TALACOGON, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews / 16 June) – “Wa gani ko katingog gahapon. Na shock ko.” (I was speechless yesterday. I was shocked), Rovelyn ‘Bebet’ Baterbonia recalls her feelings upon seeing the crowds that turned up along the 246-kilometer journey on
SULTAN SA BARONGIS, Maguindanao del Sur (MindaNews / 16 June 2026) –Before sunrise, fishing boats in Barangay Langgapanan are already moving through narrow waterways hidden within the darkness of the pawas (marshland). Nets are checked one last time, engines are started, and fisherfolk
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 16 June 2026) — A 25-year-old Indian tourist was injured after plunging more than 39 feet in Kitaotao, Bukidnon over the weekend when a zip line cable he was riding in a popular resort
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 16 June 2026) — Seven people have died, 12 remain missing, and 40 others were injured in the municipality of Jose Abad Santos in Davao Occidental following the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that shook many parts of
TALACOGON, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews / 16 June 2026) — Rene Clert “Bobet” Baterbonia will be the first to be buried in the town’s new cemetery in Barangay Labnig on June 24, on a 30-square meter lot intended for a
TALACOGON, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews / 16 June 2026) — Eighteen-year-old Rene Clert “Bobet” Baterbonia was expected to be home in Talacogon town between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. on Monday but the funeral convoy arrived at the municipal gym
Alkharj Gomez Zamayla, 31 year old and a resident of Valencia City, Bukidnon, has gone missing while trekking in Mt Kalatungan in Bukidnon. He was last seen Friday, 12 June 2026. Photo supplied by Zamayla’s sister, Chola Zamayla-Biasca
United Bangsamoro Justice Party (UBJP) Party President Ahod “Al Haj Murad” Ebrahim during the first Regional General Assembly of the UBJP at the Cotabato State University in Cotabato City on 17 February 2024. MindaNews file photo by MANMAN DEJETO
A signage along the national highway greet the funeral convoy of Rene Clert “Bobet” Baterbonia as it passed Panabo City, Davao del Norte on its way to his hometown in Talacogon, Agusan del Sur on Monday (15 June 2026). MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 14 June) – Rene Clert ‘Bobet’ Baterbonia will forever live in the Ateneo de Davao University (ADDU). The covered courts of the Senior High School will henceforth be named RBBCC for “Rene ‘Bobet’ Baterbonia Covered Courts,” Fr.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 14 June) – Rene Clert “Bobet” Baterbonia dreamt of a better life for his family, including helping ensure his six siblings finish college. Bobet’s “pangandoy” (dream) for his siblings’ education will be realized, even if the 18-year old
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / June 14) — The legal team representing the family of the Ateneo de Manila University’s Blue Eagles player, Rene Clert “Bobet” Baterbonia, is conducting its own investigation on the circumstances that led to his death during the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 14 June) — As filmmakers outside Metro Manila continue seeking alternative exhibition spaces, a new Cebuano-language girls’ love (GL) feature-length film is set to reach audiences across the country this Pride Month. A Quiet Bloom, directed by siblings
Lawyer Israelito Torreon said the Baterbonia and Adili families have five demands from the Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU), one of which is for AdMU to give a full accounting of what happened on 8 June 2026 which led to the deaths of their sons. MindaNews file photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Corals previously underwater are exposed after the 7.8 Magnitude earthquake last 8 June 2026 caused a ‘coastal uplift’ in Barangay Pangyan, Glan, Sarangani. DOST-PHIVOLCS PHOTO
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / June 12) — Thomas Anthony “Tabal” Baldwin, head coach of the Ateneo de Manila University’s (AdMU) basketball team should talk to the family of the late Rene Clert Baterbonia as well as his former team at
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 12 June 2026) — A recent genomic study has found that the Philippine eagle (Pithecophaga jefferyi), already threatened by hunting and habitat loss, has one of the lowest levels of genetic diversity recorded among birds of
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 12 June 2026) – Barely becoming a Blue Eagle after his recruitment to play for Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU), 18-year-old Rene Clert “Bobet” Baterbonia was Blue Knight, Bobet, Gentle Giant, Most Valuable Player. And he is
MARAWI CITY (MindaNews / 12 June 2026) – Rep. Ziaur- Rahman Alonto Adiong of the First District of Lanao del Sur has filed a cyber libel complaint against the 18 men who identified themselves as former Marines and claimed to
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 11 June) – The death toll in Sarangani following Monday’s Magnitude 7.8 earthquake has risen to 28 as of 6 p.m. on Thursday, June 11, up by eight from 9 a.m. as more bodies were retrieved
GLAN, Sarangani (MindaNews / 11 June) – Before Monday’s Magnitude 7.8 quake, Noraina Dianga was an itinerant fish vendor in Barangay Kapatan. But there is no fish to sell these days as fisherfolk are still shying away from the sea,
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 11 June 2026) — On Wednesday, the Office of the City Building Official said it had issued Red Tags to seven structures in the city and Yellow Tags to 22 more after the Magnitude 7.8 earthquake.
GLAN, Sarangani (MindaNews / 11 June 2026) — Arbaiya Esmael didn’t realize her house had collapsed when the earth shook violently at 7:37 a.m. on Monday. “Akala ko wasak na ang mundo. Naiyak talaga ako” (I thought it was the
GLAN, Sarangani (MindaNews / 11 June 2026) — Drinking water. Food packs. Outdoor tents. Generator sets with fuel. These are the immediate needs in this town hit hardest by Monday’s Magnitude 7.8 earthquake, according to the progress report of the
MAASIM, Sarangani (MindaNews / 10 June 2026) — The magnitude 7.8 earthquake had barely stopped shaking the ground when 63-year-old Monaliza Ugbaniel rushed back to their household on the morning of June 8, having stepped out earlier to take a
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 10 June 2026) — St. Peter Life Plan and Chapels announced it would provide free funeral and deathcare services for victims of the magnitude 7.8 earthquake. The company’s public relations firm emailed this statement to MindaNews
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 10 June 2026) — The Office of Civil Defense has reported that there have been 45 deaths so far as of noon Wednesday due to the Magnitude 7.8 earthquake that hit off the coast of Sarangani.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 10 June 2026) — Residents in Sarangani Province have reported spending nights in open spaces and along roadsides as the magnitude 7.8 earthquake disrupted electricity and water services, damaged homes, and triggered continuing aftershocks across
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews / 09 June 2026) — Yesterday, we saw distressing videos showing just how traumatizing the major earthquake was for a large number of young people in General Santos and neighboring provinces. We are incredibly grateful for the
A road in Barangay Kapatan, Glan, Sarangani Province damaged during the magnitude 7.8 earthquake on Monday (8 June 2026). Photo from the Facebook page of VICE MAYOR JAMES YAP JR.
The 12-man team of the Zamboanga Electric Cooperative (ZAMCELCO) prior to their departure for General Santos City on Tuesday, 9 June 2026. The ZAMCELCO contingent brings with them a boom truck and other equipment to help in clearing and power restoration operations in areas hit by Monday’s 7.8 magnitude quake. MindaNews photo by QUEENIE CASIMIRO
MATANAO, Davao del Sur (MindaNews / 09 June 2026) – Nearly seven years after three buildings housing a total of 50 classrooms in the Matanao National High School were condemned and cordoned off following a series of earthquakes in the last quarter of
A building of the Notre Dame of Dadiangas University Integrated Basic Education Department in General Santos City sustains visible damage after the 7.8 magnitude earthquake Monday, 8 June 2026. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 9 June 2026) —The distraught mother of the Talacogon, Agusan del Sur basketball standout recruited to play ball for Ateneo de Manila University said she had no idea what kind of training program her son would
A Jollibee branch at the RD Plaza Building along Pendatun Avenue, General Santos City after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck off Maasim, Sarangani Monday morning, 8 June 2026. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Photo from the official Facebook page of the Oroquieta Film Festival
A photo of Rene Baterbonia from his FB page
Gloria Lagawan (center, holding plaque) during awarding ceremonies of the PCQC 2026. Photo from the Facebook page of Inhandig Tribal Multi-Purpose Cooperative
A man walks past a collapsed school building of the Matanao National High School in Matanao, Davao del Sur after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck off Maasim, Sarangani at 7:37 Monday morning, 8 June 2026. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
LAMITAN CITY, Basilan (MindaNews / 07 June) –The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Basilan last week initiated a loyalty check among its members following some changes in the local leadership. Verjiv Rajan Abdurahman, designated by the MILF Central Committee
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 07 June) – It will still be a male-dominated Parliament — as it has been during this seven-year transition period — when the first elected officials of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) assume their
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 07 June 2026) – “First, I don’t have his name,” was the quick reply of Ustadha Nur-Ainee Tan Lim, the first nominee of the Mahardika Party, when asked what she can offer the Bangsamoro Parliament other
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 6 June 2026) – Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte has said residents may put their trash in front of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) XI compound in Lanang as a collection point, saying the
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 5 June 2026) – The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Central Committee has placed on indefinite suspension Bangsamoro Interim Chief Minister Abdulraof Macacua as chief of staff of the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces (BIAF). In a four-page resolution
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 04 June) – MindaNews was awarded the 2025 Best News Website for Mindanao by the Philippine Press Institute (PPI) during its 30th Community Press Awards rites on Thursday. This is the second consecutive win for MindaNews. In June
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 4 June 2026) – It is once again Brigada Eskwela season, signaling the start of preparations for the upcoming school year. As communities come together to help make schools more conducive to learning, parents, students, and
CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews / 4 June 2026) – Experts have detected radioactive isotopes — Uranium-238, Thorium-228, and Thorium-232 — in imported scrap metals used by Philippine Sanjia Steel Corporation to manufacture steel rebars at its plant in Barangay Baluarte,
Image from the Palarong Pambansa National Secretariat Facebook page.
Sanjia workers display placards after National Bureua of Investigation (NBI) agents raided and closed the steel plant in Baluarte, Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental last 15 May 2026. MindaNews photo by FROILAN GALLARDO
A screenshot of the Cateel Municipal Police Station social media page.
