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...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The regional office of the Department of Agriculture here is doubling its efforts in assisting onion growers by inking an agreement with private storage facilities and a supermarket chain to address the problem of overproduction of onions that practically leads to...
A few hours after the latest Pulse Asia voter preference survey showed a nine-point jump in her numbers for March, Vice President Leni Robredo was seen dancing the traditional Mangyan dance in San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, during a campaign sortie on Wednesday, April 6. Vice President Leni Robredo...
The 22 fishermen, whose boat was rammed by a Chinese fishing vessel in the West Philippine Sea in 2019, issued a manifesto of support for the presidential bid of Vice President Leni Robredo. Vice President Leni Robredo holds a dialogue with Gem-Ver fishermen during a visit to Occidental Mindoro on...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro -- City Mayor Arnan C. Panaligan said the city was able to vaccinate 102,151 individuals, way beyond the city’s target under its COVID-19 vaccination program. Mayor Arnan Panaligan of Calapan City acknowledges the teamwork displayed by all city hall personnel...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Governor Humerlito A. Dolor has requested the Interagency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases to lower the quarantine classification of the province from Alert Level 2 to Level 1. Governor Humerlito A. Dolor has requested the Interagency...
(Phivolcs) The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) so far recorded 187 aftershocks following the 6.4-magnitude earthquake in Lubang, Occidental Mindoro on Monday morning, March 14. As of 3 p.m., Phivolcs said that of the 187 aftershocks recorded, 54 were plotted or located...
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported minor damages in Lubang, Occidental Mindoro after a magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the island province Monday morning, March 14. (Phivolcs) The NDRRMC National Operations Center said that assessment was on-going “to...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro –- A security guard was arrested here for allegedly threatening a beautician that he would post her nude photos on social media if she will refuse to have sex with him. The police identified the suspect as Johnjohn Walangsumbat, 21, a resident of Barangay...
