MindaNews / 14 July 2026 — National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) BARMM regional director Jeremy Lotoc insisted that the evidence they gathered pointed to a plot by Vice President Sara Duterte to kill President Marcos Jr. Lotoc, however, admitted during
JOSE ABAD SANTOS, Davao Occidental (MindaNews / 14 July 2026) — Barangay Sugal in this municipality is going for a more long-term approach to the spate of disasters in Davao Occidental by using its disaster funds to buy a drilling
MindaNews / 14 July 2026 — Atty. Mark Vinluan received an admonition from Senate impeachment court presiding officer Chiz Escudero after declaring that Vice President Sara Duterte passed the Bar exam with a higher grade than most lawyers who were
JOSE ABAD SANTOS, Davao Occidental (MindaNews / 14 July 2026) — A fourth body has been found three days after the July 10 flash flood that hit Barangay Tanuman in the municipality of Jose Abad Santos (JAS). Another set of
DAVAO OCCIDENTAL (MindaNews / 13 July 2026) — The Tanuman Bridge in Barangay Tanuman, Jose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental was opened to all types of vehicles effective 6:30 p.m. on Sunday after clearing operations, two days after a deadly flash flood in
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (13 July 2026) — Motorists can now pass through one lane in landslide-hit areas of Barangay Kapatan and Sitio Nacolyael in Barangay Small Margus in Glan, Sarangani, following hours of emergency clearing operations. In an advisory issued
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 13 July) — Nearly half of Filipino learners are unable to read at grade level by the end of Grade 3, according to the Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM 2), a learning crisis the commission
JOSE ABAD SANTOS, Davao Occidental (MindaNews / 12 July 2026) — Rescuers found three bodies in the aftermath of a flash flood in Barangay Tanuman Big that swept four houses into the sea on July 10. But six more residents
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 12 July 2026) – Fourteen countries on Saturday issued a joint statement rejecting China’s “expansive maritime claims in the South China Sea,” including those based on “historic rights.” The statement, released on the eve of the
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews / 12 July 2026) — The municipal government of Calanogas in Lanao del Sur on Friday declared a state of calamity following the devastation in at least four barangays, including a landslide that claimed at least seven lives,
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews /12 July 2026) — A young Basileño won the gold medal in Productive Skills, silver medal in the Receptive Skills and First Place in the Debate Showcase at the TeenEagle English Global Finals in London. Jamil Oumar
Heavy equipment and personnel from the Glan Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) and from the Municipal Engineering Office deploy at Purok Cagang, Barangay Tapon to help residents evacuate and clear blocked roads Friday, 10 July 2026. Photo from the Facebook page of the Local Government Unit of Glan
A section of the Kapalong–Talaingod–Valencia (KTV) Road in Sitio Balacayo, Barangay Kalagangan, San Fernando, Bukidnon. Photo courtesy of DPWH-10 Regional Public Affairs and Information Office
Residents and relatives during the rescue and retrieval of landslide victims in Barangay Ngirngir, Calanogas, Lanao Del Sur. Photos courtesy of BARMM READi
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 10 July 2026) — Philippine Airlines Flight PR 1805 from Manila to Davao City was diverted to the Mactan International Airport in Cebu after three failed landing attempts at the Francisco Bangoy International Airport here on Friday
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 10 July) — A landslide triggered by heavy rains brought about by Super Typhoon Inday left five persons dead, six others missing and several houses buried in Barangay Ngirngir, Calanogas, Lanao del Sur at around 2:30 a.m.
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 10 July 2026) – Southwest monsoon rains enhanced by Super Typhoon Inday flooded low-lying villages in Malaybalay City and parts of Bukidnon on Wednesday, leaving two persons dead. Disaster monitoring centers at the Police Regional
General Romeo S. Brawner Jr., Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines lays a wreath in honor of the fallen soldiers at the Tears from Heaven monument inside Kampo Ranao in Marawi City Thursday morning, 9 July 2026. MindaNews photo by RICHELIEU V. UMEL
National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Senior Agent John Mark Calilung. Photo courtesy of the Senate Public Relations and Information Bureau.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/9 July 2026) — Only one from the six suspected out of school youths involved in the stabbing of two students of the Emilio Ramos National High School last Monday will be slapped with a criminal case, the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 08 July 2026) – Mindanao’s lone Cardinal, Orlando B. Quevedo, OMI, the Catholic religious leader who played a major role in the Bangsamoro peace process, will be honored on July 15 in Jakarta, Indonesia as the first
The coastal uplift in Barangay Burias Glan, Sarangani province as seen from the air. Beach resort owners say the coastal uplift has affected their livelihood. MindaNews photo by YAS D. OCAMPO
MindaNews / 7 July 2026 — Presiding Senator-Judge Chiz Escudero denied the motion of defense counsel Atty. Carlo Narvasa to exclude NBI Senior Agent John Mark Calilung as witness in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte. Calilung was
MindaNews / 7 July 2026 — The prosecution on Tuesday told the Senate sitting as an impeachment court that they want Vice President Sara Duterte to appear as a hostile witness for the hearing on Article IV of the Articles
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 7 July 2026) — Article IV on the alleged assassination plot, grave threats, and inciting sedition against the government will be the first Article of Impeachment that will be heard in the impeachment trial of Vice
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 06 July 2026) – The Prosecution and Defense panels invoked accountability of public officials in their opening statements on Monday, Day 1 of the trial of impeached Vice President Sara Duterte. But while the Prosecution focused
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 7 July 2026) — A landslide triggered a highway collapse along the San Fernando-Talaingod Road on Monday, forcing authorities to divert traffic to alternative routes. No casualties were reported after a landslide buried a 228-meter
MindaNews / 6 July 2026 — The start of the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday, July 6, opened with a debate on who should act as presiding officer. Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian presided the proceedings when
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 6 July 2026) — If the vice president is innocent and her office is clean, what scares her to face the impeachment trial? This was the statement of a leader of the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN)-Southern
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 05 July 2026) – Impeached Vice President Sara Duterte, Mindanao’s highest ranking elected official, faces the Senate Impeachment Court starting July 6, Day 1 of the 92 hearings scheduled. Sixty-two of the hearings have been proposed
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 05 July 2026) – Non-Moro Indigenous Peoples (NMIP) in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) will select representatives for their two reserved seats in the 80-member Bangsamoro Parliament ahead of the rest in the region
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 05 July) – The chair of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)’s Peace Implementing Panel (PIP) has expressed concern on alleged “undue intervention by high government officials” in the run-up to the 1st Bangsamoro Parliamentary Elections on
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 05 July 2026) — The death toll in the Magnitude 7.8 earthquake on June 8 has reached 92, with the largest numbers recorded in Glan, Sarangani and General Santos City. Seventy-one died in Region XII while
SULTAN KUDARAT, Maguindanao del Norte (MindaNews / 05 July 2026) — Joint security forces from police and military in Central Mindanao have neutralized Ismael Abubakar aka Kumander Bungos, the leader of a breakaway faction of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), at
Many portions of the San Fernando (Bukidnon) – Talaingod (Davao del Norte) road, like this one in Barangay Kalagangan in San Fernando, are prone to landslides and rockslides, posing hazards to motorists. MindaNews photo taken Monday (27 April 2026) by H. MARCOS C. MORDENO
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/4 July 2026)— The Notre Dame University (NDU) community is in mourning following the brutal slaying of one of its faculty members, identified as Evangeline Pantorilla Abdullah, who was shot Thursday evening, 2 July 2026 Abdullah, who teaches
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 03 July 2026) – The chair of the government’s Peace Implementing Panel will be named on July 15, Secretary Mel Senen Sarmiento, Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity told representatives of civil society on Thursday.
From the official Facebook page of the Commission on Elections
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 2 July 2026) — MindaNews writer Allizah Keziah M. Manulat is the class of 2026 valedictorian of the University of the Philippines Mindanao (UP Mindanao) with a general weighted average of 1.111. The Davao City resident graduates with
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 30 June 2026) – The Davao City launch of the Dapat Isa Lang Movement (D1LM), a nationwide people’s initiative to pass a genuine anti-political dynasty law in the country, was held here Tuesday, aimed at gathering
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 30 June 2026) – An educators network on Tuesday junked calls for heightened police presence in schools and lowering the age of criminal responsibility after two minors were tagged in a school shooting in Tacloban City
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 29 June 2026) – Local government units comprising Zamboanga Peninsula on Monday received funds from Malacañang as financial assistance to barangays and selected scholars. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. led the distribution of the financial assistance under
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 28 June 2026) — Laughter erupted from a roomful of aspiring performers — many of whom had never stepped into a musical theatre workshop before — as they belted songs, stumbled through choreography, embraced mistakes, and
MindaNews / 27 June 2026 – On June 8, 2026, a Magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Sarangani in Mindanao, killing and injuring several people not just in the province but also in other areas in the neighboring Davao Region. In addition,
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews / 27 June 2026) – The city government has tapped a Quezon City-based company for the recycling of waste into fuel for use by two local cement factories, an official said. In an interview on Thursday, Aldwin
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 27 June 2026) – Eight of the Top 10 passers in the Licensure Examination for Architects (LEA) are graduates of Mindanao schools, with the topnotcher coming from the University of the Philippines-Mindanao, results posted on the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 26 June 2026) – What happened in Dipaculao, Aurora on June 8 that led to the death of Rene Clert Baterbonia and Divine Adili was hazing and the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG)
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 26 June 2026) – “Divine is home. His body arrived in his hometown Umueri in Anambra state today, but this is not the homecoming we prayed for. We sent him to the Philippines with blessings, with
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 26 June 2026) — Mindanao could see expanded international cooperation in education, labor mobility, trade, and disaster resilience as European diplomats signaled growing interest in strengthening partnerships with the region beyond its long-standing role in peacebuilding.
LAMITAN CITY, Basilan (MindaNews / 26 June 2026) – Thousands of residents on Thursday turned up for the grand commemorative program of Lami-Lamihan Festival in Barangay Malinis that featured a grand parade, dances, and float competition. For this year the
