Occidental Mindoro, home to the Mangyans, is one of the country's food baskets. It contributes P1 billion to the National Food Authority's (NFA) palay stocks and was once host to the country's largest cattle industry. However, its vast potential of increasing its annual agricultural production has been hampered by lack of proper irrigation. Its rice fields are also vulnerable to the Tungro virus. People here are basically farmers. Even workers, traders, employees, teachers, firemen, policemen, streetsweepers, even government officials are farmers, if not fishermen.
San Jose, Occidental Mindoro is the country's top palay-producing town. Here's the seat of power of San Jose
Fishing is a way of life for most of the people in this island province. Either you go into farming or chose the sea as a way of life...
Like most Filipinos, the people of San Jose value the country's heroes as demonstrated by this shrine for Gen. antonio Luna, one of the many shrines erected along the path going towards the town hall.
A Philippine flag stands still at a balsa near White Island in San Jose, 15 minutes away via motorized banca from the town's bay area. We conquered the small isladn twice in between our advocacy work in the area.
A poster of Occidental Mindoro's finest places to go is posted at the Sikatuna Beach Resort where we stayed for two nights and three days
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