Three youngsters feed a friendly goat at the Provincial Capitol Complex in Bongao, Tawi-Tawi, Friday (31 October 2025). MindaNews photo by YAS D OCAMPO
SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews / 01 November) — The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) of Surigao del Norte has called for an investigation into alleged “ghost projects” in Siargao Island. The move came after SP member John Cubilan claimed in
As a side hustle, a boy uses a black marker to retouch the faded lettering on a gravestone at a public cemetery in Cagayan de Oro City on Friday, November 1, 2025. MindaNews photo by HENNIEQUEL SHAYNE ACOBO
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
An elderly woman lights candles before “Dakung Krus” at the public cemetery in Mati City on Saturday, 1 November 2025, in remembrance of departed loved ones during the traditional “Kalag-Kalag”. MindaNews photo by RAZL EJ TEMAN
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 1 November) – Century Pacific Food, Inc. (CNPF), a leading Philippine multinational food company, is investing P2.6 billion for a coconut processing venture in South Cotabato. The publicly-listed firm has acquired Roxas Sigma Agriventures, Inc. through
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 01 November) – Entries to this year’s Halloween Costume Contest in Zamboanga City on Thursday night filled the venue with color and excitement with their creative designs and costume. Participants from different age groups who joined
Tucked a few hundred meters from Lake Napalit, a waterbody in Barangay Pigtauranan, Pangantucan, Bukidnon, is the office of the Bayanihan Millennium Multipurpose Cooperative. Around 20 people, mostly women, had gathered outside the rectangular building, waiting for the office to
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 31 October) – Self-Rated Poverty has remained highest in Mindanao at 69% as of September 2025, according to a survey done from September 24-30 by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) the results of which were released
Some families visit their dead in the public cemetery of Iligan City on the night before “Undas” (Friday, 31 October 2025) to avoid the crowd. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
A woman directs a man carrying a sack of rice as it is loaded onto a boat in Gabang-Gabang, Bongao, Tawi-Tawi, noon Friday (31 October 2025). Photo for MindaNews courtesy of Ben Caspillo
BACOLOD CITY (MindaNews / 31 Oct) — To be able to counter the online sexual abuse of Filipino children, partnership with law enforcers abroad is more important now than ever, according to a prosecutor who had direct involvement in sending
With the weekend holidays leaving them free to do as they please, these youth hang out at a cliff overlooking the Tawi-Tawi Bay at the compound of the Tawi-Tawi Provincial Capitol in Barangay Tubig-boh, Bongao, Tawi-Tawi. MindaNews photo by YAS D OCAMPO
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 31 October) – Electricity rates in the city may increase in November due to the recent earthquake in Cebu that has disrupted power supply, the Davao Light and Power Company (DLPC) said. The National Grid Corporation
TACURONG CITY (MindaNews / 31 October) – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered the Department of Agriculture (DA) to boost the country’s coffee production anew, with the top priority to be accorded to Sultan Kudarat, the country’s major coffee producer,
MARAWI CITY (MindaNews / 31 October) — During the 2017 Marawi Siege, journalists had complained about restrictions imposed by the military on their coverage of the five-month conflict that completely damaged the city’s commercial district. Eight years after, they are
MATI CITY, Davao Oriental (MindaNews / 31 October) – The number of acute watery diarrhea cases in Manay, Davao Oriental, which is attributed to water contamination, has reached 49, the Provincial Information Office (PIO) said. The PIO said that as
MATI CITY, Davao Oriental (MindaNews / 31 October) — At least 200 personnel from the city’s public security and police offices will be deployed for All Souls’ and All Saints’ Day this weekend. Public Security Office head Ruben M. Piquero
Along Matina Crossing sidewalk in Davao City, a grape vendor uses the trilingual “No Vendors Allowed” sign to mark her stall while used shoes sellers display their goods at the entrance to a construction site, in defiance of the sign that says “Do not block gate at any time.” Photo taken Thursday (30 October 20250) by GAIL ILAGAN / MindaNews
MATI CITY, Davao Oriental (MindaNews / 30 Oct — Schools Division Office of the Department of Education in Mati City clarified that the schools tagged as “unsafe” (red) only involve specific rooms within campus. SDO-Mati information officer Leorisyl D. Siarot
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 30 October) — The Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) adjourned its session on October 30 without passing a new districting law for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) but three bills have been filed for
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 30 Oct) — The “Bisaya” members of Bini, referred to as the “Nation’s Girl Group,” have high praises for victims of the earthquakes that hit the Davao Region earlier this month. “Bisan pa naapektuhan sa linog
GENERAL SANTOS CITY ( MindaNews / 30 Oct) — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Region 12 (DENR-12) has issued a Notice of Violation and Show Cause Order against the organizers of the Holonman Aquathlon 2025, which was
TACURONG CITY (MindaNews / 30 Oct) — The three-year Project Coffee++ concluded here Thursday, equipping some 3,000 farmers from Sultan Kudarat and Bukidnon with advanced coffee production skills, financial literacy and market access. Piloted in 2018 as the Project Coffee
Buyers choose from a wide variety of flowers from vendors outside the Saint Augustine Cathedral in Cagayan de Oro City on Thursday afternoon (30 October 2025) as “undas” — the observance of All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days — approaches.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 30 Oct) — Appointed members of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) are to continue to serve beyond October 30 “until new officials are duly elected or appointed,” a press statement from the Office of the President
PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews / 30 Oct) — The Agusan del Sur Police Provincial Office (ADSPPO) has deployed 53 police officers and four members of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Canine Unit (PECU) to secure cemeteries, terminals, and places
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 30 Oct) — An official of the Davao City Water District (DCWD) allayed fears among water consumers here that the reported pollution of the Panigan-Tamugan River allegedly caused by a wastewater discharge from a nearby swine
SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews / 30 Oct) — The municipal government of Loreto in Agusan del Sur is offering free bus rides to help residents return home for the Undas holidays. According to an announcement posted on the
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 29 Oct) — In this year’s Zamboanga Hermosa Photo Safari, held in conjunction with the annual Zamboanga Hermosa Festival during the month of October, a silhouette picture of two friends splashing water by the sea at
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 29 Oct) — Prices of basic commodities in areas severely affected by the powerful twin earthquakes in the Davao Region remain stable, according to an official of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-Davao. During “Wednesdays
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 29 Oct) — At just 10 years old, Abigail Rose Morrison has already made history. Competing among more than 70 young gymnasts from across the country, she became Davao City’s first-ever gold medalist in gymnastics
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 29 Oct) — Around 80 delegates from Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area will participate in the three-day BIMP-EAGA Trade and Tourism Fair here slated for Nov. 9-11. During “Wednesdays Media Forum at the Habi at
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews / 29 Oct) — Conchita Carpio Morales issued the decision on the dismissal and disqualification of Rep. Joel Villanueva on November 14, 2016, who found him guilty of grave misconduct, serious dishonesty, and conduct prejudicial to the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 29 Oct) — The City Government of Davao will send a cash assistance worth ₱2.7 million to Davao Oriental, which was severely affected by the powerful twin earthquakes that struck on October 10. This came after the
MindaNews / 29 October — The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) pushed the development of the halal industry anew to help fuel the economic growth of the region. The region’s halal industry hogged the spotlight, as well as
Workers take a break from planting pineapple cuttings on a plantation in Libona, Bukidnon Wednesday noon (29 October 2025). MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 29 October) – A viral video showing athletes swimming across Lake Holon, a site sacred to the Tboli Indigenous people, has sparked backlash and questions over whether organizers secured the required environmental clearance. The clip,
BACOLOD CITY (MindaNews / 28 Oct) — Watch out when you have neighbors whose lifestyles suddenly level up, and you know that none among them is working abroad. According to Rebelander S. Basilan, who leads the campaigns and local media
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/28 October)—The gunmen from the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces (BIAF), the armed wing of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), have started to return to their communities after briefly laying siege to the town hall of
MATI CITY, Davao Oriental (MindaNews/28 October)—Twenty-one schools among thirty-one assessed by the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) remain “unsafe”, according to data obtained by MindaNews. Of these, 8 are identified as government buildings while two are privately-run
For most of us, we know Manuel Quezon as the man in the 20-peso bill. What else we know about him gets stuffed and wrinkled like the 20-peso bill in our pocket. At least he’s still in circulation, not like
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 28 October) — Gunshots rang at the vicinity of the Tipo-Tipo municipal hall early morning Tuesday as gunmen surround the building in an apparent effort to pressure local authorities to give up the suspects in the
MATI CITY, Davao Oriental (MindaNews / 27 October) — Thirty-nine residents of Manay town have been diagnosed with acute watery diarrhea cases, the Provincial Information Office (PIO) reported Sunday, October 26. Provincial health officer Dr. Reden V. Bersaldo in an
MATI CITY, Davao Oriental (MindaNews/27 October)—An official of the Davao Oriental Electric Cooperative (DORECO) said they are implementing a month-long moratorium for electric bill collection and disconnection for totally-damaged households in Davao Oriental following the devastating twin earthquakes that rocked
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/27 October)– Meat vendors at the Toril Public Market are concerned over the delay in the repair of the market’s main building saying this may affect their income for the upcoming holidays. The public market’s main building burned
GENERAL SANTOS CITY ( MindaNews / 27 October ) –A Facebook post selling three Philippine ducks (Anas luzonica) for ₱1,800 each led to an unusual but successful wildlife rescue in M’lang last week, thanks to a local student noticed the
SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews/27 October) — The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Caraga (BFAR-13) has again declared Lianga Bay in Surigao del Sur positive for toxic red tide following laboratory tests confirming the presence of paralytic
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 26 October) – My infatuation with psychology was never conscious. Not until recently. Or so I thought. My Roommate is a Psychology graduate. My uniqa hija is also a graduating Psychology student; her own decision entirely. Although I never formally pursued
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews / 26 Oct) — “Wow, 25 years! Who would have thought we’d reach this far noh?!” Peppo Stuart del Rosario said as he welcomed me Saturday evening to the silver anniversary celebration of their family’s product —
