4.9 magnitude quake rattles Occidental Mindoro – Phivolcs

Madonna Virola 02/01/2024

CITY OF CALAPAN — A 4.9 magnitude earthquake shook areas in Occidental Mindoro province on Thursday, Feb. 1, as reported by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs). The quake, with a tectonic origin, occurred at…

More fall ill due to spill; oil slick reaches Palawan

Dexter Cabalza, Geraldford Ticke, Madonna Virola 03/11/2023

CITY OF CALAPAN — At least 81 residents in the coastal villages of Pola town in Oriental Mindoro have fallen ill due to the industrial oil spilled by the sunken tanker MT Princess Empress that has washed…

Tablas Strait oil spill reaches Antique

Connie Fernandez-Brojan, Joey Marzan, Madonna Virola 03/05/2023

ILOILO CITY, Iloilo, Philippines — The oil spill from the tanker MT Empress Princess that sunk off Naujan, Oriental Mindoro, on Feb. 28 has already reached the island town of Caluya, between Mindoro and Panay, only about…

1 hurt after passenger vessel docking in Batangas catches fire — PCG

John Eric Mendoza, Madonna Virola 08/27/2022

MANILA, Philippines — A 44-year-old female passenger of a vessel was rushed to a hospital after a roll-on-roll-off (Ro-Ro) ship docked at the Batangas anchorage area caught on fire on Friday evening, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported.…

Romblon town mayor, 200 others arrested for attending illegal cockfight

Madonna Virola 02/07/2022

CITY OF CALAPAN — Police on Sunday morning arrested a town chief executive and around 200 individuals while inside a cockpit arena in Ferrol town in Romblon province. Mimaropa (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan) police said the…

1-year-old COVID-19 patient in Oriental Mindoro awaits test result

Madonna Virola 03/28/2020

CITY OF CALAPAN –– The one-year-old girl, who is the first confirmed coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient in Oriental Mindoro, has been subjected to a confirmatory test. “The child was admitted due to dengue, but she was tested…

Newly refurbished Gem-Ver 1 fishing boat damaged again in Occidental Mindoro

Madonna Virola, Maricar Cinco 12/28/2019

  CALAPAN CITY—Millions of pesos spent to repair Gem-Ver 1 may have gone to waste after Typhoon “Ursula” (international name: Phanfone) battered the fishing boat, which became a center of controversy between the Philippines and China after…

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