Local surfers during a their daily routine of cleaning up the beach of small plastics brought in by the tides at the scenic Barangay Dahican in Mati City. Photo taken on the morning of January 8, 2025. MindaNews photo by Yas D. Ocampo
TAGANAK ISLAND, Turtle Islands, Tawi-Tawi (MindaNews / 09 Nov) — Taganak Island can host only 10 to 20 tourists at a time. Twenty is the maximum possible carrying capacity of the island even as it pushes to become an eco-tourism
DAVAO CITY – Citing bad weather, officials of the Davao City Disaster Risk Response and Management Office (CDRRMO) past noon Monday, September 15, announced a temporary pause of the search and rescue efforts for at least three more victims (not
Players shoot hoops at a community basketball court early morning Tuesday 15 July) in Tacunan, Davao City, with Mt. Apo in the background. MindaNews photo by YAS D OCAMPO
Pedestrians are avoiding this overpass in Davao City pending an evaluation of its structural integrity after a magnitude 6 earthquake off Sarangani Island, Davao Occidental that registered an Intensity IV in the city on Saturday morning (28 June 2025). MindaNews photo by YAS D. OCAMPO
A street vendor sells cheap viands around the Davao City Hall, along San Pedro Street on Monday (23 June 2025). The lady is popular among government employees and nearby citizens for her daily baskets of goods. MindaNews photo by YAS D OCAMPO
A worker struggles to roll tires across busy Chavez St. in Davao City as drops of rain begin to fall during a cloudy Thursday afternoon (3 June 2025). PAGASA has recently announced the beginning of the rainy season. MindaNews photo by YAS D OCAMPO
Ankle-deep floodwaters fill up portions of the GSIS segment of MacArthur Highway in Davao City on Sunday night. Several areas in the city were also flooded. The Department of Public Works and Highways said last week two flood control projects worth P400-million were in the pipeline. MindaNews photo by YAS D OCAMPO
Fishermen use lights to help catch fish underwater in the waters along Davao City’s Coastal Road, seen here from the vantage of the bypass road bridge Friday night (23 May 2025). MindaNews photo by YAS D OCAMPO
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 23 May) – Three Mindanao-based writers have been accepted to the 63rd Silliman University National Writers Workshop, to be held at Silliman University from June 9 to 20. The fellows are Davao City-based Alter P. Hofileña
An infographic (Scroll from left to right, hover on each icon to see family links) Davao City voted for lawyers, business owners, healthcare workers, and career government employees into its elective posts during this year’s midterm elections. There are eight
This chart, powered by Flourish, visualizes the regional breakdown, highlighting key trends in voter distribution across Mindanao.
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Roadside repairmen fix tires for a biker along the Davao-Bukidnon road in Mintal, Davao City Wednesday afternoon (16 April 2025). The road is expected to host a number of Holy Week cyclists taking advantage of the holiday season. MindaNews photo by YAS D. OCAMPO
This vendor sells buy-one-take-one chicken shawarma for ₱150 as crowds flock towards the Rio Carnival at the Tulip Drive portion of the Davao City Coastal Road Monday evening (6 April 2025). MindaNews photo by YAS D. OCAMPO
Road closures and traffic map for Rody at 80 celebration DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 26 March) — Expect heavy traffic along C.M. Recto Ave. and surrounding roads on Friday as the City Council approved road closures for Dabawenyos to celebrate
SunStar Davao Journalist Ralph Llemit engages students at the Bago Oshiro National High School in Davao City. Llemit shares social media best practices, including on fighting online disinformation. The talk was organized by UP Mindanao’s Communicators’ Guild on Friday, 21 March 2025. MindaNews photo by YAS D. OCAMPO
Messy wires cover a lane along MacArthur Highway in Davao City, rainy night of 14 March 2025. Contractors have begun pulling down and organizing messy wires as the city required them to clean the eyesores. MindaNews photo by YAS D. OCAMPO
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 12 March) — The aircraft that brought former President Rodrigo Duterte to Dubai en route to The Hague in the Netherlands where he will be facing the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged crimes against humanity
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 11 march) – Vice President Sara Z. Duterte arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) in Metro Manila at 3:21 p.m. Tuesday, hours after her father, former President Rodrigo was arrested based on a warrant
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 11 March) – A political candidate challenging a son of former President Rodrigo Duterte and a lawyer’s group here welcomed his arrest Tuesday morning in Metro Manila after arriving from Hong Kong. But they said that
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 11 March) – Davao City Mayor Sebastian Duterte led officials here in a show of support for former President Rodrigo Duterte, as his father was taken Tuesday morning under the custody of the Philippine National Police
A pair of vendors at the Davao Food Terminal Complex in Toril, Davao City input the price of eggplants, currently at 70 pesos per kilo in this photo taken Monday afternoon (20 January 2025). Wholesale, the vegetable costs 10 pesos less. MindaNews photo by YAS D. OCAMPO
A fruit vendor at a community market in Barangay Tacunan, Davao City enjoys brisk sales on Tuesday (31 December 2024) from last minute shoppers looking for fruits to welcome the New Year. MindaNews photo by YAS D. OCAMPO
A Davao City security worker lists the details of each taxi queuing up and picking up passengers at the Francisco Bangoy International Airport Thursday night (5 December 2024). Each batch of riding passengers gets this slip of paper. MindaNews photo by YAS D. OCAMPO
A tourist marvels at the scenery of the Tuasan Falls in Catarman, Camiguin in this photo taken Thursday afternoon (14 November 2024). MindaNews photo by YAS D. OCAMPO
A vendor sells kiping (cassava crisps) outside the Sto. Niño Cold Spring at Sagay, Brgy. Sto Niño in Camiguin, taking advantage of the influx of tourists noon on Thursday (14 November 2024). MindaNews photo by YAS D. OCAMPO
Tourists record a selfie video as boats await returning passengers at the White Island in Camiguin in this photo taken early morning Wednesday (13 November 2024). MindaNews photo by YAS D. OCAMPO
Dongdong Torello, 40, sells fresh sea urchins to tourists visiting the White Island in Camiguin Wednesday morning (13 November 2024). His earnings help send his daughter, a nursing sophomore, and 14-year-old son to school. MindaNews photo by YAS D. OCAMPO
A crewman of the M/V Francisco No. 2 spins and throws a heaving line towards a waiting shore-based lineman who will help secure the ship’s mooring line at the Benoni Port in Mahinog, Camiguin Island Monday afternoon (11 November 2024). MindaNews photo by YAS D. OCAMPO
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 07 September) – The admin of popular Facebook Page ‘Lami Wa’y Lami’ has always been anonymous, with an identity known only to a trusted few. And for the past years of its existence, the page has
MindaNews fact-checked a post of a missing foreign child in Davao City being widely shared on Facebook. The claim is fake and a scam. In the worst case, the sharer’s accounts could be compromised and taken over by the scammers.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 13 July) – All 88 casualties of the landslide in Barangay Masara in Maco, Davao de Oro have been identified and the municipal government had turned over the remains of the last eight of the 88
In Barangay Soong in Digos City, Davao del Sur, residents and visitors leave their shoes outside the barangay hall to keep the facility clean, especially during the rainy season. MindaNews photo by YAS D. OCAMPO
MACO, Davao de Oro (MindaNews / 2 July)—For sepak takraw players like 20-year-old Ranan Jireh Cutaran, a game outside Davao de Oro remains a dream. MindaNews spotted a group of six players playing 3-on-3 sepak takraw inside a small multipurpose
A boy bikes around G-Works Kampo Uno temporary shelter near the Immaculate Conception Quasi Parish in Barangay Elizalde, Maco, Davao de Oro on Monday (1 July 2024). Around 70 families from Barangay Masara, site of the landslide on Feb. 6 that killed almost a hundred people, in Maco remain in the camp as they await government housing. MindaNews photo by YAS D. OCAMPO
The creation of echo chambers is a key tactic in influence operations, where groups, including religious entities, use targeted messaging to reinforce specific narratives.According to accepted definitions of IO, symptoms include the creation of echo chambers and/or filter bubbles. IO
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 24 June) – You might have seen this before: Facebook profiles of others you know suddenly posting wads of money on their My Day posts, with captions in English, which they barely use as a social
A vendor sells swimming floaters along the white sands of Gumasa Beach in Glan, Sarangani on Saturday (22 June 2024). MindaNews photo by YAS OCAMPO
A bus conductor takes a much needed break at the Sarangani checkpoint by eating ginanggang, a roasted banana-cue lathered in margarine and sprinkled with sugar. The bus driver, not visible, has one too. MindaNews photo by YAS OCAMPO
A man steps aside to make way for a female passenger to board a bus in sleepy Barangay Soong in Digos City, Davao del Sur early morning Thursday (30 May 2024). The bus is headed to Barangay Kapatagan, a village in Digos that has become a highland tourist destination after years of development. MindaNews photo by YAS D. OCAMPO
MindaNews examines apparent symptoms of influence operations following a narrative about a Mindanao Republic in the first quarter of the year. With maneuvers to initiate Constitutional amendments through an alleged people’s initiative, social media was awash with various contents that
A security guard waters plants during a hot afternoon on Monday (22 April 2024) along the Davao-Bukidnon Road in Mintal, Davao City. PAGASA forecast a 39°C heat index for Davao City for Monday. MindaNews photo by YAS D. OCAMPO
A No Parking / No Waiting sign stands in the midst of waiting commuters, queued jeepneys, and street vendors during rush hour along C.M. Recto Ave. in Davao City Thursday night (11 April 2024). MindaNews photo by YAS D. OCAMPO
A network of pages on Facebook (FB) has been posting organic and paid contents pushing for Charter change (Cha Cha) in a seemingly coordinated manner, an indication of an apparent influence operation (IO). These FB pages are affiliated with Pilipinas
MACO, Davao de Oro (MindaNews / 21 March)— The three-year-old who miraculously survived the Masara landslide last Feb. 6 is recovering well, some 41 days after she was found buried amid the rubble for about 50 hours. Orlando Malacaste, the
Personnel from the Commission on Elections XI check the documents of incoming voters at a satellite registration site at Vista Mall, Barangay Sto. Niño, Davao City. Voter registration began in February and is scheduled to end on September 30, 2024. MindaNews photo by YAS D. OCAMPO
MACO, Davao de Oro (MindaNews / 13 February)—With tons of mud and debris rendering Barangay Masara of this municipality uninhabitable, the burden weighs heavier on homemaker Nenita Raganet, 54. The landslide has taken away 13 of her family members: 3
