MindaNews joined a small team of journalists that went around the various municipalities surrounding Lake Lanao during the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) on 30 October 2023. Lanao del Sur province has been traditionally considered a hot spot during
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 30 October) – The conduct of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) in the Davao Region on Monday was “generally peaceful,” a police official said. Major Catherine dela Rey, Police Regional Office-Davao (PRO-Davao) spokesperson, told MindaNews that there had
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 30 October) – One of the city’s pillars and political matriarch, former Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) chairperson and South Cotabato Representative Luwalhati “Lu” Ricasa Antonino passed away Monday, October 30. She was 80. Her family
MARAWI CITY (MindaNews / 30 October) —The voting for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on Monday was delayed in the entire 39 municipalities, comprising of 1,159 barangays, in Lanao del Sur as many teachers abandoned poll duty for fear
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 30 October) – Two men were killed and five others were wounded during a shooting in Bugawas, Datu Odin Sinsuat town in Maguindanao del Norte on Monday, Oct. 30, according to Lt Col Esmael Madin, the
Several voters of Barangay New Society Village in Butuan City were still in line past 3 p.m. Monday, 30 October 2023, in a polling center at the Agusan National High School. They complain about the slow voting process at their precinct. The Commission on Elections announced earlier that voting would close at 3 p.m. but those in line must still be accommodated. MindaNews photo by IVY MARIE MANGADLAO
Ang naglaray sa pasilyo ubay-ubay na, ang uban naglingkod pero naa pod mga nagbarog ra. Ang pipila naay mga bata nga dala nga dinha sa pasilyo gawara-wara. Ang tanan usa ray gipaabot nga walay klaro unsang orasa moabot, kay sa
Voters search for their precincts at VIcente Hizon Sr. Elementary School in Davao City during the barangay elections on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. Mindanews Photo
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 30 October) — The resumption of direct flights on Sunday between Davao City and Quanzhou in China’s Fujian Province brings a “multitude of benefits” to the tourism industry of the Davao region, Tourism regional director Tanya
BSKE in the BARMM UPDATED (as of 8 p.m., 30 October 2023) [Monitoring of the conduct of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) as of 10 a.m., 12 noon, 2 p.m., 4
MARAWI CITY (MindaNews / 30 October) – A candidate for village chief in Butig, Lanao del Sur was killed shortly before polling centers opened for Monday’s Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections, a police official said. Col. Robert Daculan, Lanao del
Persons Deprived of Liberty cast their votes for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections inside the Malaybalay City Jail on Oct. 30, 2023. Photo courtesy of BJMP-Malaybalay
An Army soldier checks on a truck filled with voters in Saguiaran town in Lanao del Sur, during the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on Monday, 30 October 2023. MindaNews photo by FROILAN GALLARDO
Soldiers escort teachers in bringing ballot boxes to a polling precinct in Saguiaran, Lanao del Sur for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on Monday, 30 October 2023. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
Early voters for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections congregate under the shade of a colorful giant tent at the Datu Batugan Elementary School in Saguiaran, Lanao del Sur on Monday, 30 October 2023. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 30 October) – Sixteen people, including children, were injured when a rundown steel footbridge serving as link to a polling center in a village in Malapatan, Sarangani province collapsed Sunday evening. A report from the
Jorge “Ka Oris” Madlos, longtime spokesperson of the National Democratic Front in Mindanao and spokesperson of the National Operational Command of the New People’s Army, was killed, along with another rebel, in an encounter with the Army’s 8th Infantry Battalion, the 1st Special
