Grade 12 learners from Makilala National High School in North Cotabato take part in a mock job interview on Tuesday (18 February 2025), gearing up for their future careers. MindaNews photo by GEONARRI O. SOLMERANO
First-time voters from Makilala National High School in North Cotabato eagerly explore the Automated Counting Machine during the ACM Nationwide Roadshow by the Commission on Elections on Wednesday (28 December 2024). MindaNews photo by GEONARRI O. SOLMERANO
Mother and daughter enhance their relationship under an Enhanced Community Quarantine in North Cotabato by teaming up to transplant pechay seedlings on a plot in their backyard garden. Backyard gardening is encouraged by the Department of Agriculture duing the COVID-19
A truck carrying softdrinks on Friday, November 19, 2019 hits the same spot where a water tanker bound for the evacuation sites of quake survivors crashed on November 5 in Barangay Poblacion in Makilala, North Cotabato. [] MindaNews photo by
Residents who evacuated to the town center of Makilaa, North Cotabato following quake-induced landslides in their hinterland villages are evacuees twice over as their makeshift tents in the evacuation camps collapsed or were destroyed by a hailstorm on Monday, November
Cashiers and salesladies of a two-floor department store in quake-stricken Kidapawan City wear hard hats as they sell items under a tent outside the store on November 12, 2019 while repairs and clean-up are being done inside the store. MindaNews
Dodamin Bojis, owner of a fishpond in Barangay Linangkob, Kidapawan City, shows the effect of El Niño. [] The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council is recommending to the Sangguniang Panlungsod the declaration of a state of calamity.[] Initial
Rice farmers Jun and Nora Surigao of Barangay Linangkob, Kidapawan City worry over the impact of El Niño. The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council is recommending to the Sangguniang Panlungsod the declaration of a state of calamity. Initial
Senior High School students from a town in North Cotabato make lanterns from local and recycled materials. MindaNews photo by GEONARRI O. SOMERANO
Parents, teachers and students join hands during the start of Brigada Eskwela at the Makilala National High School in Makilala, North Cotabato on Monday, 28 May 2018. Classes in the country’s public schools will open on June 4. MindaNews photo
Kindergarten 1 learners of Jireh Alliance School of Kidapawan City dance to a Japanese tune during the school’s 32nd foundation anniversary on October 21, 2017. MindaNews photo by GEONARRI SOLMERANO
Militant groups stage a rally in Kidapawan City on Monday (February 27, 2017) urging for the resumption of peace talks between the government and the National Democratic Front. MindaNews photo by Geonarri Solmerano
Members of the sales force of a department store in Kidapawan City dance to welcome customers on Sunday, 22 January 2017. It also serves as exercise for those who have to stand for hours while attending to their customers. MindaNews
No firecrackers or other pyrotechnic devices for these teens but a bamboo cannon to welcome 2017 in Kidapawan City. [] MindaNews photo by GEONARRI SOLMERANO
Vendors of native delicacies attend to buyers outside the Our Lady Mediatrix of All Graces Cathedral in Kidapawan City on Friday (December 16, 2016), the first day of the 9-day traditional Misa de Gallo that heralds the official start of
Residents of Mlang, North Cotabato join the annual Litsonan sa Kawayanan Festival, the highlight of the festival on December 9.[] MindaNews photo by Geonarri Solmerano
Residents take photos of a llife-size Belen in front of a big hotel in Kidapawan City. MindaNews photo by Geonarri Solmerano
Tarpaulins have become the medium of choice of many people. But Bimbo, an artisan in Kidapawan City, still paints objects like this eagle statuette in this photo taken on December 2, 2016. He also makes mudguards and other accessories for
Motorists stop for sweet pomelo at a makeshift stall along Quezon Boulevard in Kidapawan City. Customers are given samplers to assure them the fruit is truly sweet. Fruit vendors from neighboring towns display their harvest in this “City of Fruits
A mall in Digos City, Davao del Sur typifies the Filipino’s penchant to celebrate Christmas early by displaying holiday decors in this photo taken on November 22, 2016. MindaNews photo by Geonarri Solmerano
Hundreds of residents clad in red gathered at the Kidapawan City plaza afternoon of Nov. 12 to listen to speakers of the Hugpong Federal Movement, Inc. of the Philippines. Hugpong is supportingthe moves to change the system of government into
Students from the Makilala National High School perform a Manobo war dance during the Kasagingan Festival on October 7, 2016 in Makilala, North Cotabato. MindaNews photo by Geonarri Solmerano
Personnel of the Kidapawan City Veterinarian’s Office castrate a dog Wednesday (28 September 2016) in the city’s effort to control population of stray dogs. They also administered anti-rabies shots on dogs and cats. [] There are reportedly 15,000 dogs in
Children in Barangay Lanao, Kidapawan City help remove election campaign materials in front of Lanao Elementary School after voting ended on Monday (May 9, 2016). MindaNews photo by Geonarri Solmerano
Construction workers move a cement mixer to another area in Kidapawan City. The city’s main road is undergoing expansion from four to six lanes. MindaNews photo by GEONARRI O. SOLMERANO
A welder is rushing to finish his work in Kidapawan City before power curtailment for the day is implemented. The electric cooperative in Kidapawan City is implementing power curtailment of from 1.5 to three hours every day. MindaNews photo by
A farmer in Kalasuyan, Kidapawan City digs some more to deepen a well for the community’s farms while his buddies pull up the soil on 30 January 2016. A nearby river, the main source of water, has dried up because
Boxers trade punches while perched on a bamboo pole Wedneday (27 January 2016) at the Notre Dame of Kidapawan College in North Cotabato. Dubbed as “spider boxing,” the sport mimics spiders fighting on a stick. MindaNews photo by Geonarri O.
