DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 22 May)—Although a new building was built for the dry goods and variety (or groceries) vendors at the Agdao Farmers’ Market here, they are complaining that they are not selling well at their assigned section at
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews / 22 May)—In my previous article I listed down some common aberrations in Kidapawan’s heritage—“cultural pollution,” I call them—which have been perpetuated as “traditional” when they are in fact recently fabricated novelties inorganic to the town’s cultures. That was
PDEA destroys drugs in crematorium The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Northern Mindanao destroyed P4.5 million worth of shabu and other illegal drugs by burning them at a local crematorium in Cagayan de Oro City. PDEA Region 10 Director
SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews / 22 May)—The city council of Butuan has declared a state of calamity because of the city’s “extreme water shortage” brought about by the drought. The state of calamity was declared through Sangguniang Panlungsod
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 22 May)—A former town councilor in Maguindanao del Sur was killed when an assassin opened fire a pistol shortly before noon while the former was about to leave a hotel here after attending a government function.
Badjao children laze along the banks of the Davao River on Wednesday (22 May 2024) as construction works continue for a bridge project. The 1.3-kilometer bridge will link the 18-kilometer coastal road project and expected to be completed in two years. MindaNews photo
Dodoy, a 48-year old father who relies on collecting scraps for his daily earning, endures the heat and risks his safety in traversing the national highway on Wednesday (22 May 2024) to sell to a junk shop what he collected for the day. MindaNews photo ROMMEL REBOLLIDO
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 22 May)—Local environmentalists here are demanding that the committee on environment and natural resources of the city council release the report on a series of hearings it conducted in October and November last year, which they
