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DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 31 October) — PhilHealth’s Z Benefits Package allots P100,000 for early stage breast cancer (Stage 0 to III-A). The amount is supposed to cover surgery and chemotherapy but breast cancer patients and survivors will tell you this
After several postponements, the barangay elections are finally pushing through this month. Experts weigh in on why the public should care about the smallest political unit in the Philippines. By Cherry Salazar, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism The barangay is
The city government says parts of Marawi villages Datu Naga, Datu sa Dansalan, Dansalan, and Sabala a Manao are government property. Residents may not be able to return to what became ground zero of the war between the military and
Under the punishing heat of the sun in early October, Marawi residents Cetenor Adiong and Aminah Dimaporo walked towards Lake Lanao from their home in Brgy. Moncado Kadingilan in the city center. It was not to stroll on the banks
LEBAK, Sultan Kudarat (MindaNews / 24 September) – Tucked about five hours away by car over treacherous winding mountain roads from the provincial capital in Isulan, this coastal municipality is home to a large swathe of mangrove forest that Arnold
By Carmela Fonbuena, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism Doyle, Dane & Bernbach (DDB) Philippines won at least two other government deals to promote tourism on top of its discredited P49.92-million “Love the Philippines’’ ad campaign, research by the Philippine Center
By Victoria Tulad, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism Facebook pages selling Filipino babies continue to proliferate despite efforts to stop the illegal trade online, an investigation by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) showed. It underscores the difficulty of
JOLO, Sulu (MindaNews / 28 March) — Due to its physical topography as archipelagic and its geographical location as having dispersed island municipalities, much of Sulu has never been accessed and is virtually unknown, therefore remaining to be boggling the imagination
JOLO, Sulu (MindaNews / 28 March) — The road to new normal Sulu is paved with ringing laughter and banter of giggly pre-teen boys in bright colored oversized jerseys of vermillion yellow and turquoise blue on whose breasts are announced
First of two parts BY ELYSSA LOPEZ, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism When industrial engineer Paul Baes returned from an official work assignment in France in 2020, he was determined to turn his first home in Imus, Cavite into a
ESPERANZA, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews / 23 February) — The high vaccination rate against COVID-19 in the 20 villages on the western side of this town can be attributed to the Higaonons’ cultural traits of obedience and loyalty to their
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 18 February) — If Higaonon Datu Bagani Alfredo Lake could have his way, he would not have taken the vaccines against COVID-19. He said there was no need for it as he believes his faith in Magbabaya
LANTAPAN, Bukidnon (MindaNews / 18 February) – By all indications, life has returned to its normal grind in this vegetable-producing town after two years of COVID-19 lockdowns that crippled economic and other human activities. In fact, most of the residents
ESPERANZA, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews / 11 February) – In this town named after the Spanish word for “hope,” improving health literacy among its 60,000 population, according to Mayor Deo Manpatilan Jr., has brought hope for a higher vaccination rate against
DATU HOFFER AMPATUAN, Maguindanao del Sur (MindaNews / 22 January) – “May COVID pa po ba, Doc (Is COVID-19 still around, Doctor)?” Dr. Bidasari Sulaik recalls having been asked this question by residents in this sixth class municipality. With the lifting
LAKE SEBU, South Cotabato (MindaNews / 13 November) – For the Manobos in Sitio Blit, Barangay Ned here, traveling from their community to the heart of the village is “buwis buhay” – a very risky and very expensive journey — because of
MAITUM, Sarangani (MindaNews / 18 September) — Louie Manuel came out of his mother’s womb 10 years ago inside their nipa hut in Barangay Bati-an, a geographically isolated and disadvantaged area (GIDA), without any help from a hilot (traditional birth attendants) or fesut
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 17 September) – Three years after the establishment of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), residents of Cotabato City are finally feeling they are part of the region as projects funded by the regional
Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and Sara Duterte each won landslide victories in the May 2022 polls, but their spending is worlds apart. Duterte spent only P3 per voter to win a national post. Marcos spent P9.60 per voter, almost breaking
CAMPAIGN FINANCE AUDIT 2022 Partido Federal ng Pilipinas footed 40% of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s campaign bill through party treasurer Antonio Ernesto “Anton” Floirendo Lagdameo Jr., grandson of his father’s close business associate. The remaining cost was covered by today’s
1st of three parts DAVAO CITY (MindaNews /11 July) – Across Mindanao’s 27 provinces, 33 cities and 60 congressional districts, it was business as usual in the first full week of the “new” administration (2022 to 2025) on July4 to 8.
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 30 April) – Along the banks of the Tamontaka River near the majestic Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mosque or the Grand Mosque of Cotabato on March 25, Day 1 of the 45-day campaign period for local
MARAWI CITY (MindaNews / 01 December) — Tears welled from the eyes of Sittie Almairah Pangarungan Daud wetting the veil of the black hijab she was wearing. “I might lose my chance in owning a house. My four children will
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 29 September) – Sarangani Bay, a protected seascape known for its rich biodiversity, is being threatened by waste pollution: traces of microplastic particles have been confirmed to be present in fish, mollusks and beach sediments
MALAPATAN, Sarangani (MindaNews / 04 September) — Lumads or indigenous peoples (IPs) in far-flung or last mile communities of this quaint town need to cross the river 12 times and walk for one or two days in order to reach
DATU PAGLAS, Maguindanao (MindaNews / 24 May) — Once a busy hive of activities, the headquarters of banana producer La Frutera, Inc. is now eerily still. Cobwebs hang from the ceilings and mar the view of glass windows, and unkempt
By Karol Ilagan Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism The country has been vulnerable to massive flooding linked to deforestation. The coronavirus pandemic is also a catastrophe that arose from populations
IPIL, Zamboanga Sibugay (MindaNews / 05 October ) Subsistence fisherfolk in Zamboanga Sibugay say that if there is one good thing about martial law in Mindanao from May 23, 2017 to December 31, 2019, it is this: extortion and piracy
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews / 04 October) — Teacher Lovely Jane Bibaoco, a resident of Arakan in North Cotabato remembers the deployment of soldiers in their barangay gym when martial law was declared in May 2017. According to her, armed clashes
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews / 04 October) — The image of thousands of farmers barricading the national highway in Kidapawan City on Mach30 to April 1, 2016, is still remembered to this day across the country. Farmers from various parts of
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 29 September) — A team of experts discovered a strain of betacoronavirus in the bat species Cynopterus brachyotis during an exploratory surveillance in Malagos District here last year. But Dr. Lyre Anni Murao, a professor of virology at the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 28 September) – On this gloomy Thursday morning, Enrico Angalan is in his farm in a mountain village of predominantly Obu Manobos in Barangay Tawan-Tawan, Baguio District, fixing the plastic bag wrapping the now maroon-colored cacao
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 22 August) — In the early months of the COVID-19 lockdown, a group of people talked about replicating a barter system that had become popular in Iloilo City. Stay-at-home mom Kiara Nanali and others initiated the
ALABEL, Sarangani (MindaNews / 15 August) – On May 2 this year, at the height of the lockdown triggered by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a large pawikan (sea turtle) appeared at the doorstep of a cottage in a beach resort
Last of three parts DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 09 August) — Alim Bandara, council member of the Teduray Justice and Governance told MindaNews that the process of delineation started 15 years ago, on August 26, 2005, when the Teduray, Lambangian
2nd of three parts DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 08 August) — The Tedurays, Lambangians and Dulangans in Maguindanao and other non-Moro IPs in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) became part of the Bangsamoro region in the past
1st of three parts DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 07 August) — “Where is the promise to the non-Moro Indigenous Peoples (IP)? Where is the promise that the Bangsamoro Organic Law will be more than the Indigenous People’s Rights Act (IPRA)
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 28 July) — On clear and sunny weekdays, the activities of students break the silence of this small High School tucked neatly in the valley of Sitio Masicareg, Brgy. Anitapan in Mabini town, Davao de Oro
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews /01 July) — Mercy Muhamad, 44, dismounts from the rusty bicycle’s sidecar even before her husband has come to a full stop. This the fourth dumpsite for them, with three more to go before calling it a
LAKE SEBU, South Cotabato (MindaNews / 30 June) – At Crossing Luib in Barangay Talisay here, Jeanalyn Valenzuela, a mother of three, counted 1,779 pesos in exchange for around 290 kilograms (kg) of talong (eggplant) and pipino (cucumber). Transporting the freshly harvested vegetables using
LIANGA, Surigao del Sur (MindaNews /09 March) — The heavy presence of the military in Sitio Simowao, a Lumad community in the coastal town here since August 16, 2019 had instilled fear anew among Manobo residents that they might be
Last of two parts TAMPAKAN, South Cotabato (MindaNews / 23 January) — Based on Sagittarius Mines Incorporated’s (SMI) exploration studies finished a long time ago, the most viable way to extract the vast deposits is by open-pit mining, a method
SPECIAL REPORT 1st of 2 parts TAMPAKAN, South Cotabato (MindaNews / 22 Jan) – At a sari-sari store nestled deep in the mountains that host Southeast Asia’s largest untapped copper and gold minefield, members of the B’laan indigenous community belt
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 27 Nov) – More than halfway into President Rodrigo Duterte’s six-year term, the dream train that he promised to build in Mindanao, potentially using Official Development Assistance (ODA) from China for the first phase, has yet
By the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism and the Court Appointments Watch Network ONE sweated profusely and even teared up, another confessed to having a talent for dancing, and the third said he would want to have canned goods and
By Malou Mangahas and Karol Ilagan Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism CLEAN, honest, inclusive, and credible elections might well turn into just a pipedream when the votes for president, vice president, legislators, and local officials come up in May 2022.
By Karol Ilagan Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism GOOD, sound procurement processes apparently do not define the Commission on Elections (Comelec). In truth, the poor planning, delivery delays, wastage, and other irregularities that marked the procurement of goods and services
