DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 6 Nov) — Two days after the crash of a Philippine Air Force helicopter in Loreto in Agusan del Sur, the remains of the crew members were sent home aboard PAF planes after being given departure
The bodies of Airman Ameer Khaidar T. Apion of Zamboanga City and Sgt Yves B. Sijub of General Santos City are given departure honors before being airlifted to their respective cities on Thursday (6 November 2025). MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Workers take a break from planting pineapple cuttings on a plantation in Libona, Bukidnon Wednesday noon (29 October 2025). MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Townsfolk watch women riders during a motorcross race in Carmen, North Cotabato on 25 October 2025. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
The landslide in Quezon, Bukidnon on Saturday evening carved a big portion of the Zigzag Road in Barangay Palacapao, rendering the highway impassable to all kinds of vehicles. Photo courtesy of LGU-Quezon A DPWH personnel warns motorists not to proceed
A house in Marfori Heights, Davao City sustains major damage after the 7.4 magnitude quake that hit Southern Philippines on 10 October 2025. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
A street hawker prepares a stir fry dish at a night market near the Tagum City Trade and Cultural Center on Friday night, 29 August 2025. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Sisters Lydia (right) and Belen Alcoriza weave “banig” (traditional sleeping mats) inside their home in Barangay Maputi, San Isidro, Davao Oriental on Thursday (28 August 2025). MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Farmers harvest cabbage in the municipality of Amai Manabilang (formerly Bumbaran), Lanao del Sur on Thursday (21 August 2025.) MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 18 August) — Floral floats, indigenous tribes, school children, and street dancers took to the streets of Davao City on Sunday (17 August 2025), for the “Indak-indak sa Kadayawan” and “Pamulak sa Kadayawan.” The two separate
An ice cream vendor hurriedly crosses a pedestrian lane on San Pedro Street in downtown Davao City on Thursday evening, 7 August 2025. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
A kid’s eyes are glued to a mobile phone along San Pedro Street in Davao City on Thursday evening, 7 August 2025. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
A farmer sprays a rice field in preparation for planting in Lala town, Lanao del Norte on Monday, 7 July 2025. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Kids take turns diving into a stream in Los Amigos, Davao City on Saturday afternoon, 28 June 2025. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Vice President Sara Duterte (in blue) attends the oath-taking of her brother incoming Vice Mayor Sebastian Duterte (middle), Davao City councilors, and 3rd District representative Isidro Ungab at the Sangguniang Panlungsod on Friday, 27 June 2025. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Horse experts guard 18 horses being held at a parking lot of a coffee shop in Lanang, Davao City on Monday (9 June 2025) after the animals escaped from a farm in Tigatto, some 8 kilometers away. The horses running loose around town went viral on social media after they were caught on video by local residents. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Elena Mabano, of the Toril Kalambuan Association, sews handbags made from discarded election campaign tarpaulins and plastic sachets in Davao City on World Environment Day (5 June 2025). Ending plastic pollution is the theme for this year’s World Environment Day. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Mito Akira, Project Director of Shimizu Corporation, inspects the road mountain tunnel portion of the Davao City Bypass Construction Project in Barangay Waan, Davao City on Wednesday (4 June 2025). MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Farmhands load husked coconuts in Sulop, Davao del Sur on Friday (30 May 2025). The Philippine Coconut Authority has reported that as of May 27, copra in the Davao Region is selling at ₱74.25 per kilogram. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Members of the board of election inspectors print and check election returns after the closing of polls on 12 May 2025 in Davao City. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Maria Victoria “Mags” Maglana, candidate for Davao City’s 1st district representative, casts her vote at the Manuel Roxas Elementary School in Davao City shortly before 3 p.m. on 12 May 2025. Maglana ran against Rep. Paolo Duterte and PBA party-list Rep. Margarita Ignacia “Migs” Nograles and two others. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Local residents look for their polling precincts before casting their voteS for the midterm elections at the Zonta Elementary School in Davao City on 12 May 2025. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Vice President Sara Duterte talks to reporters after casting her vote at the Daniel R. Aguinaldo National High School in Matina, Davao City on 12 May 2025. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Confetti rains on Karlo Alexei Nograles candidate for Davao City mayor (center) and his team at the end of the miting de avance Saturday night, 10 May 2025 in Buhangin. Nograles’ team is asking voters to vote for a change
Mayor Sebastian Duterte and Kitty Duterte with the senate line up of the PDP-Laban, allies of the Duterte family, during the Hugpong sa Tawong Lungsod miting de avance on 9 May 2025. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Election campaign posters fill the walls of a street in downtown Davao City on 9 May 2025. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Progressive groups stage a rally along Roxas Avenue in Davao City on Labor Day (1 May 2025). They are calling for wage increase and are slamming the government for the continued increase in the prices for basic commodities. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
A sticker bearing the image of former President Rodrigo Duterte adorns the shawl of a female supporter during a gathering on Roxas and CM Recto Streets in Davao City on Friday (28 March 2025), the former leader’s 80th birth anniversary. Duterte’s supporters are calling for his return to the Philippines from The Hague, Netherlands where he is being detained while awaiting trial before the International Criminal Court for alleged crime against humanity linked to his bloody “war on drugs.” MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Newly appointed Interim Chief Minister Abdulraof Macacua signs his first administrative order, a Special Ameliorative Measure giving a ₱10,000 Ramadan allowance for employess of the BARMM, during his first day in office at the Bangsamoro Government Center in Cotabato City on Thursday (20 March 2025). MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Dabawenyos commemorate Davao City’s 88th Charter Day on Sunday (16 March 2025) with a “Solidary Walk” during the annual Parada Dabawenyo. Thousands showed up in the streets to call on the International Criminal Court in The Hague to bring former
Supporters of Former President Rodrigo Duterte gather at the Rizal Park in Davao City on Tuesday (11 Mar 2025) to protest the arrest of the former Davao City mayor based on an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court
Evangeline Abunda sells purple corn known as “tapul” at her highway stall in Barangay Maluko, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon on 8 March 2025. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Journalists from Luzon and Metro Manila lay a wreath in the middle of a cornfield in Barangay Tukanalipao, Mamasapano, Maguindanao del Sur, where elite police Special Action Force troops clashed with MILF fighters on 25 January 2015. MindaNews photo taken 25 January 2025 by MANMAN DEJETO
Devotees with their miniature statues join the solemn procession of the Señor Jesus Nazareno in downtown Davao City on Thursday afternoon (9 January 2025). MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Sunrise Events general manager Princess Galura (5th from left), Damosa Land president Ricardo Lagdameo (6th from left), and Island Garden City of Samal Mayor Al David Uy (4th from right) launch the Damosa Land 5150 Triathlon on Wednesday (27 November 2024). MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Local fishermen pass in front of the ongoing construction of the Samal Island – Davao City connector bridge on Wednesday (27 November 2024). MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Workers sort mangoes for packing in Sulop, Davao del Sur on 16 November 2024. Mindanao mango producers have also been affected by the recent successive storms that have hit Luzon which have caused delays in the delivery of their produce to where they can get better prices for their produce. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 07 September) – Senators Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa and Robinhood Padilla got to see for themselves what the Philippine National Police (PNP) has been doing inside the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) compound in their hunt
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Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) workers, on orders of Senator Bato dela Rosa, use a rotary hammer drill to chip away the still uncured concrete covering the alleged digging hole done by police personnel at the basement of the JMC building inside the KOJC compound in Buhangin, Davao City on 6 September 2024. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Senators Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa and Robinhood Padilla inspect a cover placed on the stage of the cathedral of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) inside the KOJC compound in Bunhangin, Davao City on 6 September 2024. A sub-committee of the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights chaired by dela Rosa is investigating the conduct of the police operations to arrest the fugitive Pastor Apollo Quiboloy. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Policemen guarding the perimeter of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) compound cross the street on 1 September 2024 in Davao City. Members of the KOJC flocked to the KOJC compound to celebrate the group’s 39th founding anniversary on Sunday, 01 September 2024, Day 9 of the police operations to arrest Pastor Apollo Quiboloy. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Vice President Sara Duterte (in blue) is mobbed by Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) supporters outside the KOJC compound in Buhangin, Davao City on 1 September 2024. Duterte delivered a 30-minute speech during the 39th anniversary of the KOJC. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Vice President Sara Duterte urges followers of Pastor Apollo Quiboloy’s Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) to use the words of God in dealing with the police whose operations to arrest Quiboloy entered its 9th day Sunday, 01 September, the 39th anniversary of the KOJC. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Journalists Camille Elemia (left) and Marites Vitug sign copies of their book “Unrequited Love: Duterte’s China Embrace” after a book launch and talk at the Ateneo de Davao University in Davao City on 30 August 2024. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Philippine National Police personnel walk past Kingdom of Jesus Christ members inside the KOJC compound in Buhangin, Davao City on Tuesday, 27 August 2024, after a local court issued a temporary protection order in favor of the religious organization. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
An ornately adorned float joins the Pamulak sa Kadayawan 2024 parade in Davao City on 18 August 2024. This year, the “Indak-indak” (street dancing) and Pamulak sa Kadayawan (float parade) are held in a single parade serving as the culmination of Davao City’s Kadayawan Festival. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
