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PANGANTUCAN, Bukidnon (MindaNews / 18 June 2026) — A total of 127 volunteers, soldiers, and police officers backed by drones and K9 units have failed to find 31-year-old hiker Alkharj Gomez Zamayla, who went missing while climbing Mt. Kalatungan, the country’s fifth-highest mountain. Barangay Kagawad Emelia Guina told MindaNews Wednesday seven search parties led by […]
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / June 18 2026) — The mother of the late standout basketball player, Rene Clert “Bobet” Baterbonia, took to social media to ask supporters and entrepreneurs to refrain from selling apparel bearing images of her son that she did not authorize. “[R]espito lang ta ninyo na kong mahimo dli mag baligya ug […]
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews /17 June 2026) – There is no truth to allegations that Rene Clert ‘Bobet’ Baterbonia’s teammates at the Ateneo de Manila University’s Blue Eagles hated him or didn’t accept him, two of his teammates said. “I just wanna say that those people who commented na parang we hated and parang we don’t accept Rene, […]
TALACOGON, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews / 17 June) – Fourteen-year old Rhenz “RB” Baterbonia was practising basketball late afternoon of June 8 in the dormitory in Davao City where he and his Kuya Bobet (Rene Clert ‘Bobet’ Baterbonia) shared a room for two years, when the wife of the dorm owner called on him. “Gitawag […]
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 17 June 2026) – The Educators Forum for Development (EFD) Mindanao has called for transparency in the investigation of the deaths of student-athletes Rene Clert Baterbonia and Divine Adili. Baterbonia and Adili were members of the Ateneo Blue Eagles, the men’s basketball team of Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU), who died […]
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 17 June 2026) – Damaged roads and infrastructure are hampering efforts to reach residents of at least three isolated barangays in Jose Abad Santos town in Davao Occidental who were affected by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake on June 8, according to an official from the Department of Social Welfare and Development […]
TALACOGON, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews / 16 June) – “Wa gani ko katingog gahapon. Na shock ko.” (I was speechless yesterday. I was shocked), Rovelyn ‘Bebet’ Baterbonia recalls her feelings upon seeing the crowds that turned up along the 246-kilometer journey on Monday and Tuesday to bring her son’s remains home from Davao City. “Ha? Ingon ani […]
TALACOGON, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews / 16 June 2026) — Rene Clert “Bobet” Baterbonia will be the first to be buried in the town’s new cemetery in Barangay Labnig on June 24, on a 30-square meter lot intended for a mausoleum, beside the future chapel. Baterbonia’s mother, Rovelyn, visited the proposed burial site shortly before […]
TALACOGON, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews / 16 June 2026) — Eighteen-year-old Rene Clert “Bobet” Baterbonia was expected to be home in Talacogon town between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. on Monday but the funeral convoy arrived at the municipal gym here at 1:40 a.m. on Tuesday, after an 18-hour travel from Davao City, including a […]
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 14 June) – Rene Clert ‘Bobet’ Baterbonia will forever live in the Ateneo de Davao University (ADDU). The covered courts of the Senior High School will henceforth be named RBBCC for “Rene ‘Bobet’ Baterbonia Covered Courts,” Fr. Karel San Juan, Ateneo de Davao University President, announced at the end of the mass […]
TACURONG CITY (MindaNews / 10 May) – The Department of Agriculture (DA) has allotted P2.5 billion for the construction of farm-to-market roads (FMRs) in Sultan Kudarat province in line with the efforts to boost the country’s coffee production. Agriculture Secretary
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 03 May) – Investments in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) reached P5.1 billion in April, surpassing last year’s P5 billion total registered investments across the region, latest data from the Bangsamoro Board of
The party-list system was meant to challenge elite politics. But it has instead become a bastion of families and contractors. This report provides the numbers: half of the 64 party-list representatives in the 20th Congress are members of active political clans, and nearly a third have ties to government contractors. by Guinevere Latoza and Christian […]
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 18 June 2026) — Mindanao’s economic ties with Japan are shifting from traditional commodity trading to a high-tech partnership, driven by Japanese investments, infrastructure, and local development. This article reviews recent advances in agricultural technology, Islamic
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 18 June 2026) — In the vernacular of high-stakes politics, the phrase “I’ll bite the bullet” is often deployed as a performative gesture of sacrifice. It is intended to signal a leader’s willingness to endure hardship
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews /18 June 2026) — In medical school, we are taught anatomy, ethics, and patient care. But my most profound education did not come from a lecture hall — it came quietly, at the bedside, watching my mentor.
TAGUIG CITY (MindaNews / 17 June 26 ) – The invisible chain connecting a conflict thousands of kilometers away to the grocery cart in your neighborhood. When news breaks about missiles over the Middle East, central bankers in Europe, trade
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 07 June) — A photo posted on Facebook last April 26 of Senator Christopher “Bong” Go distributing shoes to members of the New People’s Army (NPA) is not AI-generated or edited. Claims that the photo posted
A Facebook post from Kuyz TV claiming that Davao City Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte signed a railway contract with a supposed Japanese governor from “Gensokyo” is FAKE and based on fictional references. The post, shared by Kuyz TV on May
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 26 May) – A young Dabawenyo who attended the Bangsamoro Beyond the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 26 May) – How do regional parliamentary political parties envision the
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 7 May 2026) – The independent Third Party Monitoring Team
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 21 April) – Moro leaders on Tuesday welcomed the appointment of former
