Edward Abelardo, a member of the Teduray-Lambinginan community council in Upi, Maguindanao, shares his insights on indigenous peoples’ knowledge system as shown in the documentary film “Kërut” screened at the Areté of the Ateneo de Manila University on Friday (20 February 2026). MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
Senator Francis Pangilinan asks Commission on Elections Northern Mindanao Director Renato Magbutay about political dynasties in the region during the public hearing on the anti-dynasty bill conducted by the Senate Committee on Electoral Reforms on Thursday, February 19, 2026, at the Xavier University in Cagayan de Oro. MindaNews photo by MindaNews photo by FROILAN GALLARDO
Davao City Mayor Sebastian Duterte welcomes 2026, the Year of the Fire Horse, during the 2026 Chinese New Year celebration held at the Bucana Bridge in Davao City on 16 February 2026. The Bucana Bridge is a gift from China for Davao City given during the term of then President Rodrigo Duterte. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
About three months into the Palarong Pambansa 2026 that will be held in the capital municipality of Prosperidad in Agusan del Sur, long stretches of damaged roads still need repairs. Heavy traffic, including in this portion of the highway in Sibagat, Agusan del Sur photographed on Monday, February 16, is expected when athletes from all over the country will troop towards the venue. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
Prof. Rudy Rodil, MindaNews’ Carolyn O. Arguillas and Datu Michael Mastura reunite at the special convocation of the Ateneo de Davao University on Saturday, 14 February 2026. Mastura and Rodil – peace negotiators and historians — were conferred the honorary degrees of Doctor of Humanities. Arguillas was honored with the Drs. Jess and Trining dela Paz Award “in recognition of her principled journalism and sustained public engagement that have documented, interpreted, and safeguarded the political and social histories of Mindanao.” Photo by CAROL KAY PAQUERA
A vendor prepares a bouquet of flowers at the Agdao Public Market on 13 February 2026, a day before Valentine’s Day, in Davao City. Flowers are selling fast despite the cost of a dozen roses reaching 800 to 1000 pesos. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
A motorcycle rider rides silhouetted by the setting sun on a stretch of hiway in Butuan City. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon, during his visit in Iligan City on Tuesday (10 February 2026), checks a flood control project damaged by Tropical Storm Basyang that caused flooding in a community in Barangay Mandulog. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
Jerry Avila rolls a rock to the side of a submersible bridge in Barangay Pugaan in Iligan City on Monday (9 February 2026) so passing vehicles can safely cross the Pugaan River. The strong rains of Tropical Storm “Basyang” damaged houses and felled trees along the riverbank in the village. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
Truck and motorcycle take turns passing through what is left of the highway on Monday (9 February 2026) in the mountain village of Bonbonon because of the landslide caused by heavy rains spawned by Tropical Storm “Basyang.” MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
Arne Antoque, 28, comforts his daughter Leighn Isabela while being examined by a pediatrician during a medical mission for flood victims conducted by the Iligan Medical Society on Sunday (8 February 2026). MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
Debris carried by heavy rains from Tropical Storm “Basyang” still await clearing in Barangay Mahayahay, Iligan City as of Saturday afternoon (7 February 2026). MindaNews photo by RICHEL V. UMEL
Orlando Malacaste lights a candle for his wife Liezel and daughter Shaira before the memorial marker for the victims of the landslide in Barangay Masara, Maco, Davao de Oro on 6 February 2024, the second anniversary of the tragedy that claimed
Residents wade through a flooded street in Barangay Panaytayon, Remedios T. Romualdez, Agusan del Norte, on Thursday morning, February 6, after Tropical Storm Basyang brought heavy rains overnight to northeastern Mindanao. MindaNews photo by IVY MARIE MANGADLAO
Responders from the Cagayan de Oro Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office conduct a rescue operation for residents hit by flooding in Barangay Cugman at dawn Friday (6 February 2026).
Debris covered Tubod Bridge as Tropical Storm ‘Basyang’ inundated many parts of Iligan City. Photo taken 7:14 a.m. February by the Iligan City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office. Story to follow.
A total of 35 families (272 individuals) from the Badjao community residing in Mabua Beach in Tandag City have been temporarily sheltered at the Mabua Covered Court on Thursday (5 February 2026) as the city implemented pre-emptive evacuation of residents in high-risk areas. MindaNews photo by QUEENIE CASIO
Residents from Barangays Bongtud and San Agustin in Tandag City seek temporary shelter at the Jacinto P. Ela National High School as the city implemented forced evacuation for those in high-risk areas as Tropical Storm ‘Basyang’ batters Mindanao Thursday (5 February 2026). MindaNews photo by QUEENIE CASIO
A farmer tills his farm in Kibangay in the municipality of Lantapan, Bukidnon Monday afternoon (2 February 2026). MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
A calm sea greets the sunrise in Davao City on Saturday, 31 January 2026. MindaNews photo by H. MARCOS C. MORDENO
A truck negotiates the detour road beside the landslide area along the zigzag road in Palacapao in the municipality of Quezon, Bukidnon on Friday (30 January 2026). One lane of the detour road has already been asphalted. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
A delegate to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Tourism Forum stands beside the conference’s logo for a picture at the Mactan Expo Center in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu province on Wednesday (28 January 2026). MindaNews photo by IVY MARIE MANGADLAO
Department of Public Works and Highways personnel paint lane markers along the highway of Barangay Darong in Santa Cruz, Davao del Sur on 21 January 2026. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Nineteen-year-old JP Navarro, a Grade 11 student from Dalirig National High School in Manolo Fortich in Bukidnon, spends his class breaks cutting his schoolmates’ hair at 50 pesos each. Photographed Tuesday (20 January 2026) by YAS D. OCAMPO / MindaNews
A local tour guide walks around with a camera at the grounds of the Sadik Grand Mosque at MCLL Highway, Barangay Pasobolong, Zamboanga City, Saturday, January 17, 2026. MindaNews photo by Yas D. Ocampo
The Coast Guard Sub-Station (CGSS) in Lipata under the Coast Guard Station Surigao del Norte serves hot arroz caldo to stranded passengers at the Lipata Port Friday, January 16, 2026. MindaNews photo by Queenie Casio
Sama coin divers race against the setting sun at Paseo del Mar in Zamboanga City on Friday (16 January 2026). MindaNews photo by GREGORIO BUENO
Basilan Gov. Mujiv Hataman and his wife Isabela City Mayor Sitti Djaliya Turabin-Hataman tour visitors to the peace monument in Sampinit Complex, a forested area that borders Lamitan City and the towns of Maluso and Sumisip.
Devotees offer prayers before the Santo Niño image at the Shrine of the Holy Infant Jesus of Prague in Shrine Hills, Matina, Davao City on Thursday (15 January 2026), days before the feast of the Santo Niño held every third Sunday of January. MindaNews photo
A lone motorcyclist passes beneath the welcome arch of the Municipality of Upi, Maguindanao del Norte early morning Wednesday (14 January 2026). MindaNews photo by ALLIZAH KEZIAH MANULAT
Although Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon already announced the opening of the gravel detour road in the landslide area in Barangay Palacapao, Quezon in Bukidnon during his visit in the area Wednesday morning (14 January 2026), buses of Rural Transit are still advising passengers to disembark and transfer to the bus waiting at the other side. MindaNews photo by GREGORIO C. BUENO
Devotees fill the Cagayan de Oro Metropolitan Cathedral for the vigil on the eve of the annual Traslacion in honor of the Black Nazarene, on Thursday, 9 January 2025. MindaNews photo by FROILAN GALLARDO
Local surfers during a their daily routine of cleaning up the beach of small plastics brought in by the tides at the scenic Barangay Dahican in Mati City. Photo taken on the morning of January 8, 2025. MindaNews photo by Yas D. Ocampo
Towering over Davao City’s skyline is The Marco Polo Hotel, which closed in June 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, photographed on Tuesday (6 January 2026). Many Dabawenyos yearn for the long-awaited reopening of The Marco Polo while still holding on to the hope of welcoming home former President Duterte. MindaNews photo by DANILO A. BALUCOS
A man casts his net to harvest tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) from a pond in Barangay Can-ayan, Malaybalay City on Saturday morning, 3 January 2026. MindaNews photo by H. MARCOS C. MORDENO
Firefighters put out a fire that broke out inside Gaisano Grand City Mall in Buhangin, Davao Citygate around 3pm Friday, 2 January 2026. The fire reached third alarm, the Bureau of Fire Protection said. Mindanews photo
Boys playfully smash each other with PVC pipes on an empty street near the public market in Iligan City’s población early morning of New Year’s Day (1 January 2026), taking advantage of the absence of traffic along a usually busy street. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
THE DAY AFTER GOODBYE. A sunny New Year’s day greets Victoria Plaza, a day after it closed its doors on December 31, 2025. As the first mall in Davao City, Victoria would have turned 33 this March. Netizens continue to share nostalgic memories while looking forward to a better redevelopment by Robinsons Land, the new owner that acquired it from homegrown NCCC Davao.
MindaNews photo by DANILO BALUCOS
Families greet 2026 by enjoying the waters of Mangihay
along Pujada Bay in Mati City, Davao Oriental. MindaNews photo by RAZL EJ TEMAN
Passengers endure the long queue at the Ecoland Bus Terminal in Davao City before dawn on Wednesday (31 December 2025) as people rush home to be with their families to welcome the New Year. MindaNews photo by RIZ P. SUNIO
Fruit-bearing and hardwood tree seedlings are offered in the monument of Dr. Jose Rizal at the City Hall grounds in Mati City, Davao Oriental in honor of Rizal’s 129th martyrdom anniversary, Tuesday morning, December 30. MindaNews photo by Razl EJ Teman
Stalls selling various dried fish products or “bulad” occupy a block in downtown Pagadian City on Monday, 29 December 2025. MindaNews photo by BONG S. SARMIENTO
Vendors prepare natural pandan-flavored buko along the national highway in Picong, Lanao del Sur on Sunday (28 December 2025). MindaNews photo by BONG S. SARMIENTO
A peanut vendor sells his products and takes advantage of a steady supply of passengers during the holidays at the Davao City Overland Transport Terminal with a very distinct call-out to call buyer attention. Photographed Sunday (28 December 2025). MindaNews photo by YAS D. OCAMPO
Farmers use a mechanized mud boat and a traditional carabao to prepare a rice paddy for planting on Saturday (27 December 2025) in Raw-an, Lala, Lanao del Norte. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Lake Apo is a crater lake in Barangay Guinoyoran, Valencia City, Bukidnon. MindaNews photo taken 27 December 2025 by BOBBY TIMONERA
Rain clouds obscure the part of Mount Kalatungan Range that is visible from Barangay Kibangay, Lantapan, Bukidnon on Saturday (27 December 2025). MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
A week before New Year’s celebration, fruits, especially the round variety, are already flooding the market.
Thousands line up along the highway near Ulas in Davao City to avail of the annual gift-giving activity of the Dutertes in Bangkal on Christmas Day (25 December 2025). MINDANEWS PHOTO
Partly to avoid traffic congestion, some Davao City residents choose to spend the holidays by the shores of Dahican Beach in Mati City, Davao Oriental, like this family photographed on Saturday (20 December 2025). MindaNews photo by DANILO A. BALUCOS
