Residents and visitors take photos and bask in the town’s underrated sunset from the viewing deck of the Yalus Beach House in Bongao, Tawi-Tawi on Saturday, 1 November 2025. MindaNews photo by YAS D. OCAMPO
Three youngsters feed a friendly goat at the Provincial Capitol Complex in Bongao, Tawi-Tawi, Friday (31 October 2025). MindaNews photo by YAS D OCAMPO
As a side hustle, a boy uses a black marker to retouch the faded lettering on a gravestone at a public cemetery in Cagayan de Oro City on Friday, November 1, 2025. MindaNews photo by HENNIEQUEL SHAYNE ACOBO
An elderly woman lights candles before “Dakung Krus” at the public cemetery in Mati City on Saturday, 1 November 2025, in remembrance of departed loved ones during the traditional “Kalag-Kalag”. MindaNews photo by RAZL EJ TEMAN
Some families visit their dead in the public cemetery of Iligan City on the night before “Undas” (Friday, 31 October 2025) to avoid the crowd. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
A woman directs a man carrying a sack of rice as it is loaded onto a boat in Gabang-Gabang, Bongao, Tawi-Tawi, noon Friday (31 October 2025). Photo for MindaNews courtesy of Ben Caspillo
With the weekend holidays leaving them free to do as they please, these youth hang out at a cliff overlooking the Tawi-Tawi Bay at the compound of the Tawi-Tawi Provincial Capitol in Barangay Tubig-boh, Bongao, Tawi-Tawi. MindaNews photo by YAS D OCAMPO
Along Matina Crossing sidewalk in Davao City, a grape vendor uses the trilingual “No Vendors Allowed” sign to mark her stall while used shoes sellers display their goods at the entrance to a construction site, in defiance of the sign that says “Do not block gate at any time.” Photo taken Thursday (30 October 20250) by GAIL ILAGAN / MindaNews
Buyers choose from a wide variety of flowers from vendors outside the Saint Augustine Cathedral in Cagayan de Oro City on Thursday afternoon (30 October 2025) as “undas” — the observance of All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days — approaches.
Workers take a break from planting pineapple cuttings on a plantation in Libona, Bukidnon Wednesday noon (29 October 2025). MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Townsfolk watch women riders during a motorcross race in Carmen, North Cotabato on 25 October 2025. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Thousands of parishioners joined the penitential walk against corruption initiated by the Archdiocese of Davao in Davao City early Saturday morning, October 25, 2025. The walk ended with a mass on San Pedro St. presided by Davao Archbishop Romulo Valles. MindaNews photo
Miyuki, Bella, Venom, and Paul pose with their handlers from the MDRRMO of Opol, Misamis Oriental and the Philippine Army, as well as elements of the Bureau of Fire Protection, after locating the bodies of the couple Ely and Thelma Ubatay on Thursday (23 October 2025). Photo: Quezon LGU
A worker sorts durian at the Magayon Integrated Farm and Resort in Brgy. Tamugan, Davao City on Monday (21 October 2025) as his colleagues take a rest. They said Chinese businessmen buy the popular Puyat variety at ₱110 per kilo at farm gate price, while local buyers pay ₱35 per kilo for the Arancillo variety. MindaNews photo by GREGORIO C. BUENO
Fishermen in Tangub, Misamis Occidental head for home after a long day’s work, oblivious of the birds whizzing by as they rowed their way in the waters of Panguil Bay late afternoon Sunday (19 October 2025). MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
Female runners cool down with zumba after finishing the “Run for Pink,” a fun run for breast cancer awareness, in Malaybalay City on Sunday, 19 October 2025. MindaNews photo by H. MARCOS C. MORDENO
Traffic is light at Panguil Bay Bridge, which connects the capital municipality of Tubod in Lanao del Norte and Tangub in Misamis Occidental, on a sunny Sunday morning, 19 October 2025. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
Employees at Davao City Hall go out of their offices after the building was shaken by a magnitude 6.0 earthquake that struck near General Luna in Siargao, Surigao del Norte at 7:03 a.m. Friday (17 October 2025). MindaNews photo
As of Saturday afternoon (12 October 2025), patients have remained at the grounds of the Davao Oriental Provincial Medical Center in Mati City, where they were evacuated when a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck off Manay, Davao Oriental on Friday (10 October 2025). MindaNews photo by RAZL EJ TEMAN
A Higaonon resident connects water hoses for the first-ever portable solar water pump system in Sitio Kana-an, Barangay Dansolihon, Cagayan de Oro City, on Saturday (11 October 2025). MindaNews photo by HENNIEQUEL SHAYNE ACOBO
Secretaries Rex Gatchalian (Social Welfare, in red), Sonny Angara (Education, in white), and Leo Tereso Magno (Mindanao Development Authority, in brown) flank Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon as he gives updates and marching orders about the infrastructure damage during a visit Saturday (11 October 2025) in Manay, Davao Oriental where two strong earthquakes struck Friday (10 October 2025). MindaNews photo by GREGORIO BUENO
The magnitude 7.4 earthquake on Friday morning (10 October 2025) has damaged some houses in Manay, Davao Oriental. A magnitude 6.9 tremor occurred early evening of the same day, also offshore of Manay. MindaNews photo taken 11 October 2025 by FERDINANDH CABRERA
Beach goers are back at the Dahican Beach in Mati City on Saturday morning (11 October 2025). On the same day, the provincial governor ordered the suspension of all tourism activities in coastal areas, citing safety reasons. MindaNews photo by GREGORIO C. BUENO
Residents from coastal communities in Mati City seek shelter at the evacuation center in Barangay Dahican after Phivolcs issued a tsunami warning after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake off Manay, Davao Oriental on Friday night (10 October 2025). A magnitude 7.4 tremor hit the province and several parts of Mindanao on Friday morning, which also triggered a tsunami warning. MindaNews photo by GREGORIO C. BUENO
Residents join a long queue to buy gasoline and other petroleum products at a gas station in Barangay Central in Mati City Friday evening (10 October 2025), hours after the magnitude 7.4 earthquake off Manay town that rocked Davao Oriental and many areas in Mindanao. MindaNews photo by GREGORIO C. BUENO
Residents mark the crack on the ground near the bridge in Sitio Bacuring, Barangay San Isidro bordering Barangay Madaum in Tagum City. The crack appeared after the magnitude 7.4 earthquake that hit Davao Oriental on Friday (10 October 2025). MindaNews photo taken 10 October 2025 by GREGORIO C. BUENO
A house in Marfori Heights, Davao City sustains major damage after the 7.4 magnitude quake that hit Southern Philippines on 10 October 2025. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Students of the Carmen National High School in Davao del Norte who panicked during the magnitude 7.5 earthquake in Davao Oriental Friday morning (10 October 2025) get medical attention at the nearby Davao del Norte Hospital. MindaNews photo by GREGORIO C. BUENO
Teachers and parents help calm learners who were safely ushered out of their classrooms at San Roque Central Elementary School in Davao City after the magnitude 7.5 earthquake in Davao Oriental was strongly felt on Friday morning (10 October 2025). MindaNews photo by DANILO A. BALUCOS
A view of an open-pit nickel mining site in the municipality of Carrascal in Surigao del Sur, as viewed from the bay walk in the town center. MindaNews photo by IVY MARIE MANGADLAO
At the meat section of the Toril Public Market in Davao City, meat vendors complain of declining sales during peak hours. They are victims of the July 26, 2025 fire that destroyed the previous meat section of the market, and have been transferred to an adjacent, less popular location in the same market. Photo taken Wednesday afternoon (8 October 2025) by DANIEL JAMITO / MindaNews
Bus personnel hurriedly collect payments at the Yellow Bus Terminal floor in this photo taken Saturday evening (05 October 2025) in Koronadal City, the transaction taking but a few seconds for each passenger. MindaNews photo by YAS D OCAMPO
With the coastal bridge in Barangay Bucana, Davao City already finished, workers start dismantling the temporary bailey bridge beside it on Saturday (04 October 2025). MindaNews photo by GREGORIO C. BUENO
Sunrise viewed from Barangay Dahican in Mati City on Friday, 03 October 2025. MindaNews photo by GREGORIO BUENO
Personnel of the City Government of Davao prepare to depart for Cebu on Thursday morning (2 October 2025) to bring food to earthquake-hit areas. The city government sent at least 5,000 food packs, medical workers, and social workers to assist
A commuter waits for a jeepney amid a downpour that hit Iligan City for the second straight day on Tuesday (30 September 2025), causing floods in parts of the city. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
Mostly young people chant for accountability and transparency in a rally against corruption at the Butuan City Hall roundabout before marching around three kilometers to Guingona Park, where they continue their protest on Sunday, 21 September 2025. MindaNews photo by IVY MARIE MANGADLAO
A protester wears an extended cape with a message in Cebuano that says “Return what’s stolen, punish the thieves,” during a rally against corruption in Cagayan de Oro City on Sunday, 21 September 2025. MindaNews photo by HENNIEQUEL SHAYNE ACOBO
Protesters belonging to the Citizens Rage Against Corruption display placards calling for accountability and the return of stolen public funds shortly before the start of an anti-corruption rally at Freedom Park in Davao City on Sunday, 21 September 2025. MindaNews photo by ANTONIO L. COLINA IV
Some 150 clergy from the Iglesia Filipina Independiente and the United Church of Christ in the Philippines join the anti-corruption rally in front of the Press Freedom Monument at Vicente de Lara Park in Cagayan de Oro on Sunday, 21 September 2025. MindaNews photo by JB DEVEZA
