
The Memory Lives
As a side hustle, a boy uses a black marker to retouch the faded lettering on a gravestone at a public cemetery in Cagayan de Oro City on Friday, November 1, 2025. MindaNews photo by HENNIEQUEL SHAYNE ACOBO

As a side hustle, a boy uses a black marker to retouch the faded lettering on a gravestone at a public cemetery in Cagayan de Oro City on Friday, November 1, 2025. MindaNews photo by HENNIEQUEL SHAYNE ACOBO

Buyers choose from a wide variety of flowers from vendors outside the Saint Augustine Cathedral in Cagayan de Oro City on Thursday afternoon (30 October 2025) as “undas” — the observance of All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days — approaches.

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 17 October) – A former police officer from Lanao del Sur was shot and wounded outside his home in Barangay Iponan, Cagayan de Oro City, around 1pm Friday. According to neighbors, the victim, estimated

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 15 Oct) — Following the October 10 shooting of a National Irrigation Administration (NIA) legal officer, police reported on Tuesday that they have identified persons of interest in the case. Niruh Kyle Antatico, a

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 11 October) – A former legal officer of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) in Northern Mindanao who had exposed alleged irregularities involving irrigation projects was shot dead by two unidentified gunmen on board a

A Higaonon resident connects water hoses for the first-ever portable solar water pump system in Sitio Kana-an, Barangay Dansolihon, Cagayan de Oro City, on Saturday (11 October 2025). MindaNews photo by HENNIEQUEL SHAYNE ACOBO

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 10 October) — When Mark, a 23-year-old fresh graduate from Cagayan de Oro, first tried online gambling, he said it seemed harmless. He saw a social media influencer promoting a betting site, clicked the

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 1 Oct) — Residents in the city have raised alarm over uncollected trash piling up in neighborhoods. Among the reasons cited: the new garbage trucks announced last week could not enter narrow subdivision streets.

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/September 29) — Despite being known as the “fruit basket of Mindanao,” Bukidnon has the highest poverty incidence in the region, together with Lanao del Norte, according to the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC). Data from the

CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews / 23 September) — In 2016, Raffy Ardemil’s journey to an HIV diagnosis began with something else entirely. “Sa akong X-ray they found out nga naa koy pneumonia ug TB,” she recalled. In just a month, her weight dropped

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/22 September) —The Cagayan de Oro Water District (COWD) has issued a statement denying that its main water supply is contaminated following a spate of social media posts from the city’s residents experiencing bouts of diarrhea

CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews / 21 September) — City residents and people from other areas joined the nationwide Trillion Peso March against corruption on Sunday that drew participation from the religious and other sectors. Two anti-corruption protests were held – a

A protester wears an extended cape with a message in Cebuano that says “Return what’s stolen, punish the thieves,” during a rally against corruption in Cagayan de Oro City on Sunday, 21 September 2025. MindaNews photo by HENNIEQUEL SHAYNE ACOBO

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 20 September) — Lawyers, priests, and civil society groups urged young people to take the lead in the fight against corruption as they gathered Friday at the Capitol Grounds for a protest ahead of

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 13 September) — At least 80 students and employees of Xavier University (XU) staged a noise barrage outside the campus on Saturday to denounce corruption in the national government and demand justice and accountability.

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 11 September) – The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) has suspended the Seasonal Workers Program (SWP) in some areas, including in Misamis Oriental, following the discovery of 43 individuals from the province who were

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Journalists from Lanao del Norte, the Zamboanga peninsula, and from this city completed a hostile environment and first aid training over the weekend in preparation for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) elections




