Last Friday as its beaches and surrounding waters turned black, with dead fish washing ashore, the town of Pola in Oriental Mindoro declared a state of calamity.
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Biodiversity Management Bureau (DENR-BMB) has developed a potential impact map based on the last known location of motor tanker (MT) Princess Empress, which is within the vicinity of the Verde Island Passage, a globally recognized area of the cente
CITY OF CALAPAN, Oriental Mindoro - The National Telecommunications Commission in Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, Palawan (NTC-Mimaropa) has facilitated 516 SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) registrants under the "Assistive SIM Registration" at a covered court in Looc town, Romblon province on Wednesday. Engr. Milagros Bersamina, chief of NTC-Mimaropa's enforcement and operations division, said in an interview that the office of Regional Director Engr. Ronald Cabute said the "whole day Facilitated SIM Registration (FSR) program was also earlier held in Baco town, Oriental Mindoro province (242 assisted); Gasan town, Marinduque (269); Sablayan town, Occidental Mindoro (502); Naujan, Oriental Mindoro (204); and Alcantara town, Romblon (313)". Bersamina said SIM registration takes place Thursday in Odiongan, Romblon, which is expected to bring to over 2,000 the total number of SIM registrants in Mimaropa. The government-led assisted registration in identified geograph
The Makati City government has distributed P19 million in financial assistance to its 39 “sister” local government units that were affected by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake in Abra and Typhoon Paeng in July and October last year.