At noontime on 27 May 2025, the temperature in Zamboanga City was recorded at 31°C along the city’s baywalk, known for its colorful vinta sails. Temperature in the city rises to as high as 36°C during summer. MindaNews photo by JULES L. BENITEZ
Text and Photos by Leonard G. Reyes SAN JOSE, Dinagat Islands (MindaNews/ 16 January) – Thirty days after Typhoon Odette made landfall in the Caraga region, the island province of Dinagat appears to still be in a state of emergency
HOMEOWNERS-PROTESTERS. At least 5,000 homeowners coming from different subdivisions in the city and even from neighboring towns and cities gathered at Rizal Park in Davao City after they marched around major thoroughfares Wednesday afternoon to oppose the transfer of an estimated P13 billion worth of housing loans with the National Home Mortgage Finance Corporation (NHMFC) to a private entity known as Balikatan Housing Finance Inc. Photo by Ruby Thursday More / AKP Images for MindaNews
BANCA MARKET. Every Tuesday in Datu Piang, Maguindanao, bancas for sale are lined up. The chief mode of transportation along the Rio Grande de Mindanao and the Ligawasan Marsh, each banca costs from P900 to P1,500, depending on the size. Photos by Froilan Gallardo/MindaNews
MAITUM, Sarangani (Sarangani Information Office/29 May 2007) — Camera club members from the cities of Davao and General Santos shot their way to the top of the "3rd Maitum Photo Safari Photo Contest" last week as a highlight of the town's annual Binuyugan Festival.
Growers from Misamis Oriental observe as Virgilio Loquias (right), Senior Agriculturist of the Davao National Crop Research Development Center (DNCRDC), demonstrates field sanitation practices for banana during a recent training program on Banana Pest and Disease Management organized by the Mindanao Fruit Industry Development Council (Minfruit).
Since 2002, the Minfruit Council has conducted more than 100 seminars on banana and other fruit crops in major fruit-growing areas in Mindanao, benefiting more than 8,000 small farmers. The Minfruit Council is being assisted by USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program and the Department of Agriculture (DA), to support the development of the local fruit industry through technology dissemination, market linkage and the strengthening of grower associations. (GEM Program)
GLAZED POTTERY. Mr. Garry Graham, a Canadian trainor shows to visiting Davao travel agents and tour operators the process of glazing, one of the steps to produce handcrafted, glazed pots at the Kerajinan Keramik Pulutan Pottery Training Center in Minahasa
Members of the Provincial Technical Working Group conducted On-site consultations with the Municipal Council on the Protection of Children (MCPC) in the provinces of Maguindanao and Shariff Kabunsuan. The MTWG visited the municipalities of Datu Montawal, Datu Odin Sinsuat,
