CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The National Electrification Administration (NEA) has approved the issuance of notice of award (NOA) to six power companies that will start constructing additional power plants after winning in the bidding of 57 megawatts (MWs) guaranteed dependable power capacity...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – A prominent Filipino-Chinese businessman known for his philanthropic activities was killed in a fire that razed his house and grocery store in Pinamalayan town, this province, before dawn on Tuesday, Feb. 4. THE late Arsenio King (right), a prominent businessman...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Seventy-four linemen from electric cooperatives in the Mimaropa (Oriental Mindoro, Occidental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, and Palawan) region are competing in the first inter-electric cooperative linemen rodeo contest from Jan. 30 to 31 in San Teodoro,...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Police on Friday, Jan. 10, filed murder charges against the principal suspect in the killing of Southeast Asian Games gold medalist Mervin Guarte on Jan. 7. THE Philippine Air Force will pay tribute to slain Southeast Asian gold medalist Mervin Guarte in a...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – A 22-year-old criminology student facing a rape case was shot dead on Thursday night, Jan. 9, in Pinamalayan town, Oriental Mindoro province. A CRIMINOLOGY student was allegedly gunned down by the relative of a rape victim in Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro on Jan....
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Police have formed two tracker teams to capture the suspect in the murder of Southeast Asian Games gold medalist Mervin M. Guarte here on Tuesday, Jan. 7. THE city government of Calapan led by Mayor Malou Morillo recognized Mervin Guarte’s achievement in...
Mervin Guarte (Courtesy of Philippine Air Force) The Philippine Air Force (PAF) on Wednesday, Jan. 8, mourned the passing of national team athlete and Airman First Class (A1C) Mervin Guarte. The 33-year-old sprinter and obstacle course racer (OCR) died after being stabbed by an unknown assailant in...
Oriental Mindoro Gov. Humerlito “Bonz” Dolor condemned the murder of national athlete and Southeast Asian Games multi-medalist Mervin Guarte on Tuesday, Jan. 7. “Paalam Mervin Guarte! (Goodbye Mervin Guarte)” Dolor said in a Facebook post. GUARTE (left) and Dolor. (FB) “Hustisya...
The municipality of Baco in Oriental Mindoro has declared a state of calamity due to severe flooding caused by tropical depression “Romina.” The Sangguniang Bayan formalized the declaration through Resolution No. 290-2024. It will enable the local government to access emergency funds and...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Former Sen. Leila de Lima said she is confident that the International Criminal Court will issue warrants of arrest against former President Rodrigo Duterte and several others for alleged violation of international humanitarian law despite the creation of a...
Police Col. Edison V. Revita, Oriental Mindoro police chief, has ordered a deeper investigation on the recent murder of an elderly couple in Purok Lapnag, Sitio San Miguel, Barangay Maujao, Bulalacao, Oriental Mindoro. REVITA Revita identified the victims as Lorenzo Bautista, 79, a retired teacher,...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Two alleged big-time distributors of shabu in Metro Manila were arrested in a buy-bust operation by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Oriental Mindoro in Barangay Dangay, Roxas town, Oriental Mindoro province, on Saturday, Nov. 30. TWO big-time...
