KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 29 January) – The class and work suspensions on Thursday expanded outside Sultan Kudarat province, which was hit by an earthquake swarm totaling 2,264 quakes as of 7 a.m. Thursday. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 28 January) — Environmental group Interfacing Development Interventions for Sustainability (IDIS) rejected proposals to amend the 25-year-old Republic Act 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act to allow the construction of the waste-to-energy (WTE) incineration
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 28 January) — The two remaining unidentified cadavers believed to have been among the passengers and crew of the M/Bca Amejara will be temporarily buried at Ma-a Public Cemetery after the forensics team from the National
UPDATED KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 28 January) — A Magnitude 5.4 tectonic earthquake before dawn Wednesday prompted the suspension anew of classes in all levels and work in government offices in the coastal towns of neighboring Kalamansig, Lebak, and Palimbang
Survivors of the ill-fated MV Trisha Kerstin 3 are shown being given a hot meal by a Philippine Coast Guard personnel following their rescue. The ship sank 2.7 nautical miles northeast of Baluk-Baluk Island, Basilan a few hours after leaving Zamboanga City for Jolo, Sulu at about 1 AM Monday, January 26. From the Facebook page of Coast Guard District Southwestern Mindanao (CGDSWM)
A sixth cadaver, believed to be one of the passengers and crew of the ill-fated M/Bca Amejera, was recovered on Sunday afternoon, 25 January 2026, in the waters off Sarangani province. Photo courtesy of Coast Guard District Southeastern Mindanao
The Department of Science and Technology-12 (DOST-12) and the University of the Philippines sign the memorandum of agreement for the SMARTER Soccsksargen Project on Monday, 26 January 2026 in Koronadal City. PIA-12 photo
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 26 January) – Former President Rodrigo Duterte will face the International Criminal Court (ICC) on February 23 for the confirmation of charges, exactly five months after its original schedule on September 23. The September 23 hearing
Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao del Sur Mayor Akmad Ampatuan is asking for more security escorts saying he is shocked at the firepower used in the latest attempt on his life. MindaNews photo by Ferdinandh Cabrera
MindaNews / 26 January — More than a decade after the signing of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB), its implementation is lagging behind the global average for similar peace agreements, hampered by delayed decommissioning, slow amnesty uptake, and postponed
Passengers and crew of MV Trisha Kerstin 3 are shown being rescued by Philippine Coast Guard personnel. The ship sank 2.7 nautical miles northeast of Baluk-Baluk Island, Basilan a few hours after leaving Zamboanga City for Jolo, Sulu Sunday evening, January 25. From the Facebook page of Coast Guard District Southwestern Mindanao (CGDSWM)
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 25 January) — Teeth and bone samples were collected on Sunday from the five cadavers believed to have been among the missing passengers and crew members of the ill-fated M/Bca Amejara, to establish their identities through
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 25 January) — A daring early Sunday morning ambush using a rocket-propelled grenade and targeting Shariff Aguak Mayor Akmad Ampatuan failed to kill the mayor but injured two of his escorts. Three of the suspected attackers riding
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 25 January) — Three vessels carrying undocumented cargo worth P63-M were intercepted in the waters off Sulu on December 28, 2025 and January 5, 2026, the Western Mindanao Naval Command reported on Saturday. “The total estimated value
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews / 25 January) – The lone survivor in the January 23 ambush in Munai, Lanao del Norte recalls they were ambushed by “more or less 10 young aggressive terrorists” while crossing a shallow river in Barangay Lininding.
CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews / 25 January) — Abdullah “Kumander Bravo” Macapaar, commander of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)’s Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces (BIAF) in the two provinces of Lanao and concurrently a member of the Bangsamoro Parliament, on Sunday
MBCA Amejara update: 5 cadavers airlifted to Davao City; NBI forensics team takes DNA samples DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 25 January) — A forensics team from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)-Davao arrived at the St. Peter Chapels in Panacan
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/24 January) – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has confirmed the recovery of four bodies and the sighting of one other body all believed to be among the missing passengers and crew of the ill-fated MBCA Amejara. The
Parents bring their children to a health center in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat for the measles-rubella vaccination drive of the Department of Health, which kicked off last Monday, 19 January 2026. Photo from Facebook page of DOH-Center for Health Development Soccsksargen Region
Police Brigadier General Mariano Rodriguez, PRO-Davao deputy regional director for administration, answers questions from reporters Friday, 23 January 2026, after the aborted change of command at the Davao City Police Office. Commenting on why the ceremony was cancelled, Rodriguez said they were “just following orders from headquarters.” MindaNews photo by Antonio L. Colina IV
Mayor Sebastian Z. Duterte takes his oath before Regional Trial Court (RTC) XI Deputy Executive Judge Marie Estrellita S. Tolentino-Rojas at the City Hall of Davao on Friday, 23 January 2026. (City Information Office)
From left to right: Lt. Commander Jerome Bryan Mauring, spokesperson of the Naval Forces Eastern Mindanao (NFEM), Coast Guard District Southeastern Mindanao (CGDSEM), Gemma Dela Cruz, social welfare officer of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Davao, and Samsia Sandukan, senior health program officer of the Department of Health-Davao, during a press conference at the Coast Guard Station at Santa Ana Wharf on Thursday, 22 January 2026. MindaNews photo by Antonio L. Colina IV
Parties involved in the 17-year pagbanta signed Amicable Settlement Agreement on January 19 at the Ra’ayat Hall of the new Provincial Capitol in Barangay Sta. Clara, Lamitan city. (In the photo, seated, 3rd from the left is Cmdr Tand Yunus, 4th is Hji Gani Tiblani, 5th is Cmdr. Arasad Addala.) (MindaNews photo by JULES L. BENITEZ)
Residents who were preemptively evacuated because of the series of quakes sought refuge at a public school gymnasium in Kalamansig, Sultan Kudarat on Thursday, 22 January 2026. DSWD-12 photo
TANDAG CITY (MindaNews / 23 January) – Seven houses and one commercial building were burned in a fire that hit Purok Pag-asa, Barangay Dagocdoc in Tandag City on Wednesday afternoon. Four structures were razed while four others sustained partial damage
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 22 January) – Christopher Bulig, a crew member of the ill-fated MBCA Amejara, remains in a fragile emotional state following his rescue at 10:46 a.m. on January 20 after almost two days at sea, a social
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 22 January) – The commander of the Coast Guard Santa Ana Substation and six other personnel have been relieved from their posts effective January 19 as the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) amid an investigation into the
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 22 January) – Authorities enforced a preemptive evacuation for residents along the coastal villages of Kalamansig, Lebak and Palimbang (Kalepa) towns due to the series of weak to moderate quakes that jolted the area since
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 22 January) – It was forty-five minutes past noon on Wednesday. On a rocky river bank of the Cagayan River, near where crisscrossing streams cascade from the canyon top to merge with the river
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 21 January) – An official of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) expressed hope that more survivors of MBCA Amejara will be found as search and rescue operations for 11 passengers and three crew members of the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 21 January) – Classes at Cabantian National High School in Country Homes, Barangay Cabantian, Davao City, were disrupted on Wednesday after the school received a bomb threat from an anonymous individual via Facebook Messenger. A teacher
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 21 January) – Almost 1,000 members of the erstwhile rebel group, the 40,000-strong Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) have so far applied for amnesty, with the recent application of 60 mostly base commanders in the
Parents bring their children to a health center in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat for the measles-rubella vaccination drive of the Department of Health, which kicked off last Monday, 19 January 2026. Photo from Facebook page of DOH-Center for Health Development Soccsksargen Region
MindaNews / 20 January — The Malaybalay City Water District (MCWD) has officially issued a notice to pre-terminate its 25-year Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) with PrimeWater Infrastructure Corporation, the utility said in a public advisory Monday. MWCD said the decision
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 20 January) — The Coast Guard rescued at 10:46 a.m. on Tuesday a crew member of MBCA Amejara, which had been reported missing on Monday with 11 passengers and four crew members on board. According to
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 20 January) — Work and classes in Sultan Kudarat province were suspended following a Magnitude 5.2 quake that jolted parts of the province before dawn Tuesday. Sultan Kudarat Gov. Datu Pax Ali Mangudadatu issued Executive Order
Navy rescues 30 passengers off Turtle Islands A Philippine Navy gunboat rescued 30 passengers from a distressed wooden-hulled ship stranded off Turtle Islands in Tawi-Tawi over the weekend. Rear Admiral Constancio Aturo Reyes Jr., commander of the Navy Western Mindanao
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 19 January) — A Coast Guard boat is searching for 11 missing recreational divers after their boat capsized off Governor Generoso town in Davao Oriental on Monday. Apprentice Lei Brosas, of the Philippine Coast
TANDAG CITY (MindaNews / 19 January) — The heartbeat of the 44th Hinalaran de Tandag Festival could be felt long before the performers took the floor of the Tandag City Mega Gymnasium on Sunday. Weeks of shared rehearsals, with musicians
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 19 January) — Junior Ortiz Digamon, senior broadcaster and station manager of 93.1 Brigada News FM–Davao, surrendered to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)-Davao on Monday morning, following his conviction for Gender-Based Online Sexual Harassment under
ISULAN, Sultan Kudarat (MindaNews / 19 January) — Kenram Palmoil Industries, Inc. (KPII), the country’s major crude palm oil producer with a manufacturing plant here, is all set to expand to Basilan, a province once notorious for the nefarious activities
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 18 January) – The chair of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) claims the new districting law passed by the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) early Tuesday morning “raises serious constitutional questions,” but did not say if
TUBURAN, Basilan (MindaNews / 18 January) – The provincial government of Basilan has allocated P70 million for the construction of madaris buildings across the province’s 11 municipalities and two cities in 2026. The announcement was made by Governor Mujiv Hataman
ISULAN, Sultan Kudarat (MindaNews / 18 January) – A European Union-funded project recently assisted two farmer cooperatives in Sultan Kudarat to boost their coffee bean processing and enhance their market foothold. The Keytodac Coffee Growers Agricultural Cooperative (KCGAC) in Lebak
Passengers walk towards the departure area of the General Santos City International Airport. MindaNews file photo by Bong S. Sarmiento
DAVAO CITY – Local government units (LGUs) with jurisdiction on Mount Apo Natural Park are seeking its inscription as a United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Global Geopark, a recognition that will further strengthen efforts to protect and
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 16 January) – The inflation rate in Davao Region rose to 2.2 percent in December 2025, up from 1.4 percent in November, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)-Davao. Based on the Davao Region Summary Inflation
TANDAG CITY (MindaNews / 16 January) – Sea travel across the Caraga Region has remained suspended as Tropical Storm Ada (Nokaen) continues to threaten eastern sections of the country. As of 8:00 a.m. Friday, the Coast Guard District Northeastern Mindanao
MindaNews / 16 January – The volcanic island-province of Camiguin is among the 52 must-see travel destinations for 2026 featured in The New York Times (NYT), the only tourist spot in the Philippines included in the list. Camiguin in Northern
BUENAVISTA, Agusan del Norte (MindaNews / 16 January) – Three provinces in Mindanao are among the areas in the country where Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) No. 1 has been raised by state weather bureau Pagasa in its advisory at
