ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 22 March) — Jollibee opened its first branch in Lamitan City, Basilan, on Saturday, in time for the celebration of Eidl Fitr. The store, located in Barangay Malakas, Lamitan City, is the second in Basilan, 22
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 22 March) — SM City Zamboanga opened its doors on Friday, marking a major milestone as SM Prime Holdings’ 90th mall nationwide and its eighth in Mindanao. The four-level mall along Mayor Vitaliano Agan Avenue in
TANDAG CITY (MindaNews / 22 March) — Surigao del Sur Governor Johnny Ty has been flown to Manila for “specialized medical treatment” of injuries sustained when his motorcycle crashed on a steel post in Cagwait town on Friday noon. Provincial Administrator
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 22 March) — In a distant area in Barangay Tawan-tawan, Calinan district lies Flow Forest Farm, a five-hectare expanse of land lush with diverse plants, fruit-bearing trees, and native vegetation. The farm belongs to Maya Vandenbroeck’s
WHEN the entire editorial board of Primum, the student publication of the University of Mindanao in Davao City, resigned en masse in early March, it was both a dramatic act of protest and a sadly familiar story. The trouble had been
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 22 March) — A federation of transport cooperatives will stage a transport strike on Monday to press the government for fuel subsidies and fare hikes amid rising fuel costs. Luzviminda Escobidal, president of the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 21 March) — The anime film Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway places part of its story in an unexpected location: Davao City. While originally released in 2021, clips and stills featuring the film’s depiction of the city have recently circulated
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 21 March) — A video footage showing how people treated a whale that was stranded at a beach in Kalamansig town in Sultan Kudarat around 8:30 a.m. on Saturday has drawn criticism from an environmental advocate.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / March 21) – A 19-year-old advocate of rehabilitation of people with substance abuse disorder was crowned Friday night as the 2026 Mutya ng Dabaw. Hannah Kolecheril, of Indian-Filipino lineage, said she also wants to work with
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 20 March) — As fuel prices continue to rise, free transportation programs remain in place in Davao City and other parts of the country, offering relief to commuters facing increasing daily costs. Several initiatives are currently operating under
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 20 March) — Certain financial transactions involving the Ministry of Basic, Higher, and Technical Education (MBHTE) of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) violated processes and standards set by the Government Procurement Reform Act,
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 20 March) — While most of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) will mark Eid’l Fitr or the end of Ramadan on Saturday, March 21, Marawi City decided to hold congregational prayers for the event
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 20 March) – For the supporters of Vice President Sara Duterte in her hometown Davao City, the impeachment complaints against her are merely an attempt by her political opponents to prevent her from running for president
CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews / 20 March) – US troops deployed at Lumbia Air Base here will leave on March 24 at the end of their two-week training with Philippine troops, an exercise that has sparked speculations and concerns among
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 18 March) — The House Committee on Justice has scheduled four hearing dates — March 25, April 14, 22, and 29, 2026 — to determine probable cause in the impeachment case against Vice President Sara Duterte,
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 18 March) — Inflation remains the most urgent issue for Mindanawons, but concerns over illegal drugs, criminality, and support for farmers are rising in the region, according to a Pulse Asia survey released this week. The
Vice President Sara Duterte facing the media at the San Pedro Cathedral after the “Bring Him Home” Mass on Wednesday (11 March 2026). MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon leads inspection of an alleged ghost flood-control project in the municipality of Jose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental, on September 25. During inspection, it was found that the project remained unfinished “despite the project having been declared completed and the full payment having been made to St. Timothy Construction Company,” one of the many construction firms owned by government contractor Pacifico “Curlee” Discaya II and his wife Sarah. DPWH photo
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 17 March) — Mindanao respondents show sharply contrasting views of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte in the latest Pulse Asia nationwide survey released on Monday, with the region registering the lowest approval
Moro students having a break inside their classroom at a school in Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur. MindaNews file photo by BONG S. SARMIENTOYoung Moro females students inside their classroom at a school in Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao. MindaNews photo by BONG S. SARMIENTO
Basilan Governor Mujiv Hataman stresses the importance of madaris education in peacebuilding during a graduation ceremony in Tuburan, Basilan in this photo taken 18 January 2026. MindaNews file photo by JULES L. BENITEZ.
Families of the two rescued human trafficking victims welcome them in Maguindanao del Sur on 12 March 2026. MSSD photo
The USNS Seay, a roll-on/roll-off vehicle cargo ship of the United States Navy, viewed from the stern or the back of the ship. The US Navy ship docked at Cagayan de Oro City’s Macabalan pier on 15 March 2026. MindaNews photo by JB R. DEVEZA
Vice President Sara Duterte facing the media at the San Pedro Cathedral after the “Bring Him Home” Mass on Wednesday (11 March 2026). MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 15 March) — Mijan Jumalon is not only a painter but also a cultural storyteller, blending visual art and film to highlight resilience, womanhood, and the lived realities of Mindanao. The Zamboanga City-based painter and multidisciplinary artist, known for
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 15 March) – An allegory on the Duterte patriarch and his daughter Sara led to the takedown of the post, the resignation of the editorial board and eventually, the shutdown of Primum, the student publication of
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 15 March) — Student journalists from renowned universities in Region 12 and the Bangsamoro region expressed support for their colleagues who resigned from Primum, the official student publication of the University of Mindanao (UM) in Davao City,
OPOL, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews / 15 March) — A war thousands of miles away has begun to affect the small fishing village of Luyong Bonbon, where residents now face the reality of rising fuel prices and fisherfolk are looking for work
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 15 March) — To know deeply about the city where I was born, I learned about the story of creation of every landmark and why they happened to be built on that location, as well as
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 15 March) — Mindanawon writer and professor John Bengan was recently recognized by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) during the 18th Ani ng Dangal Awards which honors Filipino artists whose work has
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 14 March) — The Facebook page of Primum, the official student publication of the University of Mindanao (UM) Main Campus, reactivated on March 14 and opened applications for new writers after weeks of controversy involving alleged
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 14 March) – A resident accidentally unearthed a vintage bomb while digging a fish trap in Sitio Sunflower in Barangay Mandug, this city, at 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, local authorities said. Capt. Hazel Caballero, Davao City
The party-list system was meant to challenge elite politics. But it has instead become a bastion of families and contractors. This report provides the numbers: half of the 64 party-list representatives in the 20th Congress are members of active political
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 14 March) – The leader of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) hailed the House of Representatives for setting the date of the first parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Mohammad Yacob,
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 13 March) — While most Filipinos support the passage of a law banning political dynasties, respondents in Mindanao appear more divided on the issue, according to the latest nationwide survey released Friday by Pulse Asia. The survey,
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 13 March) – Vice President Sara Duterte has maintained that there is insufficient evidence to warrant the filing of a new impeachment complaint against her. Duterte made the statement on Friday following the request of Akbayan
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / March 13) – A Davao City-based delivery riders group has called upon the national government to expedite the removal of excise tax and value-added tax (VAT) on fuel products. The group also asked for “ayuda” (aid)
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 13 March) – An employee at a gas service station in Zamboanga City, who has gone viral on social media after explaining in an interview the reasons for the recent spikes in fuel price, graduated cum
BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews / 13 March) – The city government here has launched a multi-agency task force to monitor gasoline stations and curb illegal fuel price increases amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East that has hampered oil shipment from
MindaNews / 13 March – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has reaffirmed his administration’s continuing support to the Bangsamoro peace process and for a progressive Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). During the Grand Iftar (breaking of fast) he hosted
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 12 March) — Authorities here have flagged nine gasoline stations for alleged fuel price overpricing and premature price adjustments after inspection teams from the Department of Energy and the local monitoring board conducted rounds
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / March 12) — The city’s rabies cases have doubled in 2025 from its record in 2024, with two new logged cases as of February of this year, amid the country’s declining rabies cases. Dr. Yleona Ysabel
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 12 March) — Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU), has called on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to intensify preparations for the first Bangsamoro parliamentary
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 12 March) — Several supporters of former President Rodrigo R. Duterte continue to pray for his return, saying they are still “waiting for him” one year after his arrest and detention at the International Criminal Court
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 12 March) — The Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) announced on Tuesday that chick no. 32, a three-month-old named “Bayani,” was successfully hatched on December 5, 2025, through cooperative artificial insemination at the newly established National Bird
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 11 March) — To cushion the effects of high cost of fuel, the City Government of Zamboanga has adopted a four-day workweek for its employees, starting Wednesday, March 11. Mayor Khymer Olaso signed Administrative Order Number
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 11 March) — United States servicemen have started arriving at Lumbia Air Base, one of the nine Philippine military bases designated under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA), to train with Philippine troops in humanitarian
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 11 March) — Vice President Sara Duterte criticized the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for failing to adequately prepare for the challenges posed by the ongoing crisis in the Middle East. Duterte told reporters during
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 11 March) — One year after the arrest and transfer of former President Rodrigo R. Duterte to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, Vice President Sara Duterte said the anger among his supporters
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 11 March) — All the four provinces in Region 12 (Soccsksargen Region) have officially adopted a four-day workweek schedule as austerity and conservation measures amid the energy crunch triggered by the conflict between the United States
