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A vendor prepares a bouquet of flowers at the Agdao Public Market on 13 February 2026, a day before Valentine’s Day, in Davao City. Flowers are selling fast despite the cost of a dozen roses reaching 800 to 1000 pesos. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 13 February) – The European Union (EU) has poured assistance worth at least P8.5 billion for peace and development initiatives in Mindanao in the past five years , the bulk going to the fledging Bangsamoro Autonomous
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 13 February) — The death of five-year-old Farhadin Ludtia, who was hit by a stray bullet while inside a classroom in Datu Piang, Maguindanao del Sur, has sparked a wave of condemnation from international organizations and
The nine-year-old Kadayawan Cultural Village at the Magsaysay Park in Davao City features replicas of the traditional houses of the city’s 11 ethnolinguistic tribes. MindaNews photo by ANTONIO L. COLINA IV
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 12 February) – We were in Day Two. Around a hundred representatives from selected LGUs in Maguindanao del Sur and the Special Geographic Area (SGA) such as provincial board members, mayors, barangay officials, planners, and Municipal
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/11 February)— What was supposed to be a safe morning of learning turned into a tragedy today after a young kindergarten student was killed by a stray bullet while inside his classroom at Damabalas Elementary School in Datu
A motorcycle rider rides silhouetted by the setting sun on a stretch of hiway in Butuan City. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
The impeachment proceedings against Vice President Sara Duterte represent a constitutional reckoning that Mindanao must watch closely. The Supreme Court’s recent rulings in Duterte v. House of Representatives, including its resolution on the motion for reconsideration (ironically filed by the
Ramil Madriaga, whose affidavit alleges he handled funds from POGO and drugs for the election campaign of VP Sara Duterte, is ready to appear before authorities if summoned, his lawyer, Atty. Raymund Palad, confirmed recently. The House Secretary General has
Pia Lourdes D. Partoza, past president of the Davao Travel Agencies Association, discusses the Antarctica Tour package during Wednesdays Media Forum at the Habi at Kape. MindaNews photo by ANTONIO L. COLINA IV
Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon, during his visit in Iligan City on Tuesday (10 February 2026), checks a flood control project damaged by Tropical Storm Basyang that caused flooding in a community in Barangay Mandulog. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
4Ps workers visit the backyard gardens of beneficiaries in Lanao del Sur in this 2023 photo. MSSD photo
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews / 10 February) — Residents of Orchid Homes, a subdivision with over 300 houses by the mouth of Mandulog River that was one of the most badly hit areas during Typhoon Sendong in 2011, did not have a good night’s sleep when Tropical Storm Basyang swept across Iligan late evening of February 5 until the early hours of February 6.
A resident of Barangay Awasian, Tandag City traverses a blocked road in this photo taken 10 February 2026. MindaNews photo by QUEENIE CASIO
Jonathan Corpuz, senior medical physicist at the Cancer Institute of Southern Philippines Medical Center, shows reporters the procedure of the stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). MindaNews photo by ANTONIO L. COLINA IV
Jerry Avila rolls a rock to the side of a submersible bridge in Barangay Pugaan in Iligan City on Monday (9 February 2026) so passing vehicles can safely cross the Pugaan River. The strong rains of Tropical Storm “Basyang” damaged houses and felled trees along the riverbank in the village. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
Truck and motorcycle take turns passing through what is left of the highway on Monday (9 February 2026) in the mountain village of Bonbonon because of the landslide caused by heavy rains spawned by Tropical Storm “Basyang.” MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 09 February) — The entire Regional Mobile Force Battalion (RMFB-14B) in Basilan has been relieved from post following complaints from rookie police officers, including members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) police integration program, that they were
TACURONG CITY (MindaNews / 9 February) – After three weeks of suspension due to an earthquake swarm, face-to-face classes in all levels resumed Monday in the three coastal towns of Sultan Kudarat. An earthquake swarm is a sequence of many small-to-moderate earthquakes in
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 8 February) – With Ramadan and the Lenten Season expected to begin on the same day, February 18, a senior member of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) urged the faithful “not only to pray
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 08 February) – The Senate Committee on Local Government has also proposed the second Monday of September this year (September 14) as the date of the first Bangsamoro Parliamentary Elections but issues on sectoral representation need to
TANDAG CITY (MindaNews / 08 February) — “We had to swim just to reach the main road,” recalled Anadel Alipao., a resident of Barangay Camagong, Tago, describing how floodwaters brought about by tropiscal storm ‘Basyang’ surged through her community on Thursday,
(Position paper on Senate Bill 1587 and House Bill No. 7236 titled “No to revocation of settler communities’ certification! No to disenfranchisemnt of reserved seats for marginalized sectors. Fulfill the promise of inclusive BARMM” read by lawyer Mary Ann Arnado, former Member of
QUEZON CITY (MindaNews / 08 February) — As I sit in Speaker Nograles Hall to attend the Congressional Committee Hearing on HB 7236 as a resource speaker, waiting for my name to be called, the silence is often deceptive. In
Arne Antoque, 28, comforts his daughter Leighn Isabela while being examined by a pediatrician during a medical mission for flood victims conducted by the Iligan Medical Society on Sunday (8 February 2026). MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews / 7 February) — Yet another badly hit area in this city in the aftermath of Tropical Typhoon “Basyang” is Barangay Abuno as two steel bridges collapsed and several houses were damaged and inundated by flood waters
Debris carried by heavy rains from Tropical Storm “Basyang” still await clearing in Barangay Mahayahay, Iligan City as of Saturday afternoon (7 February 2026). MindaNews photo by RICHEL V. UMEL
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 7 February) – Benjamin “Bong” Duterte, the youngest brother of former President Rodrigo R. Duterte, has died. The Duterte siblings’ cousin, Nitzkie Lopez Sodusta, announced his death in a Facebook post on Saturday. The cause of
BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews / 7 February) – Tropical Storm “Basyang” (Penha) left thousands of residents affected and three people dead as it battered the Caraga region, triggering widespread flooding and displacement, authorities said. According to the 4:00 a.m. report on
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 7 February) – The Department of Neurosurgery at the government-run Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) performed on Saturday the country’s first adaptive sensing-enabled Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) procedure. The procedure was done on a patient diagnosed
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 7 February) – The National Commission of Senior Citizens (NCSC) has condemned Friday’s killing of retired Army Colonel Leonardo Songcaya, 68, in Matalam, North Cotabato. NCSC Commissioner Edwin Espejo said the victim was not
MACO, Davao de Oro (MindaNews / 7 February) – The second anniversary of the landslide in Barangay Masara in Maco town, Davao de Oro that killed almost a hundred and displaced thousands passed without any visible commemoration by local government
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews / 6 February) — The flood brought about by Tropical Storm “Basyang” on Friday was among Iligan’s worst. Some say the water level may even be more than “Sendong” in December 2011, maybe in some parts of
Orlando Malacaste lights a candle for his wife Liezel and daughter Shaira before the memorial marker for the victims of the landslide in Barangay Masara, Maco, Davao de Oro on 6 February 2024, the second anniversary of the tragedy that claimed
On February 7, Frenchie Mae Cumpio, a community journalist from Leyte, marks her sixth year in detention—an incarceration that rights and media groups strongly believe stems from her work as a journalist. As a radio broadcaster, Frenchie reported on the
CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews / 6 February) – Tropical Storm “Basyang” (Penha) changed course early Friday, veering away from Northern Mindanao, although it still dumped heavy rains that inundated many parts of the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan,
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 6 February) — The Mindanao Institute of Journalism (MIJ), the training and media development arm of MindaNews, convened leading experts in climate science, environmental advocacy and journalism for the Mindanao Climate & Environmental Journalism Curriculum Review,
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 6 February) – Did the measles-rubella (MR) vaccine kill a two-year-old girl in the remote coastal town of Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat? This is the subject of an investigation being conducted by local health officials after the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 6 February) – The century-old Davao City Hall will be repainted to restore its original pre-World War II appearance, highlighting its historical grandeur, according to an official of the Davao City Culture and Arts Office. Oscar
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 6 February) – A total of 4,139 unclaimed dogs and cats were euthanized last year by the City Veterinarian’s Office (CVO), an official of the agency said. The number represents 85% of 6,957 of animals impounded
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews / 6 February) — For many Iliganons, it’s “Sendong” all over again as Tropical Storm “Basyang” battered many parts of Mindanao and the Visayas, but with a slight difference. This time around, the Mandulog River that overflowed
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews / 6 February) – A total of 1,258 families or 4,697 individuals from 21 barangays in Iligan City displaced by flooding caused by Tropical Storm “Basyang” have sought refuge at 23 evacuation centers as of 9:30 a.m. Friday,
Residents wade through a flooded street in Barangay Panaytayon, Remedios T. Romualdez, Agusan del Norte, on Thursday morning, February 6, after Tropical Storm Basyang brought heavy rains overnight to northeastern Mindanao. MindaNews photo by IVY MARIE MANGADLAO
Responders from the Cagayan de Oro Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office conduct a rescue operation for residents hit by flooding in Barangay Cugman at dawn Friday (6 February 2026).
Debris covered Tubod Bridge as Tropical Storm ‘Basyang’ inundated many parts of Iligan City. Photo taken 7:14 a.m. February by the Iligan City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office. Story to follow.
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur (MindaNews / 5 February) — Over 51,000 people have been affected by Tropical Storm “Basyang” as it continues to bring heavy rainfall, strong winds, and localized flooding in several parts of Surigao del Sur. Meanwhile,
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur (MindaNews / 5 February) — As Tropical Storm “Basyang” approaches the eastern coast of Mindanao, the suspension of sea travel in the Caraga Region has left 424 passengers stranded and forced 92 vessels and 18
LINAMON, Lanao del Norte (MindaNews / 5 February) — A power outage hit eight municipalities in Lanao del Norte around 4 p.m. Thursday as Tropical Storm “Basyang” approaches Mindanao, with the province placed at Signal No. 2 Power was restored almost
A total of 35 families (272 individuals) from the Badjao community residing in Mabua Beach in Tandag City have been temporarily sheltered at the Mabua Covered Court on Thursday (5 February 2026) as the city implemented pre-emptive evacuation of residents in high-risk areas. MindaNews photo by QUEENIE CASIO
