DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 07 August) — The Kadayawan Festival in Davao City is an annual celebration of culture and thanksgiving. The city government-led event celebrates the 11 ethnic groups of Davao City and is a must-see for tourists visiting
In our pursuit to discover Mindanao music gems, the MindaNews Podcast interviews Aubrey DS, a Filipino singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, radio personality and visual artist, who started recording music in 2019, according to her Spotify profile. We discuss the ways
In this first music edition of the MindaNews Podcast, Yano co-founder and Davao-based guitarist Eric Gancio shares with journalist Yas D. Ocampo the ups and downs of iconic Filipino rock icon Yano. Gancio discusses the band’s beginnings, their rise to
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 24 April) — I’m no dance critic. I’m just a fan of the works of our National Artist Agnes Locsin, and I was in the audience at Samsung Theatre in Manila on Friday night of April
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 25 February) – The two-volume book on a century of Mindanao literature — from 1890 to 1990 — will be launched at the Ateneo de Davao University on Monday, February 27. Edited by the multi-awarded writer Ricardo
MARAWI CITY (MindaNews / 23 October) – Ten years after the Philippine government finally and officially recognized the “Bangsamoro” and three years after the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) was born, the Bangsamoro celebrated yet another historic day on
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 23 October) – The Ngilngig Asian Fantastic Film Festival, featuring acclaimed films created by Filipino and international filmmakers from different parts of Asia, will be held in Davao City from October 27 to 30. Jay Rosas, festival
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 16 October) – Mindanao Art 2022 opened Friday night at The Club at Northtown in Cabantian, a huge venue for hundreds of paintings, sculptures and installations by Mindanawon artists inside and outside the exhibit halls, on the
There must be more to being connected than how we connect today.There must be more to alignment than the lines we draw and say.Drawn away from what’s essential, always enticing, ever inviting,AI shackles us to the mundane — dancing, arguing,
(Opening remarks delivered by artist Ray Mudjahid “Kublai” Millan of Lawig Diwa at the gala night of the 4th Mindanao Art Fair on Friday, 14 October 2022 at The Club at Northtown, Cabantian, Davao City) Welcome to the 4th Mindanao Art
LANTAPAN, Bukidnon (MindaNews / 15 October) — A School of Living Traditions was opened to the public on Friday in Barangay Songco, at the foot of Mt. Kitanglad. Aduna Llesis Saway, project-in-charge said the school is intended to teach Talaandig
CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews / 27 August) — Carnival street dancing is back in Cagayan de Oro’s fiesta celebration after two years of absence due to COVID-19 restrictions. The dancers in colorful costumes performed on the streets from Rodelsa Circle
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 15 June) – The collective launch of 59 Mindanao books published during the pandemic (2020 to 2022) and two books published in late 2019 during the opening of the 2nd Mindanao Book Festival on Monday drew a
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 11 June) – Dance icon Agnes Dakudao Locsin of Davao City is among eight National Artists for 2022 named by President Rodrigo Duterte through Proclamation 1390 on Friday. Locsin, National Artist for Dance, is the sixth artist
ALABEL, Sarangani (MindaNews / 26 May) – For Karlo Antonio Galay David, there is no such thing as a monolithic Mindanao literature. He considered Mindanao as one of the most culturally diverse islands in the world, and its creative expressions
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 23 January) – The COVID-19 pandemic did not stop Mindanawons and non-Mindanawons from writing books about Mindanao: at least 35 books, mostly on history and literature were published in 2020 and 2021. Two of these won
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 07 August) — The independent film festival Cinemalaya stages its 17th season with its second online festival from August 6 to September 5, featuring two award-winning Mindanawon films, a documentary on Marawi evacuees and a full-length
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 22 May) – A special online screening and discussion of the award-winning documentary, “A House in Pieces” will be presented by Stories Beyond and MindaNews on May 23, the 4th anniversary of Day 1 of the
ILIGAN CITY ( MindaNews / 3 February) – While the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic ravaged the global economy forcing many businesses to shutdown, Babu Kwan restaurant managed to find opportunities that kept it afloat amidst these trying times. The
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 26 July) – “For the love of one’s right to life,” artists mostly from Northern Mindanao have mounted an online art exhibit which can be viewed on Facebook or Instagram until August 15. On exhibit since
Magkikita-kita pa rin tayong mulî Magsásalu-salong dî nagmámadalî Sa pinagdaanan babangon, babawi. Ang dî nakadalaw at dî nakauwî Ang maglalakbáy pa sa malayong lahì Makararatíng din nang maluwalhatì. Ang dilím ng ulap ngayó’y nahahawì. Ang luhà sa matá at ngitî
Paano ko masasambit At inyong maririnig Ako’y nalulungkot Ako’y natatakot Mahirap mang aminin Unti-unting tumatakas na lakas Mga ala-alang kipkip sa diwa Nagbibigay ng ngiti, masasayang gunita Unti-unting tinatangay ng hangin Yugto sa aking buhay na takipsilim Paano sasambitin At
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 28 May) — I have always been mystified by the woven fabrics of our Mindanawon weavers. This fascination to anything indigenously woven can all be traced back to my childhood. My aunt used to be an
(The rainy season has just come forth and every morning I see a few awesome dew desperately hanging on for dear life only to be dried up later and vanished as the sun lords over the earth. I thought of
Subhan Allah! Not blinding at all Oh never! Squinting I gaze in awe through eyes half-closed Bathed in heavenly glow Making me smile Softly feeling blessed! Majestic! No wonder Allah made an oath Benedicting fajr “By the dawn” at 89th!
(Warina Sushil A. Jukuy wrote this poem Friday night, 17 April 2020, for her younger sister, Wadrayna Jukuy – Dimafelix, a Muslim Tausug nurse-frontliner in New Jersey in the United States, who is now “slowly but surely on her 19th
Find me a womb of meanings for frigid verses This nomad awaits the birth of night The dark hides the pain of pains At daybreak let me smell the dew before it leaves with the breath of the morning wind
Manggagamot pawiin ang sakit ng bayang nagdurusa sa salot , walang patid Buhay ng tao ngayo’y nawawaglit Isang kisap mata’y tapos na Buhay ng tao nasa panganib isang kisap mata’y tapos na Manggagamot lunasan ang sakit Ibuhos ang talino sa
(Para sa kawani sa kalusugan, lansangan, basurero, panadero/a, taga palengke, boluntaryo, tagapagpaganap sa barangay, social workers, taga gawa ng batas, nagpapatupad ng batas, bumubutas sa batas, pamilya ng mga pumanaw at lumalaban na wag pumanaw, tagadasal, nagsusulat at naglalathala, nagugutom
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 08 March) — The documentary film A House in Pieces will make its world premiere on March 20 during the inaugural edition of the DaangDokyu Film Festival. The world premiere will be held on Friday, March
Malong Day’ on March 2, 2020 at the Mindanao State University main campus in Marawi City. The University Library started ‘Malong Day’ on March 11 last year to celebrate International Women’s Month and to honor the versatile Meranaw malong whose
The Bauhaus at Dona Vicenta Village in Bajada, Davao City will launch its art gallery on February 20 with an exhibit of soil paintings by Lumads (Indigenous Peoples) from Bukdinon. “Romance with Soil,” which will run from February 20 to
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 05 January) — I finally had the chance to watch Brillante Mendoza’s “Mindanao.” You have to give it to Judy Ann Santos: Her acting was very, very good. The cinematography including animation was beautifully done. But
MINDANEWS (08 December 2019) — A year ago, Oscar Albayalde, who was still getting the hang of his appointment as the new chief of the Philippine National Police, the enforcer of President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs, declared how unhappy
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 20 November) – Four Mindanawons are representing the Philippines in the ongoing BIMP-EAGA Budayaw Festival in Kuching, Malaysia on November 19 to 23.[] Visual artists Abraham Ambo Garcia Jr. of Davao City, Al-Nezzar Buday Ali of
KUCHING, Malaysia (MindaNews / 20 November) — ‘Look After’ is a phrasal verb that refers to act for the betterment of others – an act of doing after generating empathy towards a fellow human being and to the greater community.
By Raul G. Moldez ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews / 7 November) – Stormy weather and heavy pouring of rains did not deter the Binisaya writers coming from various parts of Mindanao to gather under one roof on October 26, 2019. After
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 23 October) – “Forest Images 5,” pen-and-ink artist Arnel Villegas’ 15th solo exhibit, opens at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 23 at the 3rd floor of the Abreeza Mall. Proceeds from the October 23 to 30
Koro Kantahanay, the resident choir group of the University of the Philippines (UP) Mindanao, was one of 52 choirs — and the only one from Mindanao — invited to perform at the Philippine Madrigal Singers or the Madz’s “MusiKapayapaan: Madz
Artist Rameer A. Tawasil welcomes guests at the opening on Sunday, October 6, of a group exhibit titled “Brewing Art, Brewing Culture” at the Dennis Coffee Garden along San Juan Road in Baliwasan, Zamboanga City. The exhibit, which runs from
1st Mindanao Art Fair and Exhibit Theme: Traversing the River of Creativity Atrium of Gaisano Mall, Davao City 10 a.m. to 9 p.m, October 5 and 6, 2019 (Exhibit Notes from MindanaoArt) The Gallery of the Peninsula and the Archipelago
1st Mindanao Art Fair and Exhibit Theme: Traversing the River of Creativity Atrium of Gaisano Mall, Davao City 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., October 5 and 6, 2019 (Exhibit notes from MindanaoArt) CURATORIAL NOTES: Exhibit Title: Colors of the Earth
1st Mindanao Art Fair and Exhibit Theme: Traversing the River of Creativity Atrium of Gaisano Mall, Davao City 10 a.m. to 9 p.m, October 5 and 6, 2019 (Exhibit Notes from MindanaoArt) LIKHA-KARAGA BACKGROUND FACTS and CURATORIAL NOTES LIKHA-KARAGA, is
1st Mindanao Art Fair and Exhibit Theme: Traversing the River of Creativity Atrium of Gaisano Mall, Davao City 10 a.m. to 9 p.m, October 5 and 6, 2019 (Exhibit Notes from MindanaoArt) TITLE: RECENT CRESCENT: A photo and performance art
1st Mindanao Art Fair and Exhibit Theme: Traversing the River of Creativity Atrium of Gaisano Mall, Davao City 10 a.m. to 9 p.m, October 5 and 6, 2019 (Exhibit Notes from MindanaoArt) BACKGROUND, EXHIBIT NOTES, AND PROFILE ARTISTS OF TABULA
1st Mindanao Art Fair and Exhibit Theme: Traversing the River of Creativity Atrium of Gaisano Mall, Davao City 10 a.m. to 9 p.m, October 5 and 6, 2019 (Exhibit Notes from MindanaoArt) PIGURAS DAVAO GROUP PROFILE & EXHIBIT NOTES The
1st Mindanao Art Fair and Exhibit Theme: Traversing the River of Creativity Atrium of Gaisano Mall, Davao City 10 a.m. to 9 p.m, October 5 and 6, 2019 (Exhibit Notes from MindanaoArt) CONVERGENCE Mindanao and friends by the Gallery Down
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 05 October) — Waters. What would Mindanao be without its waters especially the sea that surrounds the main island and its islets, the lakes (from where the name Mindanao comes from as danao or ranao or
1st Mindanao Art Fair and Exhibit Theme: Traversing the River of Creativity Atrium of Gaisano Mall, Davao City 10 a.m. to 9 p.m, October 5 and 6, 2019 (Exhibit Notes from MindanaoArt) Notes on Datu Bago Gallery Café An Art
