ISLAND GARDEN CITY OF SAMAL (MindaNews / 24 July 2026) — For Samalenyos residing near the construction site, the Samal Island-Davao City Connector (SIDC) project is measured less by its towering pillars, but by the sounds that accompany them. The
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 21 July 2026) — To many, a landfill marks the end of a city’s waste. For the Ticar family and many residents in Barangay New Carmen, it is where their livelihood begins. For years, the family
The Sweep Every morning, Davao City performs a quiet ritual. Before dawn, garbage trucks wind through neighborhoods, markets, and business districts, lifting black plastic bags from curbsides while most of its 1.8 million residents are still asleep. Street sweepers follow
Last of two parts DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 23 June 2026) — Fast forward to 2025, the actual average disposal in the city’s Sanitary landfill in Barangay New Carmen, Tugbok District, reached 753 tons, almost double the 385.49 ton average when
1st of two parts DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 22 June 2026) — Johnsan Temple did not only check the weather app or listen for storm warnings, he had to monitor the rising waters in the narrow canal in front of his convenience store on
MAASIM, Sarangani (MindaNews / 21 June 2026) — For nearly four decades, the sea has been both a provider and a teacher for Ramon Mondejar. The veteran fisherman arrived in Barangay Tinoto in 1987, when the coastal village was still sparsely
Sa pagitan ng tumataas na presyo ng gasolina, pagkawala ng mga katutubong isda, at bigat ng pangarap para sa mga apo, paano pumapalag ang isang 71-anyos na mangingisdang Meranaw laban sa nagbabagong ekolohiya? Sulat ni Normina D. LimbonaKuha ni Janisah
SULTAN SA BARONGIS, Maguindanao del Sur (MindaNews / 16 June 2026) –Before sunrise, fishing boats in Barangay Langgapanan are already moving through narrow waterways hidden within the darkness of the pawas (marshland). Nets are checked one last time, engines are started, and fisherfolk
Bea Gatmaytan of MindaNews and David Ezra Francisquete of SunStar Davao MATI CITY (MindaNews / 01 May) — Rows of mangrove seedlings line parts of Guang-Guang Mangrove Park and Nursery — a protected landscape and seascape area in Pujada Bay.
By Jorge Golle of The Mindanao Sentinel MATI CITY (MindaNews / 30 April) — In Dahican Beach, the day begins with the sound of waves folding into shore—steady, patient, almost stubborn. For decades, this stretch of coast has been known
TAGUM CITY (MindaNews / 31 March) — I never expected that a gathering such as the recently concluded Bayi-lines Safety Awareness and Trauma Healing Retreat could ever happen. Journalists need this but most of the gatherings I had known had
DAKBAYAN SA DIPOLOG (Marso 31) — Puno kami sa kadasig ug kalipay ang gibati namu sa 15 ka women Mindanawon journalists kinsa partisipante sa BAYI-LINES, A Safety Awareness and Trauma Healing Retreat for Women Journalists in Mindanao, nga gipahigayon sa
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 30 March) — From a very young age, I learned that being physically able is not enough, you need to be strong to do many things at the same time. After all, that was the only
In the face of perceived threats, especially from entities that loom many times larger and more powerful than myself, I don’t fight or take flight. Instead, I fawn. It was a strategy I learned as a child in dealing with
Kumusta? Isang simpleng tanong na karaniwang tinatanong sa mga kaibigan o kakilalang matagal nang di nakita. isang tanong na madalas sinasagot ng “ok lang”, kahit hindi naman. isang tanong na kapag tinanong sa sarili, bakit parang ang hirap sagutin? Nang
IPIL, Zamboanga Sibugay (MindaNews /24 March) — As a journalist, mother, sister, and daughter, my life often moves at a relentless pace. Each day brings new challenges, assignments, and responsibilities that demand my full attention and time. Behind every headline
TANDAG, Surigao del Sur (MindaNews / 22 March) — When people read a news story, they see the headline, the facts and the byline. What they do not see are the stories that journalists carry within themselves long after the
PAGADIAN CITY (MindaNews / 16 March) — The sea breeze carried a quiet calm across the Island Garden City of Samal as women journalists from across Mindanao gathered for three days of safety awareness and trauma healing. From March 1
DIPOLOG CITY (MindaNews /19 March) Labaw pa sa usa ka “safe space,” murag usa gyud kini ka lugar diin tinuod mabati ang sisterhood. Sa makausa, dili ko mamamahayag nga nagdagan sa deadline nga murag giapas sa deadline mismo. Wala pud
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 14 March) — At first, I still felt reluctant and wary — like someone standing at the edge of the sea, testing the water with a cautious toe, unsure whether it is too cold or too
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 14 March) – It was one of those days when I once again boarded the PCG vessel.Armed with my Press ID, notebook, and phone. I was there as a journalist—to document the continuing search operations, To write
BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews / 11 March) — I did not expect to cry. The question was simple: Which assignment stayed with you? But somewhere between remembering and speaking, my voice cracked. The session was called “The Assignments That Stayed,” facilitated
Franck Dick Rosete of bulatlat.com / Patricio P. Diaz Fellow CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews / 08 September) — Rhea, mother of two, waits for her turn to fetch water from a communal faucet on a streetside a few meters from her
Cong B. Corrales of Mindanao Gold Star Daily / Patricio P. Diaz FellowCAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 07 September) — A proposed 600-megawatt liquefied natural gas (LNG) power plant in Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte, once poised to be a
Jun N. Aguirrre of Boracay Island News Network / Patricio P. Diaz Fellow BORACAY ISLAND, Aklan (MindaNews / 01 September) — At the heart of Boracay, one of the best beaches in the world, lies a community of Muslims who,
Chris V. Panganiban, Sr. of MindNews / Patricio P. Diaz Fellow SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews / 31 August) — What used to be a critically endangered mountain with only 54 percent forest cover almost three decades ago is now
Clarence May F. De Guzman of Unlinews / Patricio P. Diaz Fellow BULACAN (MindaNews / 30 August) — “I hope that’s my brother, I hope that’s him, so at least we can finally put him to rest, and then, still
Jazmin Bonifacio of Leyte Samar Daily Express / Patricio P. Diaz Fellow SAMAR (MindaNews / 29 August ) — Alma Gabin decided to leave the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its New People’s Army (NPA) in early 2020,
Ricky J. Bautista of Samar Chronicle / Patricio P. Diaz Fellow CATBALOGAN CITY (MindaNews / 28 August) — In the steep, forested slopes of San Jose de Buan, Samar, there was a time when no one dared to speak too
BAGUIO CITY (MindaNews / 27 August) — For a region still searching for its identity, Cordillera celebrates two Cordillera Days. July 15 is a special non-working holiday in the Cordillera. A week before, a specially-made Cordillera gong or gangsa is ceremoniously beaten
Joel B. Escovilla of Mindanao Times / Patricio P. Diaz Fellow DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 26 August) – While Davao City is not a stranger to violence, the sheer damage of the 2003 bombs that tore through 39 bodies at
Aireen Jaymalin of BicoldotPH / Patricio P. Diaz Fellow TABACO CITY (MindaNews / 25 August) — In a world where diversity can often divide, Muslims in the Bicol Region have long sought solace and belonging. While they, too, have experienced
