CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The Department of Public Works and Highways-Southern Mindoro District Engineering Office assured that its mandate to protect the lives of people thru flood control projects continues amid controversies hounding the Department of Public Works and Highways...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Department of Public Works and Highways-Mimaropa (Oriental Mindoro, Occidental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, and Palawan) Regional Director Gerald A. Pacanan has relieved the project engineer and his staff following complaints on the structural design and quality...
Oriental Mindoro Gov. Humerlito “Bonz” Dolor inspected several dikes in the province over the weekend and was dismayed over their damaged condition. Dolor visited a dike in Naujan but a security guard initially refused to let him visit due to lack of authority from the Department of Public...
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief, General Romeo Barwner Jr. rallied soldiers in Oriental Mindoro on Thursday, Aug. 14, to press on with their relentless campaign against insurgency even after the death of their three comrades during a recent encounter with the New People’s Army (NPA)....
A rocket debris bearing the Chinese flag was found floating along the shoreline of Looc, Occidental Mindoro on Thursday, Aug. 14. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said a local fisherman discovered the rocket debris believed to be from China’s Long March 7A rocket launch last month. The incident...
Vice President Sara Duterte warned Filipinos against the threats of insurgency and urged them to strengthen their communities’ response against it after three soldiers of the Philippine Army were killed in a recent clash with the New People’s Army (NPA) in Baco, Oriental Mindoro. In a...
A military officer and two enlisted personnel were killed when a firefight broke out between the Philippine Army (PA) and New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Baco, Oriental Mindoro on Tuesday, Aug. 12. The PA identified the slain soldiers as Captain Marky John O. Alberto, Corporal Charlie P....
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The Department of Public Works and Highways Southern Mindoro District Engineering Office recently reported that 153 infrastructure projects worth P2 billion have been partially completed as of July 31. District Engineer Annielyn E. Padullo, in a report to...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The mayor of Puerto Galera, this province, has issued a cease-and-desist order against the construction of a multi-million port that can accommodate cruise ships for alleged violations of a national law and local ordinances. In a one-page order dated July 28,...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The Sangguniang Panlalawigan on Friday, July 25, placed the entire province of Oriental Mindoro under a state of calamity for one year due to rains and flood from the southwest monsoon or ‘’habagat’’ and tropical cyclones ‘’Dante’’ and...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office reported on Thursday, July 24, that at least nine towns were severely affected by massive flooding due to intense rainfall from the southwest monsoon or ‘’habagat’’ with Calapan City and Naujan town...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Asian Terminals Inc.-Batangas (ATIB), the operator of the Batangas International Port, cited huge operational expenses as justification for its plan to increase passenger terminal fee from P30 to P100. In an interview with a local vlogger here, Dominador...
