DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / July 24) — Students should immediately report to their teachers, school authorities, and parents if they encounter or witness misbehavior like bullying in the campus, an official of the Police Regional Office XI (PRO Davao) said.
BGC, Taguig (MindaNews / 24 July 2026) – The first in a series of Philippine launches of Deeper Ground, Darker Shadows: The Making of a Mindanao Rebel, the memoir of Eddie L. Quitoriano, was held on July 23 at the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 24 July 2026) – High atop a plateau framed against the backdrop of the city’s mountain ranges, around 3,000 runners will lace up on July 26 for the DC Trail Ultra, the first-ever trail run sanctioned
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 23 July 2026) — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered the repair of the road at Purok 39, Sitio Marahan, Marilog Proper, which suffered a road slip evening of Friday last week. This was revealed by
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 23 July 2026) — Soil has clogged to the ground level of the bridge in Barangay Tanuman Big, Jose Abad Santos in Davao Occidental since Wednesday, the town mayor said. Speaking through Messenger, Mayor Jason John
MAIGO, Lanao del Norte (MindaNews / 23 July) — Even though this province is outside the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, the BARMM nevertheless opened an office in the coastal village of Segapud in this municipality Wednesday morning. The
The pending anti-disinformation bills confuse the symptoms with the disease. Instead of addressing the political, economic, and technological systems that manufacture and profit from coordinated information manipulation, they place the burden on individual expression and expand government authority over speech.
For more than six years, Ariel has been a familiar sight to churchgoers attending Mass at Our Mother of Perpetual Help Parish – Redemptorist Church in Davao City. Unlike many street vendors who need to call out loudly or play recorded announcements to attract customers to buy balut or pandesal, Ariel calmly and politely invites passersby to enjoy a cup of taho, as seen here Thursday morning (23 July 2026) at the Ayala Abreeza mall just across the church. MindaNews photo by DANILO BALUCOS
A DPWH personnel holds bus passengers wanting to cross on foot the landslide area in Sitio Marahan, Barangay Marilog Proper in the hinterlands of Davao City on Thursday (23 July 2026) because a soil test is reportedly being conducted in the affected area. MindaNews photo by GREGORIO C. BUENO
DATU ODIN SINSUAT, Maguindanao del Norte (MindaNews /22 July 2026) – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., entered the 6ID Gym here in Camp Siongco at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, graced the ceremonial distribution of P3.4 billion worth of projects and assistance to
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 22 July 2026) — The municipal council of Jose Abad Santos, Davao Occidental has allocated ₱12.41 million under its Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund to respond to the damage caused by the Magnitude 7.8 earthquake
MindaNews / 22 July 2026 — The hearings on Article IV (grave threats) of the Articles of Impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte ended on Wednesday with the prosecution waiving a redirect examination of National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Melvin
MindaNews / 22 July 2026 —The impeachment court had a light moment on Wednesday after presiding officer Senator-Judge Chiz Escudero reminded National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Melvin Matibag not to usurp his (Escudero) function. During the continuance of the
TAGUIG CITY (MindaNews / 22 July 2026) — Every Wednesday, I ask the same question after reading the week’s business headlines: So what now? This week, five major stories appeared almost simultaneously. At first glance, these seem unrelated. They are
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 21 July 2026) – Traffic was redirected, face to face classes in the entire city and work in the Bangsamoro Government Center (BGC) were suspended, security protocols were in place, food prepared, the red carpet rolled
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 ‘King of Fruits’ now dominates fruit stalls here in Davao City ahead of the Kadayawan Festival Season. The price per kilo for the native durian is around Php 50 while the Puyat variety is around Php 80. MindaNews photo by RAZL EJ TEMAN
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. views surrendered firearms at the 6th Infantry Division headquarters in Awang, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte in this photo taken on 11 April 2025. MindaNews file photo by FERDINANDH B. CABRERA
Defense counsel Mark Vinluan being handed a note by a colleague during Tuesday’s hearing of Vice President Sara Z. Duterte’s impeachment trial at the Senate. Screenshot from the Senate’s 21 July 2026 YouTube livestream.
The Tanuman Bridge in Barangay Tanuman, Jose Abad Santos town, Davao Occidental in this photo taken 13 July 2026. MindaNews photo by GREGORIO C. BUENO
National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Director Melvin Matibag giving his testimony during Tuesday’s (21 July 2026) impeachment trial at the Senate. Screenshot of the YouTube livestream by the Senate of the Philippines.
Senator-Judge Chiz Escudero reads the ruling of the Senate impeachment court on Monday, 20 July 2026, granting the prosecution’s request to subpoena the bank, Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC), and tax records of Vice President Sara and her husband, lawyer Manases Carpio. Screenshot from the 20 July 2026 YouTube livestream of Vice President Sara Z. Duterte’s impeachment trial.
Rep. Chel Diokno, one of the prosecutors in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Z. Duterte, in a screenshot of the 20 July 2026 YouTube livestream of the Senate of the Philippines.
Held last 18 June 2026 in Makati, Villgro’s Climate Action Showcase featured climate innovations from across the Philippines, including three from Mindanao. Photo courtesy of Villgro Philippines
TAGUIG CITY(MindaNews/20 July 2026)– The World Bank’s warning is blunt: waste is no longer just a sanitation problem. It is now a climate problem, a public finance problem, a flooding problem, a plastics problem, and a test of whether cities
Glenn Cantero celebrates as Spain scores against Argentina during overtime of the FIFA World Cup Finals 2026 that was played starting around 3 a.m. Monday (20 July 2026) Philippine time. The city government of Iligan City set up a giant
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 19 July 2026) – At least three local government units in Mindanao will host a free viewing of the FIFA World Cup Final between defending champion Argentina and 2010 winner Spain. Iligan City will hold the
Local vendors sell fruits in season by the roadside in Kidapawan City on Sunday, 19 July 2026. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
QUEZON CITY (MindaNews / 19 July 2026) – Five years ago, July 19, 2021, thirty Lumad students marched in graduation. The Bantayog ng mga Bayani hosted their ceremony. Their Bakwit School at UP Diliman had endured. Eleven finished Grade 12
MindaNews / 19 July 2026 – There are things we dread to see in the impeachment trial in the past two weeks. Lawyers raising objections for five minutes straight. Lawyers spend one hour studying typo errors on a document. Senator siblings
CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews / 18 July 2026) — Vehicles passing through Damulog town in Bukidnon could expect delays after a portion of the highway there measuring around 100 meters cracked due to heavy rains on Friday night that almost
MARAHAN, Marilog, Davao City (MindaNews / 18 July 2026) – The road slip here that caused a portion of the Bukidnon-Davao to collapse on Friday night and led to its temporary closure has damaged 11 houses, according to the City
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews / 18 July 2026) — The Tuwaang, I had confirmed recently, is a Kidapawan Epic. For the uninitiated, the Tuwaang is the epic of the Monuvu people, who live around the western to northwestern foothills of Mt.
A portion of the Davao-Bukidnon Road in Purok 39, Sitio Marahan, Barangay Marilog Proper in Davao City after two lanes has collapsed due to a road slip on Friday evening, 17 July 2026. MindaNews photo taken 18 July 2026 by GREGORIO BUENO
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 18 July 2026) – The Philippine Eagle rescued by members of the Bukidnon-Daraghuyan tribe in Malaybalay City has died, the Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) announced on its Facebook page on Saturday afternoon. PEF said the female
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
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 18 July 2026) – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) – XI has closed a portion of the Davao-Bukidnon Road in Purok 39, Sitio Marahan, Barangay Marilog Proper in Davao City after two lanes
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 17 July) – A day after his appointment as concurrent chair of the government’s Peace Implementing Panel (PIP) in the Bangsamoro peace process, Presidential Peace Adviser Mel Senen Sarmiento hit the ground running by meeting with heads
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 17 July 2026) – Two controversial projects – the Samal-Davao Bridge and Davao City’s sanitary landfill – served as the laboratories for the second batch of MindaNews’ Climate Reporting Workshop participated in by mostly student journalists
QUEZON CITY (MindaNews / 17 July 2026) – Vice President Sara Duterte skipped three more trial days. The impeachment trial finished its second week. Mindanao’s fingerprints were all over the proceedings. The star witness directs the NBI in Bangsamoro. The
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 16 July 2026) – Don’t begrudge Senator Robinhood Padilla for declaring during the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte that he is a communist. Being a communist or socialist doesn’t necessarily mean supporting or participating
Residents walk over logs and other debris carried by a flash flood on 10 July 2026 at Barangay Tanuman Big, Jose Abad Santos town, Davao Occidental. MindaNews photo by GREGORIO C. BUENO
The structural defect that stalled the peace process for over a year is finally cured. With a government panel chair who can commit, the two panels have no more excuse to wait—and no time to lose before September. To Secretary
A farmer from the mountainous area of Barangay Luinab in Iligan City carries a big basket with his harvest of mango to be brought to the nearest market Thursday morning (16 July 2026). MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
There is a vast, ocean-wide chasm between performative bravado and lived courage. This chasm was laid bare during the Senate impeachment proceedings of Vice President Sara Duterte. Under the bright lights of the chamber, Senator Robin Padilla casually declared, “Komunista
(Cardinal Orlando B. Quevedo’s acceptance speech at the Harmony in Diversity Award rites in Jakarta on 15 July 2026. Quevedo is the inaugural recipient of the award launched in August last year. Organizers received “more than 70 nominations” from across
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 15 July 2026) – “The overarching motivation for my work has been the Common Word both found in the Qur’an and in the Christian Scriptures: Love God and love your neighbor,” Mindanao’s lone Cardinal, Orlando B.
(Presented at the 2nd President Benigno Simeon Aquino III Memorial Lecture on Leadership and Democratic Governance on 18 June 2026 at the Ateneo de Manila University. The work for peace continues with the resumption of meetings of the Peace Implementing Panels
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 15 July 2026) — The municipal government of Jose Abad Santos in Davao Occidental has mandated a forced evacuation of residents of Sitio Kibatang in Barangay Sugal following a flash flood Tuesday evening that was much
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 15 July 2026) — Presidential Peace Adviser Mel Senen Sarmiento has been appointed concurrently as chair of the government’s Peace Implementing Panel in the Bangsamoro Peace Process. This was announced Wednesday noon by Atty. Claire Castro,
