Residents of Sitio Akliyan and Sitio Panluan in Oriental Mindoro will soon cross the river safely as the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) plans to build a steel bridge to replace a fragile bamboo structure that has long threatened daily travel. DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon said the...
Three fishermen who were reported missing in the waters off Occidental Mindoro were rescued while one of their companions was found dead after their boat drifted for five days due to engine failure, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported on Saturday, Feb. 14. The PCG said it received a radio...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – A member of the board of directors of the provincial electric cooperative was gunned down on Friday night, Feb. 13, in Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro. Police Col. Edison V. Revita, provincial police chief, identified the victim as Antonio M. Mendeja, a director of...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Vice-Mayor Jose Ildefonso Maliwanag of Mansalay town, this province, has requested the two congressmen of this province to make the municipality of Bansud in the central part of Oriental Mindoro as the site of the proposed regional hospital. Maliwanag said Bansud,...
The contractor behind a flood control project in Naujan, Oriental Mindoro, will be held liable after inspections revealed substandard construction, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said on Monday, Jan. 26. DPWH Secretary Vince Dizon identified the contractor as New Big Four J...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Gov. Humerlito A. Dolor identified two more alleged anomalous flood control projects amounting to P422-million as possible main causes of perennial floodings in the towns of Victoria and Naujan, this province. Dolor said these are located in Barangay San Andres,...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Nineteen security guards assigned to the allegedly anomalous multi-million flood control projects by Sunwest Inc. in Naujan and Bongabong towns in Oriental Mindoro have filed individual complaints before the Department of Labor and Employment against their...
Government evidence against officials behind the P289-million Oriental Mindoro road dike is “rock solid,” Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon said on Tuesday, Jan. 20, as inspections found the project substandard and at risk of collapse. Dizon made the remarks...
The mayor of Abra de Ilog, Occidental Mindoro has denied online claims that Mangyan Iraya children were killed during the New Year 's Day encounters between government troops and New People’s Army (NPA) elements, the Philippine Army (PA) said on Wednesday, Jan. 14. According to the 2nd...
Despite calls by various human rights groups for her release from military custody, a young Filipino-American activist rescued by the Philippine Army (PA) after a deadly operation in Occidental Mindoro has opted to remain at a military hospital to undergo medical treatment following days of...
The Philippine Army (PA) said it rescued a Filipino-American activist who was reported missing during military operations against suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Abra de Ilog, Occidental Mindoro on New Year’s Day but a human rights group disputed the claim and alleged the recovery...
CAMP NAKAR, Lucena City – The Armed Forces Southern Luzon Command said on Saturday, Jan. 3, that the three consecutive encounters with the New People’s Army (NPA) in Sitio Mamara, Barangay Cabacao, Abra de llog, Occidental Mindoro, on New Year’s Day were legitimate military operations against...
