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Visitors rush to take photos of the last minutes of the sunset over Rangayen, Alamada, North Cotabato, Monday afternoon. While parts of Mindanao reached around 40 degrees Celsius, Rangayen remained cool and inviting for locals seeking a cooldown. MindaNews photo by YAS D OCAMPO
Survivors of the December 4, 2012 super typhoon Pablo in Barangay Andap, New Bataan, Davao de Oro share their experience to Mindanawon journalists on Sunday, 27 July 2025. The journalists visited Andap as part of the media safety training on reporting
Journalists from different parts of Mindanao light candles and offer flowers at the public cemetery in New Bataan, Davao de Oro where the remains of the unidentified residents who perished when super typhoon Pablo struck the town on December 4,
Guests take a tour at the “Art For Everyone” exhibit at SM Lanang in Davao City on Friday, July 25. 2025. The exhibit, which will run until August 6, features the artworks of over 30 seasoned and rising artists, including
One of the floats at the civic-military parade for the grand opening of the 26th T’nalak Festival and 59th foundation anniversary of South Cotabato in Koronadal City on Friday, 11 July 2025. MindaNews photo by BONG S. SARMIENTO
Artisanal fisherfolk glean petite oysters in the brackish waters in Bincungan, Tagum City on 08 July 2025. MindaNews photo by GAIL ILAGAN
A runner enjoys the early morning sun and sea breeze at Davao City’s coastal road on Tuesday, 8 July 2025, with Mt. Apo range or Apo-Talomo range as backdrop. The peak of Mt. Apo is on the extreme left. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
Residents and visitors flock to Tanduh Beach in Parang, Sulu on Saturday, 05 July 2025. The beach is a 30-minute ride from the capital town of Jolo. MindaNews photo by JULES L. BENITEZ
Iligan City celebrates its 75th charter day with a gathering of local government employees at the amphitheater beside City Hall on Monday, 16 June 2025. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
High school boys raise their bolos to show they are conquerors during their performance at the Saedo Tu Naliyagan (Dance to Naliyagan) tribal dancing competition, one of the highlights of Naliyagan Festival 2025 at the provincial capitol grounds in Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur on 16 June 2025. Naliyagan is a Manobo word for “The Chosen One.” MindaNews photo by CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN
Women sort Robusta coffee beans at a cooperative processing center in Barangay Pigtauranan, Pangantucan, Bukidnon on Monday, 16 June 2025. Most of the beans come from Menuvu farmers in Pangantucan. MindaNews photo by H. MARCOS C. MORDENO
Students start arriving for their 7 a.m. classes at the GSIS Heights Elementary School in Matina, Davao City on Monday, June 16, 2025. The students are back to school after a two-month vacation. MindaNews photo by GREGORIO C. BUENO
Photographer takes prenup photo of a couple at the Rio de Oro Boulevard in Cagayan de Oro City on Sunday morning, 15 June 2025. The 2.5-kilometer boulevard, inaugurated in 2022, is closed to vehicular traffic and thus a haven for pedestrians. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
Vendor puts solo papaya in a plastic bag in Tupi, South Cotabato on 7 June 2025. The red papayas (first and second tier) cost 15 pesos per kilo while the solo papayas (third tier) cost 5 pesos per kilo. MindaNews photo by CAROLYN O. ARGUILLAS
Maria Victoria “Mags” Maglana, candidate for Davao City’s 1st district representative, casts her vote at the Manuel Roxas Elementary School in Davao City shortly before 3 p.m. on 12 May 2025. Maglana ran against Rep. Paolo Duterte and PBA party-list Rep. Margarita Ignacia “Migs” Nograles and two others. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Troops from the 5th Mechanized Infantry “Kaagapay” Battalion and the Philippine National Police guard an entry point in Nunungan, Lanao del Norte, which is classified as an election area of concern, on Monday, 12 May 2025. MindaNews photo by RICHEL V. UMEL
Comelec workers on Sunday morning load boxes of ballots in a van that would bring them to Tamparan town in Lanao del Sur. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has started distributing the ballots from the provincial capitol in Marawi City
Confetti rains on Karlo Alexei Nograles candidate for Davao City mayor (center) and his team at the end of the miting de avance Saturday night, 10 May 2025 in Buhangin. Nograles’ team is asking voters to vote for a change
Two boys go fishing by Kalawaig Creek in Malaybalay City on Sunday, 11 May 2025. They said there are tilapia and paitan (Spotted Barb) in this water body that passes along the Kaamulan Park. MindaNews photo by H. MARCOS C. MORDENO
Easter Sunday on 20 April 2025 is farmers’ day in Barangay Panikian, Banay-Banay in Davao Oriental as they thresh newly-harvested palay on the roadside. MindaNews photo by GREGORIO BUENO
Fr. Allan Mirasol walks the aisle of the Our Lady of Perpetual Help church in Linamon, Lanao del Norte to bless palm fronds brought by parishioners on Palm Sunday, April 13, 2025. MindaNews photo by RICHEL V. UMEL
A musician plays a bamboo xylophone at the capitol grounds in Malaybalay City on Sunday afternoon (6 April 2025) where thousands have gathered for the concert of Elias J. Tv & Kalumad Band. The concert is part of the ongoing Kaamulan, Bukidnon’s annual ethnic festival. MindaNews photo by H. MARCOS C. MORDENO
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Close to 350 motorcycles and private cars join the motorcade in Zamboanga City on Saturday evening, March 22, 2025 to express support for former Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, who has been detained since March 12 at the International Criminal Court on alleged crime against humanity in The Hague, the Netherlands. Riders are urging national government to “bring him home.” MindaNews photo by JULES L. BENITEZ
Dabawenyos in black shirts march the streets of Davao City for the 88th Araw ng Dabaw parade on Sunday, 16 March 2025, to deliver their messages to bring back home former President Rodrigo Duterte from The Hague in the Netherlands where he is facing charges of crime against humanity in relation to his bloody “war on drugs.” Duterte is running for an 8th term as city mayor in the May 2025 elections. MindaNews photo by IAN CARL ESPINOSA
Classmates of the late Lorenzo Mendoza de Vera at the Philippine Science High School Southern Mindanao campus (Batch 2013) gather in Casa Munda, Davao City at the launching of his book, “The Start of the New” on 04 March 2025. MindaNews photo by CAROLYN O. ARGUILLAS
Farmer Fahad Magundang, 23, transports newly-harvested badak in Sitio Gumatong Tugaig, Barira, in what used to be the Moro Islamic Liberation Front’s Camp Abubakar in Maguindanao del Sur on Saturday, 22 February 2025. Badak is a vegetable best cooked in coconut milk. MindaNews photo by GREGORIO C. BUENO
27 YEARS AGO. Retrieval operations in the aftermath of the crash of Cebu Pacific Flight 387 from Manila to Cagayan de Oro City. The plane crashed on the slopes of Mt. Sumagaya in Misamis Oriental on 2 February 1998, killing all 104 passengers and crew. File photo taken by the late GENE BOYD R. LUMAWAG
A farmer whips a bundle of rice seedlings to remove the mud and prepare for planting in Barangay Parang in Cantilan, Surigao del Sur on Sunday, January 12. MindaNews photo by IVY MARIE MANGADLAO
Quarry workers in Iligan City struggle to bring their raft upstream of Mandulog River to find more sand on Sunday, 5 January 2025. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
Sama Bangingi family transports the firewood they collected in Bisaya-Bisaya islet to the neighboring islet in Once Islas, Zamboanga City. MindaNews photo by JULES L. BENITEZ
SUNDAY PICNIC. Meranaws spend their Sunday in a picnic by the golf course at the Mindanao State University main campus in Marawi City on Sunday (29 December 2024), with a view of the vast Lake Lanao in the far background. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
An elderly caroler plays Christmas tunes with his ukulele at the public market in Malaybalay City on Sunday, 22 December 2024. MindaNews photo by H. MARCOS C. MORDENO
Stalls selling wooden trays and other items line up both sides of the highway in Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur. Vendor Angel shows that legs have been added to the lechon tray so it is elevated when placed on the table. MindaNews photo by CAROLYN O. ARGUILLAS
A farmer plows the rice field in preparation for planting in Barangay Poblacion, Cagwait, Surigao del Sur, on Saturday, December 21, 2024. MindaNews photo by IVY MARIE MANGADLAO
Families take turns to pose with not just one but three Santa Claus in a mall in Cagayan de Oro City. MindaNews photo by JULES L. BENITEZ
Horses graze at the grassland of the Northern Mindanao Integrated Agricultural Research Center, a facility of the Department of Agriculture – Region 10, in Dalwangan, Malaybalay City on Saturday (14 December 2024) with the scenic view of the Kitanglad Mountain
Workers sort mangoes for packing in Sulop, Davao del Sur on 16 November 2024. Mindanao mango producers have also been affected by the recent successive storms that have hit Luzon which have caused delays in the delivery of their produce to where they can get better prices for their produce. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Fastcrafts are now plying the sea route from Bongao, capital town of Tawi-tawi province, to Sibutu and Sitangkai, two major agar-agar producing municipalities in the region. It took six to eight hours to reach these islands before but via fastcraft, it takes only 45 minutes to one hour. MindaNews photo by JULES L. BENITEZ
Journalists from different provinces in Mindanao brainstorm story ideas in Davao City on Sunday (27 October 2024), on the second day of the two-day training on Reporting the first Bangsamoro Parliamentary Elections in May 2025. MindaNews photo by H. MARCOS C. MORDENO
A family gathers seashells during low tide by the shore of Bayug Island in Iligan City Sunday morning (20 October 2024). MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
Workers in Barangay Hinaplanon in Iligan City clear a canal of debris on Sunday morning (20 October 2024) to minize flooding in this rainy season. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
Goalie Jay Sanchez of the College of Agriculture of the Mindanao State University (MSU) GenSan displays his soccer prowess in a practice match on Sunday, 13 October 2024. MSU Gensan currently holds its yearly sports intramurals. MindaNews photo by ROMMEL REBOLLIDO
