DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 18 August) — Floral floats, indigenous tribes, school children, and street dancers took to the streets of Davao City on Sunday (17 August 2025), for the “Indak-indak sa Kadayawan” and “Pamulak sa Kadayawan.” The two separate
Dabawenyos converge on C.M. Recto and Roxas Streets to show their support to their former mayor, ex-President Rodrigo Duterte. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 07 September) – Senators Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa and Robinhood Padilla got to see for themselves what the Philippine National Police (PNP) has been doing inside the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) compound in their hunt
Bruno, “companion in solitude” of Fr. Amado “Picx” Picardal as he led a hermit’s life in the mountains of Busay in Cebu City, gets to take one last look at him before his interment at the Carreta Public Cemetery in
March 27, 2024 marks the 10th anniversary of the signing of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB), which is the final peace agreement between the Government of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). The agreement, signed
Six days after the landslide that buried 50 houses and killed 68 people (confirmed as of noon of Monday), Zone 1 of Barangay Masara in Maco, Davao de Oro is now desolate. Its residents have been made to evacuate to
CARMEN, Davao del Norte (MindaNews / 02 February) – Travel from Davao City to Tagum City and other parts of the Davao region, Agusan-Surigao and Manila was cut off Friday due to flooding in Barangay Tuganay. Tuganay connects Davao City with
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews / 17 December)—While “Sendong” (Severe Tropical Storm Washi) made landfall in Hinatuan in Surigao del Sur in the afternoon of 16 December 2011, it wreaked havoc in my hometown hours later, past midnight. At that time, I
GLAN, Sarangani (MindaNews / 19 November) — At the Glan Padido Central Elementary School where a multipurpose hall collapsed, principal Genevieve Rama said it was luck that they dismissed the pupils early that afternoon of Friday, November 17, to give
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews / 19 November)—“Photowalk” is a global phenomenon among photo hobbyists. In fact, amateur photographers all over the world do this all together during one day in October, starting in 2008. I have participated in a few, 30
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews / 8 November 2023)—Heavy rains flooded the southern part of this city Tuesday evening, overflowing the Tubod Bridge along the highway. Many vehicles that conked out were stranded by the roadside in Barangay Mahayahay, while the already
Among the areas where violence flared up during the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on Monday (30 October 2023) were in Cotabato City and the Maguindanao provinces, where two were killed. MindaNews’ Ferdinandh Cabrera monitored these area to document progress
MindaNews joined a small team of journalists that went around the various municipalities surrounding Lake Lanao during the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) on 30 October 2023. Lanao del Sur province has been traditionally considered a hot spot during
The Sama Dilaut, most commonly known as Badjaos to outsiders, are referred to as “sea gypsies” as they are known to live in the seas, aboard boats or by the shoreline in houses with stilts. Originally mostly from the Sulu
Colorful floats adorned with flowers joining the Pamulak sa Kadayawan, a flower floatparade, were the crowd-drawers on Sunday (21 August 2022), capping the month-long celebration of the 2022 Kadayawan Festival of Davao City. Tourists and local residents missed having these
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews / 15 April) – What to do on a Good Friday? Pre-pandemic times, there’s usually a procession first hour in the morning. But the past two years, the Catholic church had temporarily stopped the ritual, fearing it
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 01 April) – Aside from the surveys, the size of the crowds attending the rallies of candidates for president has become a point of contention as the campaign for the May 9, 2022 elections enters the
The Dapa District Hospital in Siargao Island has been swamped with children the past few days because of diarrhea brought about by the shortage of supply of drinking water after super typhoon “Odette” hit the area on 16 December 2021.
Exactly 10 years ago, Tropical Storm “Sendong” (international name: “Washi”) made landfall in the municipality of Hinatuan in Surigao del Sur in the afternoon of 16 December 2011. It then moved west towards Agusan del Sur and Bukidnon. But it
Three of the four cities in Region 12 or Soccsksargen have been imposing a “No Movement Sunday” policy in the past few weeks in a bid to help curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The cities that rigorously
It has been exactly 20 years since our first dispatch. Along with our stories, we were also busy taking pictures of Mindanao’s major events. Twenty years of reporting Mindanao, 20 years of documenting Mindanao in stories and photos. Join us
When news started coming out of a virus spreading rapidly in China towards the end of last year, nobody predicted it would soon be a global problem. In the first two months of the year, Mindanawons were their usual selves,
A worker heads to a road reconstruction site in Marawi City on Saturday, October 17, 2020. Majority of the 27,000 families in the 250-hectare, 24-barangay “Ground Zero” have yet to return home. Rehabilitation work is still ongoing three years after
Barangay Health Emergency Response Teams in Cagayan de Oro City have been mobilized to help in the fight against COVID-19 as early as 29 January 2020, ahead of the national government’s policy to tap the BHERTs.[] Barangay health workers and
After six months of closure due to the COVID-19 community quarantines, the Roxas Night Market in Davao City reopened Saturday, 12 September 2020 with strict health protocols implemented to prevent the spread of the highly contagious disease. Temperature checks are
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews / 06 Sept) – I didn’t expect our local camera club (The Umbrella: Joint Photographic Society of Iligan City) to continue with the monthly quarantine photo contests since the start of the lockdowns. But last week we
The new Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro was installed on Friday, August 28, on the feast of St. Augustine, the city’s patron saint. Archbishop Jose Araneta Cabantan, former Bishop of the Diocese of Bukidnon, succeeded Archbishop Antonio Ledesma, SJ, who
Commuters wear face shields over their masks while waiting for their ride along C.M. Recto Avenue in Cagayan de Oro on Monday, 17 August 2020. The Land Transportation Franchise Regulatory Board implemented a “No Face Shield, No Ride” policy in
For the hobbyists under The Umbrella: Iligan’s Joint Photographers’ Society, shooting at home during quarantine has sparked creativity. They first held a contest on bird photography, shooting only the birds they see from home. In the second of their monthly
The long quarantine period in this time of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has brought untold sufferings, but it also sparked creativity among those who stayed home. In Iligan City, photo hobbyists have been very prolific since the lockdown in March,
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 16 April) — By nightfall of Wednesday, April 15, as Davao City started another 12-hour curfew beginning 6 p.m., policemen flagged down motorists passing along Lanang on JP Laurel Avenue and elsewhere in the city to
Davao City has been placed under community quarantine effective Sunday, March 15, 2020, amid threats posed by the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Although the city has no confirmed case of COVID-19 as yet, Mayor Sara Duterte issued Executive Order 10
LOREGA, Kitaotao, Bukidnon (MindaNews / 12 Feb) — Bukidnon, a landlocked province in mainland Mindanao, has been employing biosecurity measures for several decades now, long before the African Swine Fever (ASF) reached Mindannao. MindaNews visited the Animal Quarantine Checkpoint in
Participants perform during the 7th Kuyamis Festival in Misamis Oriental on Wednesday, 8 January 2020. Fifteen of the province’s 23 towns and Gingoog City participated in the festival held in Cagayan de Oro City. MindaNews photo by FROILAN GALLARDO
