
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 14 August 2026) — Children’s safety occupied the minds of some parents as face-to-face classes resumed here starting Thursday after being suspended for two months after the magnitude 7.8 earthquake on June 8 that damaged several structures. Willa Bravo, whose two sons, aged six and nine, are enrolled in Grades […]
CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews / 14 August 2026) – Traders attending the 35th Mindanao Business Conference at the Limketkai Mall here are pushing for mobile banking innovations to boost the island’s P2-trillion agricultural economy. Maricel Casiño-Rivera, a director of the Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Oro Chamber), said such a move could […]
SAN FERNANDO, Bukidnon (MindaNews / 13 August 2026) — With local governments from either side of the highway connecting Bukidnon and Davao del Norte absent to implement police powers, vehicles could still pass through a landslide portion of the Kapalong-Talaingod-Valencia (KTV) Road at certain hours, MindaNews learned. This, despite the Department of Public Works and […]
BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews / 13 August 2026) — Schools in several parts of the Caraga Region have suspended or shortened face-to-face classes as local governments respond to extreme heat, with some schools shifting to alternative learning modalities during the hottest hours of the day. In Butuan City, the city government announced on Thursday that the […]
MindaNews / 13 August 2026 — Expenditures amounting to ₱448.287 million or almost 90 percent of ₱500 million in confidential funds for the Office of the Vice President were disallowed by the Commission on Audit (COA), a state auditor told the Senate impeachment court. In her testimony on Tuesday and Wednesday, Xylene Mae del Campo, state […]
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews / 13 August 2026) — Classes in all levels have been suspended here and in neighboring Cagayan de Oro City “as a preemptive measure to safeguard the health, safety and personnel amid the prevailing high heat index.” The Office of the Schools Division Superintendent of the Department of Education here (DepEd-Iligan) suspended […]
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 12 August 2026) — A failed audition in 2024 did not end 15-year-old Ivana Jane Juan’s dream. Two years later, she stood on the international stage in Las Vegas, Nevada not only as a competitor, but as a young Mindanawon carrying her region’s talent with her. Ivana Jane Juan […]
MindaNews / 12 August 2026 — A state auditor testifying before the Senate impeachment court maintained that the reports submitted by the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Department of Education to the Commission on Audit (COA) were not enough to justify rewards payments from confidential funds. During the cross-examination Wednesday by defense […]
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 viable business. They need more people to know their products exist, more opportunities to bring […]
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 12 August 2026) — Around 30 journalists from across Northern Mindanao who are covering the first Bangsamoro Parliamentary Elections will undergo a three-day safety training here next week. The inaugural parliamentary elections are scheduled for September 14 across five provinces and three cities, and one Special Geographic Area in […]
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 […]
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 13 August 2026) — Six ships. I kept returning to that number when I read Monday’s report from the Strait of Hormuz. Before this war, around 130 to 140 vessels crossed that narrow waterway every day.
TAGUIG CITY (MindaNews / 12 August 2026) — Sometimes the economy does not announce trouble with one dramatic headline. Instead, the headlines arrive separately. GDP growth slows to 2.3 percent. Unemployment rises to 4.9 percent. Investment contracts. Foreign direct investment
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / August 10) – September 14 is getting closer. You can feel it even without looking at the calendar. Posters have multiplied. Political colors have returned to roadsides. Names are being repeated in conversations where, a few
This year’s Kadayawan sa Dabaw features a unique ultimate attraction. It’s not the durian, it’s not Indak-Indak. It’s Inday Sara in full green bloom. Mas bagsik pa sa duryan, mas blooming pa sa waling-waling, mas bula-bula pa kaysa sa indak-indak. This
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




