The funeral convoy for Rene Clert “Bobet” Baterbonia reached his home province og Agusan del Sur about 7 p.m. Monday (15 June 2026), where residents in the municipality of Trento welcomed the remains of the basketball star. Firemen sprayed water up into the air for a water salute, getting everyone nearby wet. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Residents of Mawab, Davao de Oro bid adieu to Rene Clert ‘Bobet’ Baterbonia Monday afternoon (15 June 2026) as the funeral convoy passes by the municipality on its way to his hometown in Talacogon, Agusan del Sur. MindaNews photo by
Despite the rain, thick crowds line the highway Monday afternoon (15 June 2026) as the convoy for the remains of Rene Clert ‘Bobet’ Baterbonia makes its way through Panabo City and Carmen in Davao del Norte on the way to
A signage along the national highway greets the funeral convoy of Rene Clert “Bobet” Baterbonia as it passes Panabo City, Davao del Norte on its way to his hometown in Talacogon, Agusan del Sur on Monday (15 June 2026). His remains were brought to St. Peter Panabo, and expected to leave for Talacogon at 1 p.m. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Hundreds of residents continued to line up Sunday night, 14 June 2026, hoping to pay their respects to Rene Clert ‘Bobet’ Baterbonia at the Christ the King Chapel of the Ateneo de Davao University Senior High School in Bangkal, Davoa City. Public viewing was scheduled until 10 p.m. Baterbonia’s remains will be transported to Talacogon in Augustan del Sur on Monday. MindaNews photo by GREGORIO BUENO
Children enjoy an early morning dip in a coastal village near the Bucana Bridge in Davao City. Photographed from the Coastal Road early morning Sunday (14 June 2026). MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
People flock to the Ateneo de Davao University Senior High School campus to view the remains of basketball standout Rene Clert Baterbonia on Friday, 12 June 2026. MindaNews photo by RAZL EJ TEMAN
Residents walk past a destroyed portion of the national highway in Glan, Sarangani on Tuesday (10 June 2026). Glan was severely damaged during Monday’s magnitude 7.8 quake. MindaNews photo
Abraham Garcia Jr., an Associate Professor at the Ateneo de Davao University, was walking along C.M. Recto St. at 2:41 p.m. on Tuesday (9 June 2026) when he noticed people near the cracks of the façade of Vivaldi Residences. The cracks showed up after Monday’s magnitude 7.8 earthquake off Sarangani province. He took a shot (left photo), thinking it was a nice way to show the scale of the cracks with people nearby.
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.
Garbage have piled up and remained uncollected on sidewalks in Davao City after the Department of Environment and Natural Resources XI suspended operations at the city’s sanitary landfill in Barangay Carmen since May 21, 2026. Photo taken on June 5, 2026 by GREGORIO BUENO/MindaNews
MindaNews editor-in-chief Bobby Timonera receives the Best News Website for Mindanao Award for 2025 during the 30th Community Journalism Awards of the Philippine Press Institute (PPI) on Thursday (4 June 2026). Photo courtesy of Antoinette Amatong-Ruiz/Mindanao Observer
A warship of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), JS Ikazuchi, docks at the Port of Sasa, Davao City 30 May 2026. Captain Archibald Dino Delfin (MNSA), Deputy Commander of the Naval Forces Eastern Mindanao, heads the Philippines’ welcoming party. MindaNews photo by JOSELLE R. BADILLA
The Panguil Bay Bridge continues to attract visitors for a photo op 19 months after its opening. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
A fish vendor sorts and weighs the day’s catch for buyers, the fish fresh as these are dropped by sunrise, at the shore of Barangay San Remigio, Samal Island, Friday, 29 May 2026. MindaNews photo by YAS D OCAMPO
Pickleball courts are everywhere, like in this secluded resort amid the mangroves and coconut trees by the sea in Iligan City, in an area that local residents call as “Bayug Island” (more like a river delta though). Can you count how many? MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
As Iligan City marches forward with development, like the construction of SM City along the national highway in Barangay Santo Rosario, the homeless seek shelter in a covered overpass, still well asleep with the warmth of the early morning sun on Wednesday (27 May 2026). MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
Cagayan de Oro City residents enjoy the sunset view overlooking the Macajalar Bay from Barangay Balubal on Monday, 26 May 2026. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
Dabawenyos enjoy the sea breeze and the view of Mt. Apo along the Davao City Coastal Road early morning Sunday (24 May 2026). The city government has closed the road to motorists at this time to encourage residents to exercise.
A teary-eyed man seizes the sunny weather to dry black rice by the roadside along Monteverde St. in Davao City Wednesday morning (20 May 2026).. MindaNews photo by RAZL EJ TEMAN
Supporters of BARMM Education Minister Mohagher Iqbal rally in Cotabato City on Monday, 18 May 2026, after Chief Minister Abdulraof Macacua asked him to tender an irrevocable resignation. MindaNews photo by FERDINANDH B. CABRERA
A firefighter sprays water to extinguish a fire along Saturn St. at GSIS Heights Subdivision in Davao City late afternoon Wednesday (13 May 2026). MindaNews photo by GREGORIO C. BUENO
A young girl displaced by the Marawi Siege sweeps the front of the temporary shelter they have been occupying since 2019 at the Bakwit Village Pindolonan Shelter, Saguiaran, Lanao del Sur on Sunday (10 May 2026). MindaNews Photo by JB R. DEVEZA
Flower vendors at Bankerohan Public Market say their sales on Saturday (9 May 2026) were not good, but expect more customers to come and buy on Sunday, Mother’s Day. MindaNews photo by RAZL EJ TEMAN
Construction workers building the SM City in Iligan City report for work early morning Wednesday (6 May 2026). The three-level mall is reported to open in the fourth quarter of 2027. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
“Hands off student journalists,” members of the College Editors Guild of the Philippines – Davao (CEGP-Davao) assert in a gathering in Davao City on World Press Freedom Day, Sunday, 03 May 2026. They also called on Congress to pass the Campus Press Freedom bill, citing the need for stronger protection for student journalists who, the group says, are essential in honing the critical awareness of the youth. MindaNews photo by RAZL EJ TEMAN
A farmer in Iligan City carries ‘kumpay’ (Napier grass) on Sunday (3 May 2026) to feed his livestock, getting it from elsewhere because the grass near his place has dried either because of the hot season or fire. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
Laborers at the Port of Mabila in Balut Island, Municipality of Sarangani in Davao Occidental load sacks of copra to a cargo vessel on Wednesday (29 April 2026). These will be brought to General Santos City, with travel time of at least six hours. MindaNews photo by RUBY ROSE LORA
A worker peels cassava in the Bankerohan market in Davao City on Tuesday (28 April 2026). The root crop, locally called balanghoy or kamoteng kahoy, will then be fed to a grinder, and sold as ingredient for puto and suman. MindaNews photo by RAZL EJ TEMAN
A Philippine Pied Fantail (Bangkiyod) rejoices in the rain in Iligan City on Tuesday afternoon (28 April 2026) after weeks of hot weather, with some parts in Mindanao reaching dangerous heat index levels exceeding 42 degrees Celsius as reported by the PAGASA weather bureau. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
Many portions of the San Fernando (Bukidnon) – Talaingod (Davao del Norte) road, like this one in Barangay Kalagangan in San Fernando, are prone to landslides and rockslides, posing hazards to motorists. MindaNews photo taken Monday (27 April 2026) by H. MARCOS C. MORDENO
A trekker negotiates a steep downhill at the Sleeping Dinosaur mountain in Mati City, Davao Oriental at sunrise on Monday (27 April 2026). In the background is Pujada Bay. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
A member of the Amihan sa Dahican shows journalists a handful of turtle eggs dug in Barangay Dahican, Mati City on Sunday, April 26, 2026. Field reporting was one of the activities lined up in the four-day Climate Impact and Environmental Reporting Workshop for Journalists in Mindanao, organized by the Mindanao Institute of Journalism and the International Media Support. MindaNews photo by FROILAN GALLARDO
A member of the Amihan sa Dahican organization performs skimboarding tricks along the coast of Dahican in Mati City, Davao Oriental early morning of Sunday, 26 April 2026. The Amihan members are no ordinary skimboarders and surfers: they are also pawikan protectors, managing sea turtle hatcheries along the shores of Dahican. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
The golden reflection of the sunrise bathes the still waters of Pujada Bay in Mati City, Davao Oriental on Saturday (25 April 2026). MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
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
