CAMP NAKAR, Lucena City – Troops clashed with the New People’s Army (NPA) in Barangay Iriron, Calintaan, Occidental Mindoro Wednesday, August 3, and recovered guns and grenades following a brief gunfight. Brig. Gen. Jose Augusto Villareal, commanding general of the Army 203rd Infantry...
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...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro -- Former Oriental Mindoro Congressman Rodolfo G. Valencia has proposed the use of coal as the most practical and economically-viable solution to end the power crisis in Mindoro island. Former Oriental Mindoro Congressman Rodolfo Valencia stresses a point in his...
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...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro -- Three members of the elite Special Action Force of the Philippine National Police were wounded in an encounter with an undetermined number of New People’s Army rebels in Bongabong town on Thursday morning, June 9. PNP-SAF, NPA ENCOUNTER IN MINDORO. Elite troopers...
Actor Ejay Falcon has been elected as Vice Governor of Oriental Mindoro. On his social media account, the Kapamilya star, who rose to fame after winning "Pinoy Big Brother" in 2008, extended gratitude to supporters. "Sa lahat po ng nanindigan, nagpakita ng suporta, nagtiwala, nagmahal at bukas...
With a voting population of less than 15,000 people, Lubang Island in Occidental Mindoro isn’t a place most national candidates will likely visit, but Vice President Leni Robredo wanted to make sure people there realize the kind of government she is offering—a government willing to go down to...
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...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Former senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has pledged he will pursue the multi-million “superbridge” that will link Mindoro island with mainland Luzon through Batangas province if he is elected president this May. Marcos said the ambitious bridge project, which is...
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...
Gen. Andres Centino, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), instructed the entire military force to further intensify their security operations against communist and local terrorist groups as the May 9 national and local elections draw near. General Andres Centino, Chief of...
