Electrification Administration (NEA) promised to intervene for the immediate release of a government subsidy to a disgruntled power provider in the...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go was hailed an adopted son of Enrile, Cagayan and Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro through resolutions filed by the towns' respective Sangguniang Bayans. The recognitions were presented to him during his visits to Enrile on December 18 and in Sablayan on December 19....
PRAY (Unsplash) Pope Francis named Fr. Pablito Tagura as new Apostolic Vicar of the Apostolic Vicariate of San Jose in Occidental Mindoro, the news arm of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) reported. According to the CBCP News, the appointment was made public in Rome on...
DOLOR (FB) CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Gov. Humerlito “Bonz” A. Dolor has approved an ordinance allowing the extraction or removal of armour or volcanic rocks in some areas in the province. Dolor signed Proposed Ordinance No. 145-2022 last Dec. 2 and ended speculations that he will veto...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Police arrested a man wanted for child pornography in the Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, and Palawan area (Mimaropa) in Paranaque City on Thursday, Dec. 1. Brig. Gen. Sidney Hernia, Mimaropa police regional director, identified the suspect as Rodel D. Ulan, 19,...
Alternergy Holdings Corporation, a Filipino-led pioneer renewable energy (RE) company via its subsidiary Pililla AVPC Corporation (PACO) and Shell Overseas Investment B.V. have formally sealed their "investment marriage" for prospective offshore wind farm development at the Calavite Passage in...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The Police Regional Office 4-B (Occidental and Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, and Palawan area) has reported that 141 New People’s Army rebels in the region have surrendered since January. The latest surrenderers were three communist guerrillas operating...
There is a “high likelihood” that the debris found in Busuanga, Palawan and Calintaan, Occidental Mindoro were unburned parts of China's Long March 5B rocket, said the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA). (Photo courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) PhilSA specifically pointed out that the debris...
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) will bring its mobile services to Gloria, Oriental Mindoro in September. (PRC / Manila Bulletin) The Commission confirmed this in an advisory, adding that it will be spearheaded by PRC MIMAROPA. The said initiative will be held from Sept. 17 until Sept....
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – A man wanted for shooting a police intelligence officer in Sitio Tiwi, Barangay Matungao in Socorro town surrendered to authorities on Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 17, after two days of hiding. Col. Samuel Delorino, newly-designated acting provincial director of...
Senator Risa Hontiveros said Wednesday, Aug. 10, that she wants power suppliers and government agencies summoned for the upcoming Senate hearing on the power crisis in Oriental Mindoro. Aside from the Oriental Mindoro Electric Cooperative (Ormeco), Hontiveros also wants representatives from...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro -- The local electric cooperative here has entered into an agreement with two independent power producers (IPPs) to supply electricity that hopefully will solve the power crisis in the province. ORMECO officials led by its Board of Directors president Teodoro M. de la...
