Kidults buy toys to continue emotional relationships with cultural narratives. MindaNews photo by JESSE PIZARRO BOGA
Photo from the official Facebook page of the Oroquieta Film Festival
The Bangsamoro Writers Workshop and Davao Writers Workshop highlight emerging voices from across
Mindanao. Organizers from both workshops recently announced new developments ahead of their 2026
runs, signaling what they describe as a growing and increasingly diverse regional literary scene. Photos
from the official Facebook pages of Bangsamoro Writers Workshop and Davao Writers Guild
Maya sits before the sea in Pinikas, her figure nearly swallowed by shadow and water, as though she
herself had been cut out of the ocean. Screenshot from the trailer of Pinikas.
A fishing community sits at the mouth of the Davao River in Bucana, Davao City. Photo taken on 16 November 2025 on top of the then yet to open Bucana Bridge. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
MATI CITY (MindaNews / 2 May) — The first time I saw the so-called “Sleeping Dinosaur” in the outskirts of this city was in 2009. Like most motorists who drove through the area the first time, we stopped and took
I hold distant memories of Bangkok and recalling them feels like unearthing a different lifetime or confusing false memories with real ones. For instance, I kept asking myself: did I ever spend time in Silom with filmmaker Charliebebs Gohetia? Or
Books on display at the Diwang Mindanao Book Fair 2026 which ran from 20-23 April 2026 at the Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan in Cagayan de Oro City. XU Press photo
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 23 April) — A shell, smoothed by the sea, rests against the collarbone — threaded into a necklace that feels less like an accessory than like a fragment of a memory. In the hands of Kyriene
Participants wearing the keffiyeh wave Palestinian flags during the National Solidarity Conference for
Palestine and Call for Peace in the Middle East held in Davao City on April 10–11. Photo courtesy of
Isaiah Alcomendras
Parishioners of St. Joseph the Worker parish join the station of the cross along the highway in Barangay Vicente Hizon, Davao City in this photo taken on Good Friday, 7 April 2023. Mindanews file photo
The “tabirak” aka “binignit.” “dinuldog,” “guinataan.” MindaNews file photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
Dr. Macario Tiu discusses Antonio Pigafetta’s account of Ferdinand Magellan’s voyage by mapping the route of the Magellan expedition through its recorded food and food encounters during his talk at the Utanon: V40 Culinary
Workshop in Davao City on Monday, 30 March 2026. MindaNews photo by BEA GATMAYTAN
Participants and organizers of the SineBalangay Film Festival pose for a photo during the awarding ceremony in Butuan City on 26 February 2026. Photo courtesy SineBalangay
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 1 March) — Late in February, Netflix debuted “Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model,” a documentary that examined the controversies and cultural impact of the reality series produced by Tyra Banks. It sparked a much
Pia Lourdes D. Partoza, past president of the Davao Travel Agencies Association, discusses the Antarctica Tour package during Wednesdays Media Forum at the Habi at Kape. MindaNews photo by ANTONIO L. COLINA IV
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
GENERAL SANTOS CITY ( MindaNews / 11 November ) — Three global beauty queens are set to share one stage in Sultan Kudarat for what could be the province’s most dazzling night of the year. In a Facebook post Monday
by Dave Llorito From a distance, mighty waves surge with immense power, building up to their peak before crashing forcefully onto the rugged shoreline along the coast of Burgos town in Siargao Island. The impact propels water sprays to astonishing
BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews / 01 September) – This city is known as the home of the ancient balangays, the oldest wooden boats excavated in Southeast Asia, which showcases the early Filipinos’ seafaring and boatbuilding skills. But for the 47th anniversary
GENERAL LUNA, Surigao del Norte (MindaNews / 16 Aug) — Known globally as a surfing paradise, Siargao is now making waves on the plate as it staged its first-ever food and wine festival, putting the spotlight on local flavors, farmers,
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 5 August) — It was 7 p.m. on a Sunday, and the city was settling into its familiar evening rhythm. The sky had dimmed to charcoal, streetlamps flickered to life, and tricycles buzzed through the wide
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 10 July) – The Canadian government’s advisory to avoid travel to 14 Mindanao provinces has been called out by the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) as “outdated and misleading.” The Canadian travel advisory, issued last June 26, warned
With today’s technology, anyone interested in clothes can command a number of ways to take a look at what’s new through the convenience of a phone screen. So why then do we still need fashion shows? For industry professionals like
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews / 17 September) — Underground river, Pagangon Falls, wild orchids in a rainforest, canyoneering and more await you on your Sikyop Adventure 30 minutes away from downtown. The trek starts at Sikyop Agriculture Cooperative where you get a good
CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews / 27 August) — Carnival street dancing is back in Cagayan de Oro’s fiesta celebration after two years of absence due to COVID-19 restrictions. The dancers in colorful costumes performed on the streets from Rodelsa Circle
BERN, Switzerland (MindaNews / 23 August) — Thomas Kellenberger, the Swiss who started a foundation for children in the Philippines, will have completed one year of his fundraising walk from Switzerland to the Philippines on Thursday, August 25, 2022. Speaking
SIARGAO ISLAND, Surigao del Norte (MindaNews / 10 July) — More than two years after the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns and six months after Super Typhoon Odette, Siargao is back on the tourist destination map and is currently hosting the 1st Dapa Siargao
(Bangsamoro Local Governments Minister Naguib Sinarimbo managed to find time to write down notes on the inaugural Philippine Airlines’ Cotabato to Tawi-Tawi flight on June 9 and the return flight from Tawi-Tawi to Cotabato on June 13. Between June 9
PATIKUL, Sulu (MindaNews / 11 June) — Be our guests. A ranking military official in Sulu province is inviting ourists to visit this island-province, citing significantly improved peace and order situation in what used to be the stronghold of the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 06 June) — After a seven-month postponement, Philippine Airlines (PAL) will finally serve starting June 9 the Cotabato-Tawi-tawi-Cotabato route twice weekly, every Thursday and Monday, the first commercial air linkage within the three-year old Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in
MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato (MindaNews / 06 June) — With our travel fund expiring in days, choosing our destination after two years of the pandemic wasn’t a difficult decision to make. From the beginning, with beaches as our first consideration and
CAMIGUIN (MindaNews / 19 May) — On the island of Camiguin in Mindanao, a volcano is coming back to life. Though she hasn’t erupted in 70 years, Mt. Hibok-Hibok has been especially quiet lately. From March 2020 to November 2021,
PALIMBANG, Sultan Kudarat (MindaNews / 27 April) – This Moro-dominated town is starting to rise from notoriety and obscurity, luring visitors with the slogan “Manisan ka Palimbang.” The Maguindanawon phrase is conspicuously engraved at the newly constructed 259-meter baywalk beside
GENERAL LUNA, Siargao Islands (MindaNews / 05 January) — For the fourth year now, a popular tourist destination in Del Carmen town in Siargao Islands will be closed again for a month for its annual rehabilitation and maintenance work, town
PILAR, Siargao Island (MindaNews / 11 March) — Single-use plastic bags are no longer allowed in this town, the first to do so in the entire Surigao del Norte. The municipal council approved the ban in late February, amid mounting
OZAMIZ CITY (MindaNews / 03 March) — Seven months after the brutal slaying of Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog and 14 of his relatives in an anti-illegal drugs raids on July 30, Ozamiz City is moving away from its violent past and
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 7 October) – MindaNews editor Bobby Timonera won the grand prize in a filmmaking contest featuring promotional videos of his hometown Iligan City as part of its Diyandi Festival. Timonera bagged the P30,000 top prize during
DAPITAN CITY (MindaNews / 25 July) – This city brimmed with colors and sounds Tuesday as it culminated its weeklong Kinabayo Festival 2017. Known as the “Shrine City of the Philippines,” Dapitan City capped the festival with a street dancing
TUPI, South Cotabato (MindaNews/10 June) – Visitors have been flocking to a new tourist attraction here that features a sunflower field, the first of its kind in Region 12. Arturo “Tol” Mariano, co-owner of the family-run Blooming Petals Agri-Tourism /Park,
BALUT ISLAND, Kalamansig, Sultan Kudarat (MindaNews / 07 January) — I have high standards in choosing a beach destination in summer or any other day of the year but the lack of amenities notwithstanding, I fell in love once more
I was privileged to cover the Siargao International Surfing Cup (now on its 22nd year) last week. []/a> with ||| Then the spirits will let you hear it. After a good meal and a swim, we retreated towards the entrance
The use of technology—from social media to dating apps and websites—has undeniably changed the way people interact and establish relationships. Smartphone dating app Tinder, for instance, makes 26 million matches in 196 countries per day. Grindr, since its inception in
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews / 2 Oct) – First, you need to have strong knees. But worry not, the ascending footsteps that are threatening vertical high are cemented, all 340-plus. It can be a pain in the neck to the less
BISLIG CITY (MindaNews / 1 Sep) – All this time but until now, Bislig City was all Tinuy-an Falls to me. I was here first time in the late 1990s and camped near the edge of the falls. There was
BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews / 12 Aug) – By any standard, Helen Langanlangan of Butuan City fits the mold of a veteran solo world traveler. Over the years, out of the several travels she’d done in the country and abroad, she’d
DAVAO CITY – The answer shouldn’t be difficult: Arcadia Electronic Music Festival (AEMF) on August 21 and August 22. Get ready as Manic Nightnings Productions this year gives Davao a one-of-a-kind two-day celebration for this year’s Kadayawan Festival. The first night
CABADBARAN CITY, Agusan del Norte (MindaNews / 3 Aug) – “When are we going to see the horses again?” Aryana, my four-year-old apo asked me immediately after we left the Calo Horse Farm here. “You like to riding the horse?”
BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews/14 July) — Andre Libby Pena may not have been born when Gemith Gemparo, an island girl turned model from Siargao won in an international modeling tilt and later became a pilot. Andre, 22 and standing 5’9” from
