Haze over downtown Davao
Haze over downtown Davao City as seen from Brgy. Langub in Davao City on Monday afternoon, 20 April 2026. MINDANEWS PHOTO
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Haze over downtown Davao City as seen from Brgy. Langub in Davao City on Monday afternoon, 20 April 2026. MINDANEWS PHOTO
April 19, 2026 marks the 26th anniversary of the Air Philippines Flight 541 crash on Samal Island where all 131 passengers and crew on board perished. The charred remains of the victims made identification extremely difficult so many families were unable to claim the remains of their loved ones. The unidentified remains were buried in the Davao Memorial Park but the names of all victims were engraved on five grave markers. MindaNews photo taken on 17 April 2026 by CAROLYN O. ARGUILLAS More photos
A worker prepares his makeshift cooking set at the Tambo Public Market in Iligan City Saturday morning (18 April 2026). MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
Antonio Bonghanoy, 66, a construction worker, sweeps the road in Barangay Pangyan, Davao City on Saturday, 18 April 2026. MindaNews photo by GREGORIO BUENO
The view of the golden sun rising amid the trees the morning after heavy rains is ruined by the garbage scattered on the concrete pavement of Zabate St. in Bangkal, Davao City early morning Thursday (16 April 2026). MindaNews photo by JHINO BILBAO / DOrSU intern
The Yellow Trumpet (also Golden Trumpet) trees have become an attraction in Malaybalay City with their yellow flowers that blossom during the dry months. Photo taken 16 April 2026 by H. MARCOS C. MORDENO / MindaNews
Soil paintings by various artists are up for sale at a display booth at the provincial capitol grounds in Malaybalay City in time for the Kaamulan, an annual festival that runs from March to April. Photo taken 15 April 2026 by H. MARCOS C. MORDENO / MindaNews
The public market of the municipality of Don Marcelino in Davao Occidental is surprisingly clean. Opened in August 2024, MindaNews visited the place early in April 2026. MindaNews photo by GREGORIO C. BUENO
A flock of egrets flies by near a mosque in Iligan City just after sunset on Monday (13 April 2026) while a few smaller birds settle on an electrical wire and a post on the lower right portion of the qubba (dome). MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
SM City Iligan is slowly rising, as shown in this photograph taken Sunday (12 April 2026). Construction of the three-level mall located along the national highway (Bonifacio Drive) in Brgy. Sto. Rosario began in mid-2025 and is reported to open in the fourth quarter of 2027. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
A large-appearing summer sun sets at the Malindang Mountain Range of Misamis Occidental at 5:44 p.m. on Saturday (11 April 2026) as viewed from Iligan City. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
As temperatures soar in the summer, children in Barangay Lapuan in Don Marcelino, Davao Occidental take a dip in the river on Wednesday (8 April 2026). To increase the river’s depth, the children used rocks and coconut fronds to impound the water. MindaNews photo by GREGORIO C. BUENO
A motorist avoids a boulder that fell off one of the cliffs in Barangay Pamongot, Don Marcelino, Davao Occidental. Photographed 8 April 2026. MindaNews photo by YAS D OCAMPO
A farmer and his 30-yeara old carabao haul a kangga cart in Sitio Nipa, Barangay Taba, Carmen, Davao del Norte. Working with a carabao, a draft animal long used in rural farms, insulates this farmer from the almost weekly increases in oil prices brought about by the war in the Middle East. MindaNews photo by YAS D. OCAMPO
A volunteer hands over a pack of rice to a jeepney driver during the Kusina sa Katawhan (Community Pantry) along JP Laurel Avenue in Davao City on Easter Monday, 06 April 2026. The aid for drivers of public utility vehicles was initiated by the Matina Community Pantry and Konsyensya Dabaw, MINDANEWS PHOTO
Three children help their wheelchair-bound father on a downhill road in Malaybalay City on Sunday, 5 April 2026. MindaNews photo by H. MARCOS C. MORDENO
Passengers bound for Costa Marina take photos of the pillars of Samal Island-Davao Connector (SIDC) Bridge on the way to the resort on Black Saturday, April 4. MindaNews photo by YAS D. OCAMPO
Fr. Abbot Savio Ma. Siccuan, OSB, lights the paschal candle at the Benedictine Abbey of the Transfiguration in Malaybalay City on Saturday evening (4 April 2026), signaling the start of the observance of Easter Sunday. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
Beachgoers spend Black Saturday (4 April 2026) at Costa Marina in Samal Island, Davao del Norte. In the background is the Samal Island-Davao Connector Bridge, which is still under construction. MindaNews photo by YAS D OCAMPO
Catholic faithful pray inside the Carmelite Church in Davao City on Good Friday, 3 April 2026. Visiting seven churches to pray and reflect on the Stations of the Cross is a tradition practiced by Filipino Catholics during Holy Week. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Devotees light candles on the road fronting the first Station of the Cross along Shrine Hills in Matina, Davao City afternoon of Good Friday, 03 April 2026. This scene is replicated in the 13 other stations uphill. MindaNews photo by CAROLYN O. ARGUILLAS
The faithful join the Stations of the Cross at the Abbey of the Transfiguration in Malaybalay City on Good Friday, 3 April 2026. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
Benedictine monks chant during Lauds, the prayer during daybreak, on Good Friday (3 April 2026) at the Abbey of the Transfiguration in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
SM Malls opened in Zamboanga City with its entire fourth floor devoted as an indoor park with children’s playground, live plants, coffee shops, and a sunset view. Photographed on Tuesday (31 March 2026), 11 days after the mall’s opening. MindaNews photo by JULES BENITEZ
Prices of fuel continue to soar due to the war in the Middle East between US-Israel and Iran. The same fuel station in Koronadal City, like many others, adjusted its prices Tuesday morning (31 March 2026). MindaNews photo by BONG S. SARMIENTO
Vendor sells four types of seashells at P100 to P160 a kilo in a public market in Matina, Davao City on Holy Monday, 30 March 2026. MindaNews photo by CAROLYN O. ARGUILLAS
Where has all the water gone? Residents of Zamboanga City will have rationed water supply starting Thursday, April 2. Pasonanca River, where much of the city’s water supply comes from, has nearly dried up as seen in this photo taken on Sunday, March 30, 2026. MindaNews photo by QUEENIE CASIMIRO
A man gathers tuyom (sea urchins) at White Island in Mambajao, Camiguin on Monday, 30 March 2026. He sells four pieces for a hundred pesos. MindaNews photo by H. MARCOS C. MORDENO
A vendor prepares her ribbon leis outside the Municipal Dome and Cultural Center in Maragusan, Davao de Oro on Sunday, 29 March 2026, for selling during the graduation rites on Monday. MindaNews photo by YAS OCAMPO
Vendors sell palm fronds (lukay or palaspas) on Palm Sunday, 29 March 2026, along the Sangguniang Panlungsod driveway fronting San Pedro Cathedral. The crosses cost at least 10 pesos, depending on the size. MindaNews photo by RAZL EJ TEMAN
Gasoline in the island province of Tawi-Tawi sells for only 95 pesos per liter whether in a gas station or in bottles on the roadside on Sunday, 29 March 2026. Most of the fuel is sourced from neighboring Sandakan and Sabah in Malaysia and transported to Tawi-Tawi on board small watercrafts. MindaNews photos by QUEENIE CASIMIRO
A supporter lights the candle on one of the 81 cakes brought by Cagayan de Oro supporters of former President Rodrigo Duterte to celebrate his 81st birthday on Saturday, 28 March 2026. Seventy-eight cakes were distributed to the supporters while three were used to light the birthday candles. The Duterte patriarch has spent two birthdays in the detention center in The Hague, the Netherlands since his arrest on March 11, 2025 to face charges of crimes against humanity before the International Criminal Court. MindaNews photo by FROILAN GALLARDO
A vendor on board a bus wipes the sweat off her face with her sleeves in the middle of a sunny day in Tagum City, Mar. 28. MindaNews photo by YAS D OCAMPO
Nearly 400 agencies from government, schools, companies, and advocacy organizations, participated in “Parada Dabawenyo,” a civic parade to celebrate the 89th Araw ng Dabaw celebration.
“Bring him home” signs at the Marco Polo Hotel which closed in June 2020, serve as backdrop to the “Parada Dabawenyo” on Saturday, 28 March 2026. The parade, usually held on the city’s anniversary on March 16, coincided with the 81st birthday of Rodrigo Roa Duterte, the city’s long-time mayor and former President of the Philippines. Detained in The Hague since March 2025 to face charges of crimes against humanity for his bloody war on drugs, Duterte was elected mayor in May 2025 but his seat was vacated as he was unable to take his oath within six months. His son, Sebastian, his running mate, took over as Mayor. MindaNews photo by RAZL TEMAN
Fuel prices in the island province of Camiguin are way cheaper than those sold in mainland Mindanao. Photographed in Mambajao on Saturday, 28 March 2026. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
Visitors head to the motorized bancas that will take them to Mantigue Island in the municipality of Mahinog, Camiguin at sunrise on Saturday (28 March 2026). MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
An artisan creates jewelry by hand out of sea glass on Friday (27 March 2026). The Natalia Sea Glass jewelry store in Mambajao gathers its materials from the shores of Camiguin Island. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
Current fuel prices in the cities of Davao, Malaybalay, and Tandag as of Tuesday (24 March 2026) with the implementation of the latest oil price hike. MindaNews photos by GREGORIO C. BUENO, H. MARCOS C. MORDENO AND QUEENIE CASIO
A gasoline station offering cheaper fuel prices causes a traffic jam along a diversion road in Koronadal City at around 6 p.m. on Monday, 23 March 2026. MindaNews photo by BONG S. SARMIENTO
A tricycle driver passes by a closed fuel station in poblacion Surallah, South Cotabato on Sunday, 22 March 2026. Several pump stations in South Cotabato have ceased business operations due to lack of supply because of the war between US-Israel and Iran. MindaNews photo by BONG S. SARMIENTO
Members of the College Editors Guild of the Philippines lead a rally on Roxas Avenue in Davao City on Friday (20 March 2026) to protest alleged censorship at Primum, official student publication of the University of Mindanao, which led to the resignation of the entire editorial staff. MindaNews photo by RAZL EJ TEMAN
A motorist drives past the China-funded Bucana Bridge in Davao City on Friday, 20 March 2026. MindaNews photo by BONG S. SARMIENTO
A runner shelters himself from the sun’s heat with an umbrella during the all-terrain marathon passing through three barangays in Malaybalay City on Sunday (15 March 2026). The race, held as part of the city’s 28th Charter Day Celebration, drew around 800 runners from various parts of Mindanao. MindaNews photo by H. MARCOS C. MORDENO
Fishermen secure their boats at the pier of Barangay Luyong Bonbon in Opol town, Misamis Oriental on Saturday, 14 March 2026. Venturing out to sea has become very costly as fuel prices continue to rise due to the war thousands of miles away. MindaNews photo by FROILAN GALLARDO
