Environmentalist lawyer Ingemal Macarine chats with friends and fellow triathlon enthusiasts at Punta Bilar Dive Center in Surigao City on New Years eve after setting a record for being the first person to have swam across the Surigao Channel. Macarine
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews/01 January) – Four men dared swim across the Surigao Channel, from Basul Island to Lipata in Surigao City on New Year’s eve but only one succeeded, to the amazement of Surigaonons who could not believe such a
Fright is written all over the face of a young girl as her mother enjoys viewing the fireworks display from the Northern Mindanao Medical Center in Cagayan de Oro on New Year’s Eve. MindaNews photo by Froilan Gallardo READ STORY
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 01 Januar) — Davao City unofficially set a new record for the Guinness Book of Records for the largest gathering of party blowers during the 1st Torotot Festival on December 31. The event at Roxas Avenue,
First sunrise of 2014 as viewed from Sta. Ana wharf in Davao City, 1 January 2014. Photo courtesy of Michael W. Li
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/01 January) — Health authorities in South Cotabato recorded 12 more firecracker-related injuries in connection with the New Year revelries, bringing the total cases in the province to 46. Dr. Rogelio Aturdido, Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO)
CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews / 01 January) — Frequent raids and confiscation of prohibited firecrackers have resulted to fewer casualties in Cagayan de Oro on New Year’s Eve, according to records at two major hospitals here. But 26-year old Jonas
Dabawenyos wave their torotots along Roxas Avenue, Davao City on New Year’s eve, in preparation for the final attempt to break a world record of the most number of people blowing party horns simultaneously. Japan currently holds the record at
A member of the staff of the Torotot Festival checks on one of the torotots (party horns) distributed for free at the gate along Roxas Avenue on December 31, 2013 as Davao City, which has been celebrating 13 Christmases and
Nurse Nathia Gundran cleans up baby girl Prejillana who was born at around 12:35 am on New Year’s Eve at the J.[] R. Borja Memorial Hospital in Cagayan de Oro. The baby, daughter of an Army soldier, is the first
Huling takipsilim. Last sunset of 2013 as viewed from Lagao in General Santos City. Photo courtesy of Karlos Ysagani T. Zarate
