
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 […]
MindaNews / 11 August 2026 – Different sets of acknowledgment receipts for payments from the confidential funds of the Department of Education (DepEd) under then-secretary Vice President Sara Duterte were disbursed in different places across the country on a single date, a state auditor testified before the Senate impeachment court Tuesday. Upon questioning by private […]
MindaNews / 11 August 2026 – The Commission on Audit (COA) sent a notice of disallowance to the Office of the Vice President (OVP) for its P73 million in confidential funds, a witness from the agency confirmed Tuesday. Xylene Mae Del Campo, state auditor of the COA’s Intelligence and Confidential Funds Audit Office (COA-ICFAO) testified […]
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 09 August) – Voters in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) will shade only eight circles on their ballots during the 1st Bangsamoro Parliamentary Elections on September 14. The electoral exercise is historical not only because it is the first election in the BARMM seven years after its establishment, but also because […]
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 09 August 2026) – When the Peace Implementing Panels of the Philippine government (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) meet in Kuala Lumpur on September 25, the winners of the 1st Bangsamoro Parliamentary Elections on September 14 will have been proclaimed and are preparing to assume their posts on October […]
MALAPATAN, Sarangani (MindaNews / 8 August 2026) – A massive landslide behind a school in Sitio Alyeng, Barangay Sapu Masla here has prompted authorities to recommend relocating 54 households and the Alyeng Indigenous Peoples (IP) School to a safer area. The landslide was documented using drone footage during a post-disaster needs assessment conducted by the […]
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 6 August 2026) — The Department of Education is looking for possible alternative locations for heavily damaged schools in Jose Abad Santos (JAS), Davao Occidental hit by the quakes starting June, as some of these locations have been declared no build zones. Speaking to MindaNews on Messenger Wednesday, JAS Mayor Jason […]
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 / 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
Long known as the “Food Basket of the Philippines”, Mindanao produces a vast majority of the nation’s high-value crops, fruits, and corn. However, post-harvest losses and complex supply chains have historically affected both local farmers’ incomes and national food prices.
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




