CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews / 4 June 2026) – Experts have detected radioactive isotopes — Uranium-238, Thorium-228, and Thorium-232 — in imported scrap metals used by Philippine Sanjia Steel Corporation to manufacture steel rebars at its plant in Barangay Baluarte,
Sanjia workers display placards after National Bureua of Investigation (NBI) agents raided and closed the steel plant in Baluarte, Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental last 15 May 2026. MindaNews photo by FROILAN GALLARDO
TAGOLOAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews / 17 May 2026) — Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro on Saturday said the Philippine Sanjia Steel Corporation in Barangay Baluarte, Tagoloan town, Misamis Oriental “will remain closed until the courts decide what to do with it.” Agents
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 15 May 2026) — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is investigating the P20-billion “Campus of the Future” project being developed by Xavier University (XU) and property developer Cebu Landmasters Inc. (CLI)
CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews / 10 May 2026) – The 4th Infantry Division (4ID) has a new commander. Philippine Army Chief Antonio Nafarrete flew in Saturday afternoon to install Major General Marlon Angcao as 4ID commander, replacing Brigadier General Seigfred Tubalado
MARAWI CITY (MindaNews / 6 May 2026) — After a long delay, the first parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) have officially begun. Lawyer Rey Sumalipao, regional director of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in the
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 30 April) — Maj. Gen. Michele Anayron Jr., commander of the Philippine Army’s 4th Infantry “Diamond” Division, relinquished his post to a fellow Philippine Military Academy (PMA) classmate after 38 years of service in the military.
A member of the Amihan sa Dahican shows journalists a handful of turtle eggs dug in Barangay Dahican, Mati City on Sunday, April 26, 2026. Field reporting was one of the activities lined up in the four-day Climate Impact and Environmental Reporting Workshop for Journalists in Mindanao, organized by the Mindanao Institute of Journalism and the International Media Support. MindaNews photo by FROILAN GALLARDO
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 15 April) — To avail themselves of the ₱20-per-kilo rice under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s “Benteng Bigas, Meron Na” program, hundreds of low-income residents, senior citizens, persons with disabilities, and minimum wage earners have
The American cargo ship USNS Seay when it docked at the Macabalan Port in Cagayan de Oro City on 14 March 2026. MindaNews file photo by JB R. DEVEZA
CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews / 10 April) – Around 1,600 motorela drivers in the city on Wednesday received P5,000 from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Region 10 and another P2,000 from the city government to help
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 7 April) — The City Council here has declared a state of energy emergency as thousands of public transport operators and drivers reel from spiraling diesel prices, which have reached as high as ₱150
The Department of Social Welfare and Development-10 announced that the agency will roll out a P5,000 one-time cash grant for tricycle drivers in Northern Mindanao under its Cash Relief Assistance program starting Wednesday, 8 April 2026. From the DSWD Northern Mindanao Facebook page
CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews / 29 March) — Frosted cakes, pancit and entertainment marked the 81st birthday celebration of former President Rodrigo Duterte as supporters gathered in the city Saturday night. Amid chants of “Bring him home” and “We are
A supporter lights the candle on one of the 81 cakes brought by Cagayan de Oro supporters of former President Rodrigo Duterte to celebrate his 81st birthday on Saturday, 28 March 2026. Seventy-eight cakes were distributed to the supporters while three were used to light the birthday candles. The Duterte patriarch has spent two birthdays in the detention center in The Hague, the Netherlands since his arrest on March 11, 2025 to face charges of crimes against humanity before the International Criminal Court. MindaNews photo by FROILAN GALLARDO
PHIVIDEC Administrator Joseph Donato Bernedo. MindaNews file photo by FROILAN GALLARDO
CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews / 23 March) – A citywide strike called for by a federation of transport cooperatives on Monday fizzled out after multi-cabs and other vehicles catered to the affected commuters. Luzviminda Escobidal, Northern Mindanao Federation of Transport
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 22 March) — A federation of transport cooperatives will stage a transport strike on Monday to press the government for fuel subsidies and fare hikes amid rising fuel costs. Luzviminda Escobidal, president of the
CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews / 20 March) – US troops deployed at Lumbia Air Base here will leave on March 24 at the end of their two-week training with Philippine troops, an exercise that has sparked speculations and concerns among
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
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
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
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
The changing urban landscape of downtown Cagayan de Oro City, one of the most progressive cities in Mindanao, as photographed on 9 June 2024. MindaNews file photo by FROILAN GALLARDO
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 5 March) — Aboitiz InfraCapital Airports, the operator of Laguindingan Airport in Misamis Oriental, will be deploying additional security personnel and parking attendants after receiving complaints from commuters about the management of congested vehicular traffic
PEOPLE POWER. A child asks her aunt to explain the People Power photographs on display at the MIC Cursillo House in Davao City on Sunday (25 February 2024), the 38th commemoration of the People Power Revolution. After the mass, a forum was held with Retired Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio talking about why the moves to amend the 1987 Constitution must be opposed. MindaNews file photo by CAROLYN O. ARGUILLAS
CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews / 22 February) – Archbishop Jose Cabantan will lead a march-rally to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the People Power revolution that toppled the Marcos Sr. dictatorship in 1986. Fr. Der John Faborada, head of the
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 21 February) — The House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms is working to finish, consolidate, and pass the Anti-Political Dynasty Bill before Congress adjourns for the Lenten break. Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong (1st
CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews / 20 February) — The top official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Region 10 refused to name, upon questioning in Thursday’s Senate public hearing on the anti-dynasty bills, the political families in Northern Mindanao
Senator Francis Pangilinan asks Commission on Elections Northern Mindanao Director Renato Magbutay about political dynasties in the region during the public hearing on the anti-dynasty bill conducted by the Senate Committee on Electoral Reforms on Thursday, February 19, 2026, at the Xavier University in Cagayan de Oro. MindaNews photo by MindaNews photo by FROILAN GALLARDO
CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews / 18 February) — The Senate and House of Representatives will hold separate consultations on the anti-political dynasty bills in this city this week. The Senate committee on electoral reforms and people’s participation chaired by Senator
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/17 February)–With the killing of a top New People’s Army (NPA) leader in Bukidnon, the military said only two commanders remain leading the remnants of the communist group in Bukidnon, Misamis Oriental, and Caraga. Major General
Marijuana worth P18.2 million seized in Sulu Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), backed by Army troops, seized 21,200 fully grown marijuana plants valued at ₱18.2 million during a raid on a remote village in Sulu province last
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,
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 5 February) — The Department of Public Works and Highways in Region 10 temporarily closed a major road link famous for its mountain resorts in Claveria, Misamis Oriental and another mountain highway in this
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 4 February) — As public outrage swept across towns and cities in Mindanao following last weekend’s deadly motorcycle race that left a trail of fatalities and injuries, another motorcycling event will be staged along
CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews / 25 January) — Abdullah “Kumander Bravo” Macapaar, commander of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)’s Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces (BIAF) in the two provinces of Lanao and concurrently a member of the Bangsamoro Parliament, on Sunday
CAGAYAN DE ORO(MindaNews/ 23 January)– Suspected Dawlah Islamiyah terrorists killed four soldiers and wounded another who were doing civil military work in Munai town, Lanao del Norte Friday morning. An official of the Army’s 2nd Mechanized Brigade who asked not to be
Military drops leaflets in Maguindanao towns urging terrorists to surrender The military has dropped thousands of leaflets in four towns of Maguindanao del Sur on Monday urging the last remaining members of extremist terror groups to surrender peacefully to authorities.
Navy rescues 30 passengers off Turtle Islands A Philippine Navy gunboat rescued 30 passengers from a distressed wooden-hulled ship stranded off Turtle Islands in Tawi-Tawi over the weekend. Rear Admiral Constancio Aturo Reyes Jr., commander of the Navy Western Mindanao
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 19 January) — A Coast Guard boat is searching for 11 missing recreational divers after their boat capsized off Governor Generoso town in Davao Oriental on Monday. Apprentice Lei Brosas, of the Philippine Coast
17 EU diplomats visit CDO Seventeen ambassadors and chargés d’affaires from the European Union (EU) and their delegates came to Cagayan de Oro Thursday to foster economic ties in Mindanao. EU Ambassador to the Philippines Massimo Santoro told reporters that
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 14 January) — After finding the construction work of the Bukidnon detour road satisfactory, Public Works and Highways Secretary Vince Dizon ordered the asphalting of the 466-meter road that can now accommodate cargo trucks
CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews / 9 January) — Many of the devotees who joined the Traslacion, the annual procession for the replica of the Black Nazarene, here Friday expressed through prayers their outrage over corruption involving high public officials. Fr.
Devotees fill the Cagayan de Oro Metropolitan Cathedral for the vigil on the eve of the annual Traslacion in honor of the Black Nazarene, on Thursday, 9 January 2025. MindaNews photo by FROILAN GALLARDO
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 6 January) — Stalled vehicles stretching for at least two kilometers approaching the landslide area in Bukidnon have prompted the local government of the municipality of Quezon to appeal to the Department of Public
Northern Mindanao workers get ₱39 wage hike Effective January 16, minimum wage earners and household workers (or kasambahay) in Northern Mindanao will receive an increase in their salaries, the Regional Tripartite Wage and Productivity Board in Region 10 ruled. Agriculture
(A look back on the year that was in Mindanao, and Mindanawons in the national and international scene.) CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 04 January) — A portion of the highway in Quezon, Bukidnon that collapsed on October 18
CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews / 3 January) — The detour road in Sitio Kipolot, Barangay Palacapao, Quezon town in Bukidnon will again be closed starting 4am Sunday, January 4, officials said. The detour road lies next to an unpaved one-lane
