Fishing ban stays in 6 Oriental Mindoro areas; lifted in 7 other towns
CITY OF CALAPAN—Oriental Mindoro Gov. Humerlito Dolor on Monday lifted the fishing ban in at least seven towns in the province, saying the coastal waters in these areas were already “within acceptable...
View ArticleOwner of MT Princess Empress no-show in House probe
MANILA, Philippines — The owner of the sunken oil tanker which caused an oil spill in the waters of Oriental Mindoro was a no show at a House of Representatives hearing on Tuesday, much to the dismay...
View ArticleDENR, 5 provinces want ‘highest level of protection’ for Verde Island Passage...
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and five provincial governments are pushing for a law to make the Verde Island Passage (VIP) a protected area. DENR...
View ArticleOver 84% of coastline hit by Mindoro oil spill now cleaned -Palace
The clean up of the coastline of Mindoro Oriental, which was affected by an oil spill, is nearly complete. Presidential Communications Office (PCO) reported 62 kilometers of the 74 kilometers of...
View ArticleDA-BFAR: Fishing ban must continue in oil spill-hit Oriental Mindoro areas
MANILA, Philippines— Due to the risk of contamination, the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) has recommended a sustained fishing ban in more than half of the...
View ArticleAlleged former NPA rebel surrenders to police in Oriental Mindoro town
CITY OF CALAPAN — An alleged former communist rebel voluntarily surrendered with his firearms and bullets to police in San Teodoro town, Oriental Mindoro province, on Saturday, May 27. This was...
View ArticleProvincial gov’t lifts fishing ban in Oriental Mindoro towns cleared of oil...
CITY OF CALAPAN – The fishing ban imposed due to the oil spill which came from the sunken MT Princess Empress in February was lifted in three more towns in Oriental Mindoro, according to a social media...
View ArticleMimaropa cops give over P1 million to oil spill-affected Mindoro residents
MANILA, Philippines — The Police Regional Office (PRO) of Region 4-B or Mimaropa donated over P1 million in cash to the provincial government of Oriental Mindoro. The fund is meant to help the...
View ArticleOccidental Mindoro suspends classes at all levels amid constant rain
MANILA, Philippines — All local government units of Occidental Mindoro have suspended classes on Wednesday due to bad weather. “As of 8:00 AM ngayong araw, Mayo 31, 2023, idineklara na rin ng lahat ng...
View ArticleEx-rebel yields in Oriental Mindoro town
CITY OF CALAPAN — A former New People’s Army (NPA) rebel surrendered on Wednesday to police in Bulalacao town in Oriental Mindoro province, a report from the Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan...
View ArticleCHR condemns shooting of Oriental Mindoro radioman, launches probe
MANILA, Philippines— The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) decried the “brazen media killing” of veteran radio broadcaster Cresenciano Aldovino Bunduquin in Oriental Mindoro. CHR has also begun an...
View ArticleSuspect in Oriental Mindoro radioman’s killing exposed via photo on motorbike...
MANILA, Philippines — The gunman responsible for the killing of a radio commentator in Oriental Mindoro has been identified through a single photo discovered in his motorcycle’s top box, according to...
View ArticleDSWD rolls out P12k cash aid for over 200 Mindoro fishers hit by oil spill
MANILA, Philippines— Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has distributed cash assistance of P12,236 each to some 246 oil spill-hit fishers with motorized boats from Roxas, Oriental...
View Article2 NPA rebels yield in Palawan, Oriental Mindoro
CITY OF CALAPAN – Two New People’s Army (NPA) rebels surrendered to authorities on Saturday in Palawan and Oriental Mindoro, police reports said Sunday. “Ka Ernie/Ivan,” a former member of NPA’s...
View ArticlePNP: Mindoro radioman’s shooter identified; case prepared for filing
MANILA, Philippines — The gunman in the murder of a radio commentator in Oriental Mindoro has now been identified and authorities are preparing charges against the suspect, Philippine National Police...
View ArticleP150,000 bounty for arrest of Oriental Mindoro radioman’s killer
MANILA, Philippines — A P150,000 reward awaits anyone with vital information that will lead to the arrest of the suspect behind the killing of radio broadcaster Cresenciano Aldovino Bunduquin last May...
View Article3 more suspects eyed in radioman killing
CITY OF CALAPAN—At least three more persons of interest are being investigated for their role in the May 31 murder of radio commentator Cresenciano Bunduquin in this capital city of Oriental Mindoro....
View ArticleProtection offered to family of gunman in radioman’s slay
The government’s witness protection program, usually offered to key suspects or witnesses of a crime, was being considered for the family of the suspected gunman in the killing of Oriental Mindoro...
View ArticleAlleged gunman in Oriental Mindoro broadcaster’s slay now with NBI, DOJ confirms
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Justice (DOJ) confirmed that the alleged gunman in the killing of Oriental Mindoro broadcaster Cresenciano “Cris” Bunduquin had been turned over to the National...
View ArticleFishing ban lifted for all Oriental Mindoro shores
MANILA, Philippines — The fishing ban for all Oriental Mindoro shorelines has been lifted after the remaining restrictions due to the oil spill from maritime tanker Princess Empress town were cleared,...
View Article93-year-old Korean War veteran in Oriental Mindoro town recognized
CITY OF CALAPAN – A Korean envoy on Tuesday, August 22, awarded a frame of recognition to a 93-year-old Korean War veteran in Baco town, Oriental Mindoro province. The Peaceful Unification Advisory...
View ArticleMagnitude 5.3 quake rocks Oriental Mindoro
CITY OF CALAPAN — A magnitude 5.3 earthquake jolted parts of Oriental Mindoro early Thursday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) reported. In its 1:51 a.m. bulletin,...
View ArticlePH Coast Guard suspends sea travel for small vessels in Southern Luzon
LUCENA CITY — The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) suspended sea travel on Tuesday, Aug. 29, for small vessels in the provinces of Batangas, Marinduque, Oriental Mindoro, Romblon, and northern Quezon due...
View ArticleOriental Mindoro declares Pura Luka Vega persona non grata, too
CITY OF CALAPAN — The provincial board of Oriental Mindoro on Tuesday also declared Amadeus Fernando Pagente, popularly known as drag artist Pura Luka Vega, persona non grata in the province. In an...
View ArticleSea travel for small vessels still suspended in Southern Luzon
LUCENA CITY — Sea travel for all small vessels in the provinces of Batangas, Marinduque, Oriental Mindoro, Romblon, and northern and southern Quezon remained suspended on Friday, Sept. 1, due to the...
View ArticlePCG still bars sailing of small sea vessels in South Luzon, except Batangas,...
LUCENA CITY — Sea travel for small vessels in Marinduque, Oriental Mindoro, Occidental Mindoro, Romblon, and southern Quezon remained suspended on Tuesday, Sept. 5, due to the rough sea, the Philippine...
View ArticleSea trips for small vessels in South Luzon resume
LUCENA CITY — Sailing of all sea vessels in Marinduque, Oriental Mindoro, Occidental Mindoro, Romblon, and southern Quezon resumed Wednesday, Sept. 6, after the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical...
View ArticleGunman attacks witness in alleged abused maid’s case, PNP launches manhunt
MANILA, Philippines — The main witness in the case of battered household help Elvie Vergara was attacked and shot by an unidentified gunman in Oriental Mindoro on Tuesday, according to police. In a...
View Article4.7 magnitude earthquake jolts Oriental Mindoro
MANILA, Philippines — A 4.7 magnitude earthquake struck Victoria, Oriental Mindoro on Monday night. According to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), the earthquake...
View ArticleEx-UPLB student turned NPA fighter dies in Oriental Mindoro clash
MANILA, Philippines — A former University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) student who became a New People’s Army (NPA) fighter was killed in an encounter with government troops in Gloria, Oriental...
View Article5 NPA members killed, 2 soldiers hurt in Oriental Mindoro clashes
MANILA, Philippines — Five alleged members of the New People’s Army (NPA) were killed and two soldiers were injured in a series of armed encounters in Oriental Mindoro’s Pinamalayan town last Sunday,...
View ArticlePCG: 5 fishers missing in separate occasions in Quezon and Oriental Mindoro
LUCENA CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Sunday, November 26, reported that five fishermen from Quezon and Oriental Mindoro provinces are allegedly missing. The PCG-District Southern Tagalog...
View ArticleCHR investigates death of barangay official in Oriental Mindoro
MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) is independently investigating the case of a barangay councilor and dentist who was found dead inside his dental clinic in Calapan City,...
View ArticleBulalacao, Or. Mindoro under state of calamity due to El Niño
MANILA, Philippines — The municipality of Bulalacao in Oriental Mindoro was placed under s state of calamity due to the effects of the El Niño climate phenomenon, the municipal government said on...
View ArticleDOE orders LPG price freeze in Oriental Mindoro town
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Energy (DOE) ordered a price freeze on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and kerosene products in the municipality of Bulalacao in Oriental Mindoro due to a state of...
View ArticleOriental Mindoro town’s state of calamity shows El Niño’s impact
CITY OF CALAPAN — Most of the lands planted for rice and onion in the coastal town of Bulalacao on the southern tip of Oriental Mindoro province have been damaged by a relentless drought caused by the...
View ArticleMansalay town in Oriental Mindoro under state of calamity due to drought
CITY OF CALAPAN — The Sangguniang Bayan (Municipal Board) of Mansalay in Oriental Mindoro province has passed a resolution declaring the town under a state of calamity “due to the severe and prolonged...
View Article7,000 Mindoreños P23M in scholarship, farm, livelihood aid
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro — A total of 7,000 residents of Oriental Mindoro received some P23 million in scholarship, farm, and livelihood assistance. Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez led the...
View Article2,000 Oriental Mindoro residents receive cash, rice aid
VICTORIA, Oriental Mindoro — The Cash and Rice Distribution (CARD) Program has reached the province of Oriental Mindoro, with a total of 2,000 residents receiving cash and rice assistance from the...
View ArticleAnother Oriental Mindoro town under state of calamity due to drought
CITY OF CALAPAN—Another town in Oriental Mindoro is placed under a state of calamity due to the drought caused by the prevailing El Niño weather phenomenon. The affected town of Mansalay, a coastal and...
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