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ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 19 August 2026) — Education Secretary Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara said authorities are not ruling out that the minor tagged by police as the shooter in Tuesday’s Ateneo de Zamboanga University (AdZU) school attack may have been influenced by an online “groomer” who instigated the violence. Speaking to reporters, Angara said […]
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews/19 August 2026)– A number of students of the Ateneo de Zamboanga High School Campus initially thought the gunshots they heard on Tuesday morning were part of a drill. Grade 7 student “Noel”, not his real name, was in his classroom on the JHS Building’s 3rd floor when the first gunshot rang. “Noel” […]
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 18 August 2026) — In a shooting rampage inside the Ateneo de Zamboanga University early morning Tuesday, a seventh grader shot dead a schoolmate, wounded others, then shot himself, city and school officials confirmed. The student apparently broadcast his shooting live as it has already spread online. Mayor Khymer Olaso said […]
MindaNews / 17 August 2026 – The former special disbursing officer of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) admitted Monday that she turned over P125 million in cash to Col. Raymund Lachica, then-head of the Vice Presidential Security Group, to be spent on confidential operations. Under questioning as a hostile witness by private prosecutor […]
MindaNews / 17 August 2026 – A visibly impatient Senator-judge Erwin Tulfo interrupted the direct examination Monday of Gina Acosta, former special disbursing officer of the Office of the Vice President, to confront her on why she appeared struggling with Filipino and English questions. Holding a transcript of Acosta’s testimony before a House committee hearing […]
MindaNews / 17 August 2026 – The former special disbursing officer (SDO) of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) said Monday that Physical and Financial Plans involving confidential funds don’t need to specify targets and activities, a statement that contravened assertions made by state auditors who had testified as prosecution witnesses in the impeachment […]
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / August 16) — UNESCO evaluators arrived here on Sunday to start its five-day field validation on the nomination of the country’s highest peak as a potential UNESCO Global Geopark. UNESCO evaluators Gay Martin Martini of France and Chenggong Zhang of China, will verify first-hand the self-evaluation checklist document submitted jointly by […]
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (16 August 2026) — The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is proposing to replace the country’s paper-based catch certification system with an electronic platform to improve the traceability of fish and fishery products for export. BFAR presented the proposed amendment to Fisheries Administrative Order (FAO) No. 268, Series of 2023, […]
Daughter goes to CA for judicial recognition of her father as 58th victim of Ampatuan Massacre DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 16 August 2026) – The daughter of Tacurong City’s Midland Review photojournalist Reynaldo “Bebot” Momay on Friday filed before the Court of Appeals in Manila a Manifestation with Reiterative Motion on her appeal for judicial recognition […]
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 15 August 2026) — Abdulraof “Sammy Gambar” Macacua, Bangsamoro Interim Chief Minister, and his entourage escaped unharmed after their convoy was ambushed around 4:45 p.m. Saturday in Barangay Dulangan, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte. The gunfire hit three vehicles of Macacua’s convoy, but all passengers and security personnel emerged safe […]
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 12 August 2026) — Mindanao’s business leaders are calling for more robust business chambers to be able to help small and emerging enterprises. Leaders interviewed by MindaNews at the start of the three-day 35th
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 12 August 2026) — Across Mindanao, small producers and emerging enterprises are making products that reflect local resources, skills and ideas. But for many of them, production is only one part of building a
Residents in Barangay Lapuan, Don Marcelino, Davao Occidental are not aware that the revetment they have converted into a swimming pool is a project by Alpha & Omega Gen. Contractor & Development Corp., a Discaya-owned contractor. MindaNews photo by GREGORIO C BUENO DON MARCELINO, Davao Occidental (MindaNews / 29 July 2026) – A tall, lean […]
TAGUIG CITY (MindaNews/19 August 2026)— There comes a time in every generation when we must confront a difficult question:What exactly happened to badminton? For several years, we were perfectly happy whacking shuttlecocks inside warehouses. Before that, basketball had already occupied
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews / 18 August 2026) — When was Kidapawan really founded? Since 2017, the city government has been celebrating 18 August as Kidapawan’s Foundation Anniversary. The basis of this date is Executive Order No. 82 of 1947, which
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 17 August 2026) – Five minutes. Try measuring it. Make coffee and watch the clock. Scroll through Facebook. Reply to one message, perhaps two. Stand outside your house and talk to a neighbor. Five minutes can
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
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 09 August) – Voters in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 09 August 2026) – When the Peace Implementing Panels of the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 04 August 2026) – The Bangsamoro peace process is back on track
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 04 August) – The first meeting this year of the government
