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Beyond repair

Barangay Lobo in Cantilan, Surigao del Sur needs help as the newly-constructed bridge connecting the village to other parts of Cantilan was destroyed when Tropical Depression ‘Vicky’ slammed across northeastern Mindanao on Friday, December 18, 2020. Lobo Barangay Captain Escobal

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COMMENTARY: Reimagining Human Mobility

 By Gustavo Gonzalez and Kristin Dadey* In these extraordinary times of a global health pandemic, we are reminded how interconnected the world has become—our health, our food, and our economies are reliant on the safe, orderly, and regular movement of

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Bishop of Jolo’s ordination

The new Bishop of Jolo, Charlie Inzon (lying prostrate)  was ordained on Thursday, 21 May 2020 at the 1,800-seater Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Cotabato City with nine others in attendance, including Cotabato Archbishop Angelito Lampon (L) as main consecrator and

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Walk for Peace

Presidential Peace Adviser Carlito Galvez and Nur Misuari, founding chair of the Moro National LIberation Front (MNLF) walk inside Camp Astanah Bud Nagha in the town of Indanan in Sulu Friday for a gathering of MNLF members. Photo courtesy of

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Giant Christmas Tree

The 193-feet Christmas Tree of Tagum City during its grand lighting ceremony on December 1, 2019 at the Tagum City Hall Grounds. The Tagum City Information Office said it is touted to be the tallest Christmas tree in the Philippines.

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Dancesport Competition

The municipality of Glan in Sarangani province dominates the floor, bagging 1st place during the Sarangani Province Athletic Association Meet Dancesport Competition in Juvenile Latin category held at the Municipal Gymnasium on November 18, 2019. Photo by JOHN JAMES I.

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Saduratan Festival

Dancers perform during the street dancing competition that highlights the 6th Saduratan Festival in Buldon, Maguindanao on Sunday, 27 October 2019. Photo courtesy of CONS HASHIMION ARATUC

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Wildlife trafficking

Among the caged birds up for trafficking on board two vehicles bound for Manila, intercepted in a checkpoint in Tandag City, Surigao del Sur on Sunday, 27 October 2019. Three persons were arrested. PNP Caraga handout       Read

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Scout Jamboree

The 2nd Sarangani Scout Jamboree kicks off with a parade around poblacion Maitum on October 21, 2019. Boy scouts from municipalities in Sarangani province. Maitum town hosts the jamboree that will end on October 25. Photo by JOHN JAMES I. DOCTOR/Community

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Brief reunion

The anniversary celebration of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process on Monday, 30 September 2019, paved the way for a brief reunion among brothers in the Bangsamoro struggle — Nur Misuari, founding chair of the Moro

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Trash for load

In Sarangani, this boy is heeding the campaign for residents and visitors to throw empty plastic bottles into the bin, not into the bay. One gets five-peso worth of Smart phone load for two bottles thrown into Planet Smart recycling

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Rescued

All 50 passengers and crew of a boat bound for Samal Island were rescued early Sunday morning, 19 May 2019, after the boat sank some 150 meters away from Sta. Ana Wharf in Davao City. Divers from the Emergency Response

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Voting in jail

A total of 122 detainees or persons deprived of liberty (PDL) in the Malaybalay City Jail in Bukidnon cast their votes for senators and party-list representatives at the multi-purpose hall which was transformed into a polling precinct on Monday morning,

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Koko votes

Reelectionist senator Aquilino Martin “Koko” Pimentel lll was among the earliest voters at the City Central School in Cagayan de Oro City on Monday, 13 May 2019. Photo courtesy of Pimentel’s camp

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Samira votes

Senatorial candidate Samira Ali Gutoc shades the oval beside the names of her candidates ballot at the Cawayan Elementary School in Marantao, Lanao del Sur morning of May 13, 2019. Photos courtesy of Gutoc’s camp  

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Bong Go votes

Senatorial candidate Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go falls in line as he waits for his turn to vote in his designated precinct at Buhangin Central Elementary School in Davao City Monday morning, 13 May 2019. Photos courtesy of Go’s camp  

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Bato votes

Senatorial candidate Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa casts his vote in Clustered Precinct 377 at the Apolinar Franco Sr. Elementary School in Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur mid-morning of May 13, 2019. Photos courtesy of Dela Rosa’s camp

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Preparing for Ramadan

Muslim women gather at the Martin Hall of the Jesuit-run Ateneo de Davao University on May 2, 2019 for a symposium on Understanding the Wisdom of Fasting in the Month of Ramadan organized by the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos

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Transition

Governor Mujiv Hataman of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MNLF) chair Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, the Front’s nominee to the post of Chief Minister of the 80-member Bangsamoro Transition Authority and Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Carlito Galvez, Jr., flash the Peace sign during a meeting on the transition process at the Office of the Regional Governor in Cotabato City on 30 January 2019. The newly-ratified RA 11054

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View from above

View of the massive flood that hit the municipality of Kapalong, Davao del Norte on Sunday, January 27. 2019, taken from a drone camera. Heavy downpour brought about by the tailend of a cold front triggered severe flooding in Davao

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Aftermath

The first of two bombs that exploded at the Our Lady of Mt.[] Carmel Cathedral in Jolo, SUlu Sunday morning, 27 January was inside the cathedral, the second in the parking area.[] Photo shows impact of the explosion inside the

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Dimaporo meets Bravo

Lanao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Abdullah ‘Bobby’ Dimakuta Dimaporo (R) and Abdullah G. Makapaar alias Commander Bravo (L), commander of the Northwestern Mindanao Front of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front’s Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces meet at the MILF’s Camp

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Pasko Village

The 30-meter Tunnel of Light at the Pasko Fiesta Food and Entertainment Village, Sta. Ana Wharf in Davao City, has been attracting thousands of visitors since it opened on November 30.  The Village has several stalls serving a variety of

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Moro folk pin hopes for peace on Bangsamoro

COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/18 November) – Poverty, rido (clan feud), conflict, discrimination, illiteracy, security problems and difficulty in accessing government services were among the common issues raised during a Bangsamoro visioning exercise held here on Nov. 15-17. The participants expressed hopes

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Employment, benefits for ARMM employees assured

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/6 November) – Measures will be implemented to absorb employees of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao into the future Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao while those who cannot be accommodated will receive separation and retirement incentives

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Isulan blast

Medical personnel at the Sultan Kudaralt Provincial Hospital attend to the injured in the  8:34 p.m. blast along the national highway in Isulan town, Sultan Kudarat on 28 August 2018. One person was killed while at least 33 others were

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Kulas in ‘Basilan’

Travel blogger Kyle Jennermann,  more popularly known as ‘Kulas,’ visits Basilan Village in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao’s Mock Cultural Villages’ within the compound of the ARMM in Cotabato City on July 6, 2018. Photo by ARMM-BPI    

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Kambisita sa MAA

Displaced residents from 24 barangays in Ground Zero, the Main Battle Area during the five-month siege last year (now referred to as MAA or Most Affected Area) can visit their villages “and retrieve their personal belongings” from April 1 to

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IDPs in Marawi rehab

Displaced Meranaws of Marawi City  call for “genuine participation” of the internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Marawi’s rehabilitation during the “M’balingan Tano sa Ground Zero” rally on Friday, March 30, 2018 in the country’s lone Islamic city. The rally started

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Bike for Life and Peace

Redemptorist priest Amado Picardal (in orange) receives blessing from fellow priests during the send-off Wednesday, 14 March 2018 at the Baclaran church in Metro Manila. Picardal left Baclaran for a 16-day “Bike for Life and Peace” from Baclaran to Iligan

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Mindanawons in ConCom

The seven Mindanawons in the 20-member Constitutional Committee (ConCom) that is reviewing the 1987 Constitution pose for a souvenir photo on 14 March 2018 (L to R):  lawyers Randolph Parcasio of Davao Occidental, Antonio Arellano of Davao City, Roan Libarios

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