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...
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...
