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...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines asserted that its security operations against suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Abra de Ilog, Occidental Mindoro on New Year’s Day, Jan. 1, were a legitimate response to armed threats despite criticisms from human rights groups and progressive...
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna – Military troops clashed with remnants of the communist dismantled New People’s Army (NPA) Komiteng Larangang Gerilya-Island Committee Mindoro (KLG-ICM) in Abra de Ilog, Occidental Mindoro on New Year’s Day, resulting in the wounding of a soldier. Troops from the...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The Oriental Mindoro Police Provincial Office has activated a special investigation task group to probe a road rage shooting incident that wounded two individuals, one of them a minor, in Naujan, Oriental Mindoro on Tuesday, Dec. 23. Police Col. Edison V. Revita,...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – A couple and their 10-year-old son were killed while a bystander was injured when a speeding van bumped the victims’ motorcycle on Friday, Dec. 19, in Pola town, this province. Police Major Florante M. Sugian II, chief of the Pola Municipal Police Station, said...
