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DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 16 March) — Mindanao respondents show sharply contrasting views of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte in the latest Pulse Asia nationwide survey released on Monday, with the region registering the lowest approval
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews /16 March) – At least two Facebook accounts are impersonating two councilors in Davao City: Temujin “Tek” Ocampo of the first district and Antoinette “Petite” Principe of the third district are deepfakes. This has drawn attention because
Moro students having a break inside their classroom at a school in Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur. MindaNews file photo by BONG S. SARMIENTOYoung Moro females students inside their classroom at a school in Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao. MindaNews photo by BONG S. SARMIENTO
Basilan Governor Mujiv Hataman stresses the importance of madaris education in peacebuilding during a graduation ceremony in Tuburan, Basilan in this photo taken 18 January 2026. MindaNews file photo by JULES L. BENITEZ.
Families of the two rescued human trafficking victims welcome them in Maguindanao del Sur on 12 March 2026. MSSD photo
The USNS Seay, a roll-on/roll-off vehicle cargo ship of the United States Navy, viewed from the stern or the back of the ship. The US Navy ship docked at Cagayan de Oro City’s Macabalan pier on 15 March 2026. MindaNews photo by JB R. DEVEZA
A runner shelters himself from the sun’s heat with an umbrella during the all-terrain marathon passing through three barangays in Malaybalay City on Sunday (15 March 2026). The race, held as part of the city’s 28th Charter Day Celebration, drew around 800 runners from various parts of Mindanao. MindaNews photo by H. MARCOS C. MORDENO
The danger in BARMM’s first elections is not the calendar. It is the capture. Congress has passed the bill. September 2026 is the date for BARMM’s first parliamentary elections. Two Supreme Court petitions challenging BAA No. 86 — the redistricting
Vice President Sara Duterte facing the media at the San Pedro Cathedral after the “Bring Him Home” Mass on Wednesday (11 March 2026). MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 15 March) — Mijan Jumalon is not only a painter but also a cultural storyteller, blending visual art and film to highlight resilience, womanhood, and the lived realities of Mindanao. The Zamboanga City-based painter and multidisciplinary artist, known for
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 15 March) – An allegory on the Duterte patriarch and his daughter Sara led to the takedown of the post, the resignation of the editorial board and eventually, the shutdown of Primum, the student publication of
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 14 March) — At first, I still felt reluctant and wary — like someone standing at the edge of the sea, testing the water with a cautious toe, unsure whether it is too cold or too
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 15 March) — In the heated theater of social media and sectarian polemics, the question of “who is a Muslim” is often treated like a political football. We see labels tossed around with reckless abandon, and “Takfir”— the act
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 15 March) — Student journalists from renowned universities in Region 12 and the Bangsamoro region expressed support for their colleagues who resigned from Primum, the official student publication of the University of Mindanao (UM) in Davao City,
TAGUIG CITY (MindaNews / 15 March) Skeptics would be justified in asking a fair question: haven’t we heard these ideas before? Renewable energy corridors, agro-industrial value chains, logistics modernisation, halal hubs, and diaspora investment have all appeared in development plans for Mindanao over
Fishermen secure their boats at the pier of Barangay Luyong Bonbon in Opol town, Misamis Oriental on Saturday, 14 March 2026. Venturing out to sea has become very costly as fuel prices continue to rise due to the war thousands of miles away. MindaNews photo by FROILAN GALLARDO
OPOL, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews / 15 March) — A war thousands of miles away has begun to affect the small fishing village of Luyong Bonbon, where residents now face the reality of rising fuel prices and fisherfolk are looking for work
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 14 March) – It was one of those days when I once again boarded the PCG vessel.Armed with my Press ID, notebook, and phone. I was there as a journalist—to document the continuing search operations, To write
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 15 March) — To know deeply about the city where I was born, I learned about the story of creation of every landmark and why they happened to be built on that location, as well as
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 15 March) — Mindanawon writer and professor John Bengan was recently recognized by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) during the 18th Ani ng Dangal Awards which honors Filipino artists whose work has
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 14 March) — A Facebook page named “EMCOR” appearing to impersonate the company EMCOR is drawing concern after users reported receiving unsolicited messages claiming they had won a raffle prize and directing them to click a
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 14 March) — The Facebook page of Primum, the official student publication of the University of Mindanao (UM) Main Campus, reactivated on March 14 and opened applications for new writers after weeks of controversy involving alleged
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 14 March) – A resident accidentally unearthed a vintage bomb while digging a fish trap in Sitio Sunflower in Barangay Mandug, this city, at 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, local authorities said. Capt. Hazel Caballero, Davao City
The party-list system was meant to challenge elite politics. But it has instead become a bastion of families and contractors. This report provides the numbers: half of the 64 party-list representatives in the 20th Congress are members of active political
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 14 March) – The leader of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) hailed the House of Representatives for setting the date of the first parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Mohammad Yacob,
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 13 March) — While most Filipinos support the passage of a law banning political dynasties, respondents in Mindanao appear more divided on the issue, according to the latest nationwide survey released Friday by Pulse Asia. The survey,
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 13 March) – Vice President Sara Duterte has maintained that there is insufficient evidence to warrant the filing of a new impeachment complaint against her. Duterte made the statement on Friday following the request of Akbayan
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / March 13) – A Davao City-based delivery riders group has called upon the national government to expedite the removal of excise tax and value-added tax (VAT) on fuel products. The group also asked for “ayuda” (aid)
It’s a literal bird’s eye view for this bird as it flies above the San Pedro Cathedral in Davao City. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 13 March) – An employee at a gas service station in Zamboanga City, who has gone viral on social media after explaining in an interview the reasons for the recent spikes in fuel price, graduated cum
BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews / 13 March) – The city government here has launched a multi-agency task force to monitor gasoline stations and curb illegal fuel price increases amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East that has hampered oil shipment from
MindaNews / 13 March – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has reaffirmed his administration’s continuing support to the Bangsamoro peace process and for a progressive Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). During the Grand Iftar (breaking of fast) he hosted
PASIG CITY (MindaNews / 13 March) – Six misconceptions are costing us the peace process. — When the MILF suspended its decommissioning commitments in July 2025, the immediate response from many quarters was predictable: calls for dialogue, assurances of commitment
DUMAGUETE CITY – Metro Dumaguete Water is strengthening its operational efficiency as fuel price hike driven by the Middle East crisis is projected to impact water production costs. The water utility company, which draws water from 22 deep wells through
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 12 March) — Authorities here have flagged nine gasoline stations for alleged fuel price overpricing and premature price adjustments after inspection teams from the Department of Energy and the local monitoring board conducted rounds
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / March 12) — The city’s rabies cases have doubled in 2025 from its record in 2024, with two new logged cases as of February of this year, amid the country’s declining rabies cases. Dr. Yleona Ysabel
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 12 March) — Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU), has called on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to intensify preparations for the first Bangsamoro parliamentary
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 12 March) — The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) has registered investments worth at least ₱2.4 billion in the first quarter of this year, indicating growing investor confidence in the fledging region. Mohamad Omar
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 12 March) — Several supporters of former President Rodrigo R. Duterte continue to pray for his return, saying they are still “waiting for him” one year after his arrest and detention at the International Criminal Court
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 12 March) — The Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) announced on Tuesday that chick no. 32, a three-month-old named “Bayani,” was successfully hatched on December 5, 2025, through cooperative artificial insemination at the newly established National Bird
TAGUIG CITY (MindaNews / 11 March) — On Tuesday morning at 6:00 a.m., the pump moved. Gasoline went up ₱5.20 per liter. On Wednesday morning at 6:00 a.m., it moved again. Another ₱3.60. By the time the second sunrise arrived,
PASIG CITY (MindaNews / 11 March) — There is a comfortable assumption that runs through every peace process: that everyone at the table — governments, armed groups, civil society, international partners — wants the process to succeed. It shapes how
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 11 March) — To cushion the effects of high cost of fuel, the City Government of Zamboanga has adopted a four-day workweek for its employees, starting Wednesday, March 11. Mayor Khymer Olaso signed Administrative Order Number
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 11 March) — In an age where headlines celebrate the triumph of the individual over the collective, the ancient Islamic vision of humanity as a shared stewardship flickers like a lone lantern against a storm of
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews / 11 March) — Without any provocation, the United States is raining Iran with its devastating missiles. The reason, accordingly, is to nip at the bud its production of nuclear weapons. The US has, time and
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 11 March) — United States servicemen have started arriving at Lumbia Air Base, one of the nine Philippine military bases designated under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA), to train with Philippine troops in humanitarian
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 11 March) — Vice President Sara Duterte criticized the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for failing to adequately prepare for the challenges posed by the ongoing crisis in the Middle East. Duterte told reporters during
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 11 March) — One year after the arrest and transfer of former President Rodrigo R. Duterte to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, Vice President Sara Duterte said the anger among his supporters
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 11 March) — All the four provinces in Region 12 (Soccsksargen Region) have officially adopted a four-day workweek schedule as austerity and conservation measures amid the energy crunch triggered by the conflict between the United States
QUEZON CITY (MindaNews / 11 March) — As a Mindanawon from Cagayan de Oro, I watched closely the ICC confirmation of charges hearing last February. It ran from the 23rd to the 27th of that month. It was surreal: A
