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Haze over downtown Davao City as seen from Brgy. Langub in Davao City on Monday afternoon, 20 April 2026. MINDANEWS PHOTO
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Haze over downtown Davao City as seen from Brgy. Langub in Davao City on Monday afternoon, 20 April 2026. MINDANEWS PHOTO
Antonio Bonghanoy, 66, a construction worker, sweeps the road in Barangay Pangyan, Davao City on Saturday, 18 April 2026. MindaNews photo by GREGORIO BUENO
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 10 April) — Local artists assert AI is reshaping music production, giving independent musicians faster access to tools for songwriting, production, and promotion while raising concerns about originality and fair compensation. For many independent and local
A volunteer hands over a pack of rice to a jeepney driver during the Kusina sa Katawhan (Community Pantry) along JP Laurel Avenue in Davao City on Easter Monday, 06 April 2026. The aid for drivers of public utility vehicles was initiated by the Matina Community Pantry and Konsyensya Dabaw, MINDANEWS PHOTO
Devotees light candles on the road fronting the first Station of the Cross along Shrine Hills in Matina, Davao City afternoon of Good Friday, 03 April 2026. This scene is replicated in the 13 other stations uphill. MindaNews photo by CAROLYN O. ARGUILLAS
Vendors sell palm fronds (lukay or palaspas) on Palm Sunday, 29 March 2026, along the Sangguniang Panlungsod driveway fronting San Pedro Cathedral. The crosses cost at least 10 pesos, depending on the size. MindaNews photo by RAZL EJ TEMAN
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 28 March) — Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go said he is “depressed” over the continued detention of former President Rodrigo R. Duterte at the International Criminal Court (ICC), adding that this was Duterte’s “loneliest birthday, “spent away
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 28 March) — Former Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, a close friend of former President Rodrigo R. Duterte, fainted midway through his speech during the Solidarity Walk event for the former leader’s 81st birthday at Rizal Park
“Bring him home” signs at the Marco Polo Hotel which closed in June 2020, serve as backdrop to the “Parada Dabawenyo” on Saturday, 28 March 2026. The parade, usually held on the city’s anniversary on March 16, coincided with the 81st birthday of Rodrigo Roa Duterte, the city’s long-time mayor and former President of the Philippines. Detained in The Hague since March 2025 to face charges of crimes against humanity for his bloody war on drugs, Duterte was elected mayor in May 2025 but his seat was vacated as he was unable to take his oath within six months. His son, Sebastian, his running mate, took over as Mayor. MindaNews photo by RAZL TEMAN
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 24 March) – Tricycle drivers along Matina Crossing are grappling with reduced daily earnings as rising fuel prices drive up operating costs, forcing some of them to skip meals. Teodoro Urdaneta, 70, brings home as little
Current fuel prices in the cities of Davao, Malaybalay, and Tandag as of Tuesday (24 March 2026) with the implementation of the latest oil price hike. MindaNews photos by GREGORIO C. BUENO, H. MARCOS C. MORDENO AND QUEENIE CASIO
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 23 March) — What began as a niche alternative to coffee is steadily gaining ground in Davao City, as matcha-centered fairs and pop-ups draw growing crowds and, increasingly, taking on a distinctly local character and signaling
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 21 March) — The anime film Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway places part of its story in an unexpected location: Davao City. While originally released in 2021, clips and stills featuring the film’s depiction of the city have recently circulated
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 15 March) — To know deeply about the city where I was born, I learned about the story of creation of every landmark and why they happened to be built on that location, as well as
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews /02 March) – Photos circulating on TikTok that supposedly show former President Rodrigo Duterte with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have gone viral, prompting strong reactions and speculation among social media users. These photos are fake and
A fisherman casts his line into the sea off Samal Island, with Mount Apo and Davao City in the background, on Sunday (1 March 2026). MindaNews photo by IVY MARIE MANGADLAO
DAVAO CITY (February 27, 2026) – A viral video circulating on Facebook shows a man angrily confronting what appears to be a government treasury office, claiming that a P10,000 business permit fee is crushing small store owners. First posted on
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 28 February) – The Committee on Justice of the House of Representatives will deliberate on March 2 to 4 the four verified complaints for impeachment filed against Vice President Sara Duterte. The committee members have been
Davao City Mayor Sebastian Duterte after his oath-taking as then incoming vice mayor at the Sangguniang Panlungsod on Friday, 27 June 2025. MindaNews file photo by MANMAN DEJETO
A calm sea greets the sunrise in Davao City on Saturday, 31 January 2026. MindaNews photo by H. MARCOS C. MORDENO
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
(Tribute to Aida Rivera Ford by Jhoanna Lynn B. Cruz, UP Mindanao’s Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, on what would have been Ford’s 100th birthday on 22 January 2026. Cruz was in UP Diliman on that day
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
(A look back on the year that was in Mindanao, and Mindanawons in the national and international scene.) DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 06 January) — Just as the year was ending, Mindanao was thrust back into the international limelight as “terror
THE DAY AFTER GOODBYE. A sunny New Year’s day greets Victoria Plaza, a day after it closed its doors on December 31, 2025. As the first mall in Davao City, Victoria would have turned 33 this March. Netizens continue to share nostalgic memories while looking forward to a better redevelopment by Robinsons Land, the new owner that acquired it from homegrown NCCC Davao.
MindaNews photo by DANILO BALUCOS
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 25 December) – Police estimated around 45,000 Dabawenyos flocked to “Pahalipay sa Pasko,” marking the Duterte family’s first annual gift-giving tradition without its patriarch, former President Rodrigo R. Duterte, who is presently detained in The Hague,
Thousands line up along the highway near Ulas in Davao City to avail of the annual gift-giving activity of the Dutertes in Bangkal on Christmas Day (25 December 2025). MINDANEWS PHOTO
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 18 December) — My mother turned 80 years old on November 5, 2025, entitling her to a cash gift of P10,000, in accordance with Republic Act 11982 or the Expanded Centenarian Act of 2024. The law
DAVAO CITY ( MindaNews / 16 December )– A day after its launch, the City Government of Davao called out Green GSM for operating in the city without the required permits, declaring its operations “illegal” and warning that such behavior
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews /03 December) – The Happy Animals Club (HAC), a shelter for rescued animals facing an eviction order from the local court and given until December 31 to relocate, has nowhere to go after the city government allegedly
DAVAO CITY(MindaNews/ 2 December) – The City Government of Davao will be donating P5.9 million in cash assistance to one province, five cities, and eight municipalities in Visayas and Mindanao devastated by Typhoon Tino last month. This was after the
Protesters in Davao City decry “massive corruption” under the Marcos-Duterte administration, calling the former allis “king and queen of corruption.” MindaNews photo by RAZL EJ Teman
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 30 November) – An alliance of anti-corruption protesters here staged a rally Sunday condemning the “massive corruption” under the Marcos-Duterte administration, calling the former allies as “king and queen of corruption.” Leo XL Fuentes, spokesperson of
DECLARATION OF CASH DIVIDENDS On November 14, 2025, the Board of Directors of Davao Doctors Hospital (Clinica Hilario), Inc. has declared a cash dividend of P 136.00 per common share. The Board has fixed November 24, 2025 as the Record
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/November 18) – Vice Mayor Rodrigo “Rigo” Duterte II said his grandfather, former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, told him to continue what he has done for the City of Davao. Rigo told reporters on the sidelines of the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 09 November) – Five Dabawenyos will be honored with the Leaders and Achievers of Davao (LEAD) Awards on November 21 at the Seda Abreeza Hotel. Founded by the Davao Jaycee Senate (DJS) and the Davao City
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 08 November) – On the second floor of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) is a gallery of framed photographs of past and present officials, their names engraved on metal plates after “Hon.” (for Honorable), the present, on the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 24 October) – A total of 161 individuals have died of breast cancer from January to September this year, the City Health Office (CHO) said. Of the number, 158 are females, and three are males. Last
DAVAO CITY — Facebook page ‘Jay sonza’ has gone viral for supposed photos of the destruction in Manay, Davao Oriental caused by the double quakes that happened last October 10. Some of the photos are false, and have been reused
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 13 October) — For nearly 20 years now, Lita, a vendor along a main street in Davao City, has been earning a living selling a variety of goods to support her family, especially her youngest child
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 10 October) – An 80-year-old man died after being pinned by a concrete wall in Davao City, following a magnitude 7.4 earthquake that jolted several parts of Mindanao and the Visayas at 9:43 a.m. on Friday,
A house in Marfori Heights, Davao City sustains major damage after the 7.4 magnitude quake that hit Southern Philippines on 10 October 2025. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/ 23 September) — The International Criminal Court (ICC) has charged former Philippine president Rodrigo Roa Duterte with three counts of murder as a crime against humanity, involving at least 76 deaths during his bloody war on drugs — 19
Protesters belonging to the Citizens Rage Against Corruption display placards calling for accountability and the return of stolen public funds shortly before the start of an anti-corruption rally at Freedom Park in Davao City on Sunday, 21 September 2025. MindaNews photo by ANTONIO L. COLINA IV
Some participants to the “Pray for the Philippines” activity organized by supporters of former President Rodrigo Duterte start to arrive at San Pedro Square in Davao City around 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, 21 September 2025. Duterte’s supporters will offer prayers for his return to the country from The Hague, Netherlands where he is detained to face charges of crime against humanity before the International Criminal Court. MindaNews photo by GREGORIO BUENO
