Workers of a fishing boat unload boxes of fish for buyers waiting at the port of Opol, Misamis Oriental on October 6, 2024. MindaNews photo by FROILAN GALLARDO
Representatives of various sectors light candles at the Freedom Park in Davao City on Saturday evening, 21 September 2024 to honor fellow Dabawenyos who perished (names on the tarpaulin) while fighting the Marcos dictatorship. The candle-lighting at 7:15 p.m. was done simultaneously in different parts of the country to commemorate the 52nd anniversary of then President Ferdinand Marcos Sr.’s declaration of martial law. MindaNews photo by CAROLYN O. ARGUILLAS
Aspins wait for their ‘share’ while customers dine at the baywalk in Barangay Caganguhan in Panabo City, Davao del Norte on Sunday, 15 September 2024. The baywalk is a popular weekend destination among local residents to unwind and eat a variety of street food. MINDANEWS PHOTO
Young boys play along the seawall in Barangay Caganguhan in Panabo City, Davao del Norte on Sunday, 15 September 2024. The baywalk is a popular weekend destination among local residents to unwind and eat a variety of street food. MINDANEWS PHOTO
Law students from Notre Dame University College of Law in Cotabato City cheer wait outside the Ateneo de Davao Senior High School to cheer for their bar examinees on Day 3 of the 2024 Bar Examinations on Sunday, 15 September 2024. MindaNews photo by ANTONIO L. COLINA IV
Michael Garmino, a law graduate from Sultan Kudarat State University was the first bar taker who completed Day 3 of the 2024 Bar Examinations, at 4:36 p.m. on Sunday, 15 September 2024. MindaNews photo by ANTONIO L. COLINA IV
Fathers and their children enjoy the sun and the sight of the waves crashing by the shore along the coastal road in Davao City early morning Sunday (15 September 2024). MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
Family members load culled broiler chickens to a truck on a foggy Sunday morning, 15 September 2024 in Barangay Can-ayan, Malaybalay City. MindaNews photo by H. MARCOS C. MORDENO
A family enjoys an early morning picnic by the coastal road in Davao City as two birds whiz by behind them on Sunday (15 September 2024). MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
Spicy fried locusts
A vendor sells spicy fried locusts at 50 pesos a cup along the national highway in Polomolok, South Cotabato, on Sunday, 15 Sept 2024. This local delicacy called “apan” is a hit among motorists, best when paired with beer or with rice. MindaNews photo by ROMMEL REBOLLIDO
Cadets of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) run along the Dipolog Sunset Boulevard early Saturday morning, 07 September 2024. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
Ferry servicing the Mukas-Ozamiz route brings passengers from Kolambugan in Lanao del Norte to Misamis Occidental. The frequency of ferry trips will likely be affected when Panguil Bay bridge is inaugurated. The 3.17-kilometer Bridge will connect Tubod, Lanao del Norte to Tangub City in Misamis Occidental and cut travel time from at least 90 minutes on Roll on Roll off vessels to seven minutes. But the long queue of vehicles at the Mukas or Ozamiz port will likely send motorists to take the Panguil Bay Bridge. MindaNews photo by BOBY TIMONERA
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Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) workers, on orders of Senator Bato dela Rosa, use a rotary hammer drill to chip away the still uncured concrete covering the alleged digging hole done by police personnel at the basement of the JMC building inside the KOJC compound in Buhangin, Davao City on 6 September 2024. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Senators Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa and Robinhood Padilla inspect a cover placed on the stage of the cathedral of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) inside the KOJC compound in Bunhangin, Davao City on 6 September 2024. A sub-committee of the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights chaired by dela Rosa is investigating the conduct of the police operations to arrest the fugitive Pastor Apollo Quiboloy. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Vice President Sara Duterte (in blue) is mobbed by Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) supporters outside the KOJC compound in Buhangin, Davao City on 1 September 2024. Duterte delivered a 30-minute speech during the 39th anniversary of the KOJC. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Vice President Sara Duterte urges followers of Pastor Apollo Quiboloy’s Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) to use the words of God in dealing with the police whose operations to arrest Quiboloy entered its 9th day Sunday, 01 September, the 39th anniversary of the KOJC. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
A Dabawenyo enjoys her early morning walk with her cats and dog along the Davao City coastal road Sunday (1 September 2024). MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
FRESH CATCH. It is Tuna Festival time, but it is still business-as-usual for many Mindanao fish traders who buy their supply of fresh fish, mainly tuna species, from the fish port in General Santos City. A usual street scene photographed on Saturday (August 31) in the city tagged as Tuna Capital of the Philippines. MindaNews photo by ROMMEL REBOLLIDO
An ornately adorned float joins the Pamulak sa Kadayawan 2024 parade in Davao City on 18 August 2024. This year, the “Indak-indak” (street dancing) and Pamulak sa Kadayawan (float parade) are held in a single parade serving as the culmination of Davao City’s Kadayawan Festival. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Street dancing performers seek shade from the mid-day sun, unaware that their other companion was taking a leak during the Indak-indak sa Kadayawan on 18 August 2024 in Davao City. This year, the “Indak-indak” (street dancing) and Pamulak sa Kadayawan
Street dancing performers join the parade during the Indak-indak sa
Kadayawan on 18 August 2024 in Davao City. This year, the
“Indak-indak” (street dancing) and Pamulak sa Kadayawan (floral float parade)
are held in a single parade serving as the culmination of Davao City’s
Kadayawan Festival. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Triathletes navigate the bike portion of the 2024 Ironman 70.3 Davao swim-run-bike race along the Coastal Road in Davao City on 11 August 2024. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Leyann Ramo (L) of Tubod, Lanao del Norte, Overall Female Champion of 70.3 Ironman Davao on 11 August 2024 in Davao City. Ramo is a member of the Lanao del Norte-based Tri-SND Barracuda triathlon team. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Eric van der Linden (center) of Netlerlands, overall champion in the 70.3 Davao Triathlon on Sunday, 11 August 2024, poses for a souvenir photo at the finish line with Filipinos John Patrick Ciron (L), 2nd placer and Franklin Yee (R), 3rd placer. The 50-year old van dee Linden competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia where triathlon first made its Olympics debut. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
NOT A DRILL. Guests of Park Inn, Lanang, Davao City, were evacuated to ground safety when a Magnitude 6.8 earthquake off Surigao del Sur shook parts of Mindanao at 6:22 a.m. on Saturday, 03 August 2024. MindaNews photo by JULES L. BENITEZ.
The main building of the University of Santo Tomas — General Santos City campus will be inaugurated on August 11, 2024 on the occasion of UST’s 413th founding anniversary. The UST-GenSan building, which resembles the iconic main building in Manila, can accommodate up to 5,000 students. MindaNews photo by ROMMEL G. REBOLLIDO
Construction workers building a bridge near the mouth of the Mandulog River in Iligan City work overtime on a Sunday (28 July 2024). The bridge will connect Barangay Santiago and Bayug Island of Barangay Hinaplanon. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
Picnickers dig for clams by the beach in Bayug in Iligan City Sunday morning (28 July 2024). MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
The honeycomb-inspired design of the new town hall of Naawan, Misamis Oriental. MindaNews photo taken on 28 June 2024 by MANMAN DEJETO
Students take time to enjoy the scenic golf course inside the Mindanao State University – Main Campus in Marawi City on 27 June 2024. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Runners enjoy the scenery during the Araw ng Iligan Trail Run early morning Sunday (16 June 2024). In the background are Mt. Agad-agad, Iligan City’s most popular peak, and the Sleeping Lady Mountain of Lanao del Sur. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
Container ships navigate through Surigao Strait on Sunday, June 9, 2024. Most of these ships carry nickel and iron ore from Surigao del Norte mining firms to be brought to China and Japan. MindaNews photo by ROEL CATOTO
An aesthetic display of dried fish attracts buyers at the June and Emma stall, one of many shops in Calumpang, General.Santos City on June 9, 2024. Calumpang, considered the “bulad capital of Gensan,” produces a variety of dried fish, from tiny dilis (anchovies), to huge pandawan or dorado fish. MindaNews photo ROMMEL REBOLLIDO
Local fisher-guide Mario Galope of Sharpe Tackles and Charters shows off his team’s catch — a short bill spearfish in Pilar town, Siargao Island on Saturday, June 1, 2024. MindaNews photo by ROEL N. CATOTO
Scenes inside the modernized fish section of the Agdao Public Market in Davao City, where some stalls have remained closed for months. According to reports, many stall owners have closed shop due to low sales and high rental cost. Photo taken on May 26, 2024. MindaNews photo
Fresh catch. Residents buy a bunch of tilapia from roadside vendors in Lake Sebu, South Cotabato on Sunday, May 12, 2024 . MINDANEWS PHOTO
Journalist Patricia Evangelista gives a copy of her book, “Some People Need Killing” to Clarita Alia, a mother who lost four of her sons to extrajudicial killings in Davao City between 2001 and 2007. Evangelista was in Davao City on 1 May 2024 for a talk on her book about the bloody war on drugs under the administration of then President Rodrigo Duterte, who was mayor of this city for 22 years. MindaNews photos by MANMAN DEJETO
A girl takes a selfie at the boardwalk in Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte at sunset on Easter Sunday, 31 March 2024. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
Dabawenyos line up for puto bumbong with cheese at the Shine Hills in Davao City on Black Saturday, 28 March 2024. The food station is located immediately after the 14th Station of the Cross. MindaNews photo by CAROLYN O. ARGUILLAS
Guests gather around a stained glass mosaic by Imelda Pangan in an exhibition entitled “Marine Garden” that opened at La Herencia, Davao City on March 22, 2024. The exhibit, which will run until March 26, also features the paintings of Miyen Lim, Bebot Santa Cruz and underwater photographs of East Pardillo. MINDANEWS PHOTO
Runners enjoy the scenery along the route of the 21-km mixed terrain race in Malaybalay City on Sunday morning, 03 March 2024. The race was organized by the Bureau of Fire Protection-Malaybalay. MindaNews photo by H. MARCOS C. MORDENO
The 2,450 meter Mt. Balatucan from a viewdeck in Claveria town, Misamis Oriental on March 2, 2024. MindaNews photo by FROILAN GALLARDO
Boys practice basketball in the mountain barangay of Pugaan in Iligan City Sunday morning (18 February 2024). MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
MindaNews fact-checked a claim made by lawyer Harry Roque about the “impending arrest” of former President Rodrigo Duterte based on an arrest warrant supposedly issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC). His claim is false. Roque, who served as presidential
Evacuees from the landslide area of Barangay Masara, Maco, Davao de Oro scavenge for used clothes from donations at the Lorenzo Sarmiento Sr. National High School in Mawab, Davao de Oro on 11 February 2024. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Evacuees from the landslide area of Barangay Masara, Maco, Davao de Oro stay inside tents at the Lorenzo Sarmiento Sr. National High School in Mawab, Davao de Oro on 11 February 2024. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Children go fishing in a pond beside the Mandulog River in Hinaplanon, Iligan City on Sunday afternoon, 11 February 2024. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
