AID FOR FLOOD VICTIMS. Pails containing relief goods form the name of the group of Mindoro natives that distributed aid to flood victims in Naujan, Oriental Mindoro province. TAMS or The Association of Mindorenos launched the relief operation on Wednesday (Jan. 25, 2023). (Photo by Maria Tividad) CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro - A group of Metro Manila-based Mindorenos on Wednesday launched a relief operation in Naujan, this province after the town was declared under a state of calamity due to floods caused by the northeast monsoon and the shear line. The Association of Mindorenos (TAMS), established in 1997, regularly holds medical missions, gift-giving for the elderly, sports fest for the youth and feeding programs for the needy. Dr. Carl Balita, TAMS vice president, said during the activity, "We gave out 750 pails with three kilos of rice, noodles and coffee to 10 sitios in Naujan, in coordination with the parish priest." With him were TAMS president Beng Ventura, who is f
INTERVIEW. Philippine Statistics Authority statistical researcher Juliefe Sonio (center) is shown doing an interview as part of the agency's Consumer Expectations Survey (CES) in Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro on Saturday (Jan. 21, 2023). She was supervised by Emerson Caisip, regional focal person for Consumer Expectations Survey and Chief Statistical Specialist Ma. Leizl Magbojos. (Photo courtesy of PSA-Mimaropa) CITY OF CALAPAN, Oriental Mindoro - The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) - Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan (Mimaropa) is conducting its January 2023 round of Consumer Expectations Survey (CES) from Jan. 19-31, an official said Saturday. In an interview, PSA regional head Leni Rioflorido said, "Through this survey, we will be able to know the perception of the people on their current economic status, their expectations on our country's economic performance and views of the possible trend of the inflation." Ma. Liezl Magbojos, chief statistical sp
The passenger terminal building of the Philippine Ports AuthorityinCalapan City, Oriental Mindoro (Contributed photo) CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro - The country's biggest passenger terminal building (PTB) of the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) in Barangay San Antonio here is now 98 percent complete and will start operating next month, an official of the Philippine Ports Authority-Port Management Office (PPA-PMO) in Mindoro said Tuesday. "Small finishings are being completed like the commissioning of escalator and the elevator but the launching is all set in March before the Holy Week," said Engr. Margarito Dimailig, Engineering Services Division manager at PPA-PMO Mindoro, said in an interview. He said PPA General Manager Jay Santiago and Transportation Undersecretary Elmer Sarmiento inspected on Jan. 10 the construction of the PHP353-million passenger terminal building which can accommodate 3,500 passengers at any given time. The other terminal buildings of the PPA ha