Cardinal Orlando B. Quevedo of the Archdiocese of Cotabato, Mindanao’s first Cardinal, offers a prayer to a departed old family friend, Antonio Segovia, 72, on Saturday, 16 August 2014, in Banga, South Cotabato, where the Quevedo family once lived. Beside
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/16 August) – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is constructing additional 30 bunkhouses for the evacuees who are housed at the city sports complex. City information officer Sheila Belen Covarrubias said the additional bunkhouses will
Students from Gov. Generoso, Davao Oriental perform during the Kadayawan Festival street dancing competition in Davao City on Saturday, 16 August 2014. MindaNews photo by Keith Bacongco
A Matigsalug mother from Baganihan, Davao City and her child take a rest from selling native bracelets outside a stall at the Kaamulan display site in Malaybalay City on Saturday, August 16. MindaNews photo by H. Marcos C. Mordeno
Ferdinandh B. Cabrera in Barangay Balong, Northern Kabuntalan, Maguindanao It looks daunting but people living in Liguasan Marsh have learned to deal with the floods that often visit their communities. For them, life must go on. In the village of
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/16 August) — We’re going through a period of voter anguish these days, frustrated about the erratic behavior of the leadership class, angry with plunder on a scale previously unimaginable, and sick of Epal (credit-grabbing) and
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/15 August) – Twelve Badjaos who were aboard three motorized that sank late Tuesday off Sibutu in Tawi-Tawi were rescued by the Philippine Navy, but seven of their companions have remained missing. Capt. Ma. Rowena Muyuela, Western Mindanao
Tausug dancers perform pangalay at the fluvial parade along Bangkerohan river, Davao City on August 15, 2014. The fluvial parade is one of the highlights of the 29th Kadayawan festival. MindaNews photo by Toto Lozano
Durian are being sold for as low as 25 pesos a kilo at Bangkerohan market, Davao City this Kadayawan season in this photo taken on August 15, 2014. MindaNews photo by Toto Lozano
