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Montelidano Bldg, Davao City (Sketch by KEITH BACONGCO)
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 28 December) – A group of student filmmakers from University of the Philippines Mindanao clinched 3rd place in the Best Student Short Film Competition at the 2024 Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF). PNB 12-50 is directed
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 20 October) — Winning in the prestigious Carlos Palanca Awards has opened the eyes of a 22-year old Tagakaulo from this city, to the vast potentials he has in terms of literary writing. John Dave
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 16 Oct) – After a two-year hiatus, the 9th Ngilngig Asian Fantastic Film Festival is set to take centerstage from Oct. 26 to 30 in Davao City, featuring a total of 57 short and 7 full-length
ALABEL, Sarangani (MindaNews / 13 October) — GenSan-based publisher Aklat Alamid announced on their Facebook page that “Gusto Maglupad ni Bangsi” (Bangsi wants to fly), written by Xaña Angel Eve Apolinar and illustrated by Dom Ochotorena, is included in this
ndian Palace, San Pedro St. Davao City . Sketch by Keith Bacongco
(Kinuriskuris is the urban sketching page of Mindanawon journalist Keith Bacongco. Kinuriskuris is Hilgaynon word for doodles).
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
On August 17, 1976, a devastating midnight earthquake on the Cotabato Trench caused a huge tsunami that hit the island of Mindanao.
DAVAO CITY (August 10, 2024 / MindaNews) — Here’s a comprehensive list of key events and their locations for the 39th Kadayawan Festival in Davao City.
In the inaugural episode of “Kahimtang,” a MindaNews Podcast produced by Rodge Lelis and RR Reserva, the hosts examines the human experience through the lens of the Masara, Davao de Oro landslides.
Gahol Bldg. Torres-Jacinto Extension Streets Davao City. (Sketch by KEITH BACONGCO)
In the maiden episode of the second season of the Media Villager podcast, host Walter Balane, an educator and researcher, explores community documentation and reporting. By exploring the concepts of community, documentation, and reporting, this episode tackles his experiences with
Amgar Plaza along Ilustre corner San Pedro Streets, Davao City. Sketch by KEITH BACONGCO
(Kinuriskuris is the urban sketching page of Mindanawon journalist Keith Bacongco. Kinuriskuris is Hiligaynon word for doodles.)
Tongson Bldg, Monteverde St, Davao City. Sketch by Keith Bacongco
(Kinuriskuris is the urban sketching page of Mindanawon journalist Keith Bacongco. Kinuriskuris is Hiligaynon word for doodles).
The old Villa-Abrille residence along Pichon St. (Magallanes) is among the landmarks in Davao City. Sketch by KEITH BACONGCO
CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews / 21 April) — Where are the Okir carvers of Lanao del Sur? When he has a big order these days for baur (baul or hand carved wooden chest with elaborate Okir motifs and inlaid with
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 31 March) – Artifacts taken during an Archaeological Surface Survey in nine Lanao del Sur towns in August last year show a “definite and incontrovertible scientific evidence” that there were settlements on the banks of Lake Lanao that
Minda Salida #13: Departure, return: The region as liminal space in 3 Filipino films The term regional cinema was coined, or became a wave in the landscape of Philippine cinema, with the inception of the Cinema Rehiyon, an annual exhibition
ALABEL, Sarangani (MindaNews / 24 March) – The Sarangani Writers League (SWL) recently welcomed its new members, all of them women, for helping develop the literary community in the province of Sarangani. The new members successfully navigated the application process,
In December last year, just before Christmas, at the rooftop bar of Suazo in Davao, I sat down and recorded a podcast with two of the most promising Davao filmmakers: Conrad dela Cruz and Joshua Cesar ‘Wowa’ Medroso, who started
Jaltan Building on Magallanes Street, Davao City. (Sketch by Keith Bacongco) (Kinuriskuris is the urban sketching page of Mindanawon journalist Keith Bacongco. Kinuriskuris is Hilgaynon word for doodles).
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 17 March) – In a rare display of Mindanao talents and arts, 14 theater groups awed around 3,000 spectators here during the celebration of the Mindanao-leg of a nationwide theater festival from March 14-16. The
New Asia Restaurant along Villa Abrille st, Davao City. (Sketch by Keith Bacongco)
People’s Park, Davao City ( Sketch by KEITH BACONGCO)
(Kinuriskuris is the urban sketching blog of Mindanawon journalist Keith Bacongco. Kinuriskuris is Hiligaynon word for doodles)
BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews / 22 February)—Twenty artists from the Caraga Region were honored on Tuesday in the inaugural Creative Caraga Festival aimed to acknowledge and celebrate the accomplishments of outstanding creatives who originate from and are based in the region
Davao: Reconstructing History from Text and Memory, 2nd editionAuthor: Macario D. TiuResearch and Publication Office, Ateneo de Davao University, 2021, 571 pages Postcolonial feminist scholar Saidiya Hartman’s revelatory essay titled “Venus in Two Acts” (2008) probes the politics and limits
(MindaNews / 04 Feb) — Alvin Q. Larida’s academic background in Physics did not deter him from pursuing his love for writing. Captivated by the allure of the Hiligaynon language, Larida, even without formal training in writing or connections with
BOOK REVIEW: San Rafael by Leila Rispens-Noel8 Letters Bookstore & Publishing, 2023 One sweltering afternoon, Isabel headed for the lagoon. She walked through a rocky narrow track with dense cogon and other grasses on either side. Ice-cold water cascaded down
Aldevinco Shopping Center had been one of the most prominent landmarks in downtown Davao City for five decades until it was shutdown in 2021. Today, it is overshadowed by towering condominium buildings. Sketch by Keith Bacongco
(Kinuriskuris is the urban sketching page of Mindanawon journalist Keith Bacongco. Kinuriskuris is Hiligaynon word for doodles).
MindaNews presents its latest podcast from The MindaNews Podcast: Running About, with Bobby Timonera, Boy Mordeno, and Yas D. Ocampo. “Running About” features our conversations about running various roads (and off-roads) around Mindanao and the rest of the world. The
During the 2022 Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival—a Filipino film festival still largely Manila-centric—four films tackled Mindanao in their narratives, whether as a central subject and setting, or tangentially, with the 2017 Marawi Siege in the background. The production of these
When the Royal Mandaya Hotel along Palma Gil St. in Davao City was inaugurated in the 1990s, it was one of the tallest buildings in the city then. Today it is dwarfed by the recently built Avida Towers Davao along CM Recto Avenue. KEITH BACONGCO
Ateneo de Davao University along Roxas Avenue in Davao City. Sketch by KEITH BACONGCO
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 10 December) – Six Mindanao books are among 35 winners in the 41st National Book Awards. The Best Anthology in English is “Kalandrakas Part 1, 1890-1945: Stories and Storytellers of/on Regions in Mindanao, 1890-1990” and “Kalandrakas Part
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 07 December) – Pioneering Tausug poet, fictionist, and essayist Said K. Sadain, Jr. died of heart failure on Sunday, December 3, in Davao City. Jun Sadain was born on March 15, 1958, in Jolo, Sulu, the
NABIFILMEX continues to showcase cinematic visions that magnify social realities in a landlocked province sitting on a goldmine but whose people are left at the margins.
