TAGUIG CITY (MindaNews / 02 August 2026) — Every President delivers six State of the Nation Addresses. Only one usually matters most. The fifth. It is the last opportunity to launch major reforms before politics overtakes governance and the next presidential
QUEZON CITY (MindaNews / 12 July 2026) — The impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte opened on July 6, marking the first time a sitting Vice President has faced an impeachment trial in Philippine history. Duterte did not attend
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 12 July 2026) — There is a Duterte impeachment story that dominates front pages across Metro Manila — corruption, confidential funds, a Vice President dodging accountability. Travel south, to the region that has always been her
TAGUIG CITY (MindaNews / 05 July 2026) — Upper-Middle Income Is Not the Finish Line. It Is the Hard Part. On July 2, 2026, the World Bank reclassified the Philippines as an upper-middle-income economy. It is a milestone worth acknowledging. It reflects
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 28 June 2026) — Laughter erupted from a roomful of aspiring performers — many of whom had never stepped into a musical theatre workshop before — as they belted songs, stumbled through choreography, embraced mistakes, and
TAGUIG CITY (MindaNews / 28 June 2026) — Walk into a café in New York. Or London. Or Sydney. Or Singapore. Somewhere between the matcha lattes and oat milk cappuccinos, chances are you will find something unmistakably Filipino. An ube
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 04 June) – MindaNews was awarded the 2025 Best News Website for Mindanao by the Philippine Press Institute (PPI) during its 30th Community Press Awards rites on Thursday. This is the second consecutive win for MindaNews. In June
TAGUIG CITY (MindaNews/31 May 2026)– Mindanao has always been described through the abundance of what it possesses. Land. Water. Forests. Farms. Minerals. Energy. Ports. Coastlines. Young cities. Open spaces. Strategic location. A bridge to ASEAN. A breadbasket. A power source.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 22 May) — Questions of memory, disinformation, independent publishing, and the future of Mindanawon storytelling took center stage on Thursday, May 21, as writers, scholars, publishers, journalists, and readers gathered for the opening day of the
[Welcome remarks of Jeremy ‘Bong’ Eliab, Vice President for Administration at the Ateneo de Davao University (ADDU) on May 21, Day 1 the three-day 3rd Mindanao Book Festival initiated by MindaNews in partnership with ADDU.] Fr. Karel San Juan, SJ, our University
TAGUIG CITY (MindaNews / 17 May 2026) — The numbers are not dramatic because they are surprising. They are dramatic because they are ordinary. In OCTA Research’s Q1 2026 survey, adult Filipinos were asked what personal concerns government must act
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews /17 May 2026) — Mindanao’s rare earth metals and critical minerals boost its economic prospects, but having resources alone doesn’t guarantee widespread prosperity. The region contains significant deposits of nickel, cobalt, gold, copper, and possible rare earth
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 16 May) — BIMP-EAGA began in March 1994 with the aim of reviving historic trade routes by turning remote and less-developed areas across its four member countries into a vibrant, self-reliant economic zone. The main idea was that communities
TAGUIG CITY (MindaNews /13 May) — There are economic slowdowns that feel cyclical. Temporary. Recoverable with time, lower oil prices, or better global conditions. And then there are slowdowns that expose deeper structural weakness. The Philippines’ first-quarter 2026 GDP growth of
TAGUIG CITY (MindaNews / 10 May 2026) –The Philippine agricultural story is not one of simple decline. The recent PSA (Philippine Statistics Authority) numbers tell a more complicated truth: the sector is still alive, still producing, still recovering in some
TAGUIG CITY (MindaNews / 03 May) — I was not born into abstraction. I was born into place. Before I knew the word Mindanao, before geography became map or memory became sentence, I had already been claimed by water, church bells,
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 26 April) — Business tycoon Hans T. Sy expressed optimism about Mindanao’s robust growth, saying he is more encouraged to expand the business footprint of his family-led SM Group in the island. Sy, who chairs the executive
TAGUIG CITY (MindaNews / 12 April) — Singapore’s warning and Bam Aquino’s Senate reminder point to the same conclusion: for the Philippines, resilience in fuel, power, food, and logistics is no longer separate from national security. The New Security Map
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 30 March) — The coffee table book chronicling the making of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL), a cornerstone of peacebuilding in Mindanao, brings renewed attention to a process often sidelined in national narratives, following its win
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 29 March) — Violence against women remains a pressing issue in the Philippines. According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, 17.5% of women aged 15–49 have experienced violence from an intimate partner, while thousands of rape cases
TAGUIG CITY (MindaNews /29 March) — There is a quiet but unsettling message coming from global markets this week. When war breaks out, investors are supposed to run to safety. Gold rises. Bonds steady. Defensive assets hold the line. This
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 28 March) — A follow-up release from Pulse Asia’s February 27 to March 2 survey offers a closer look at why Filipinos trust or distrust the country’s two highest elected officials and shows that even as
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 26 March) — A Mindanawon anthology framed as part of a broader project of “transitional justice in Mindanao” has brought renewed attention to the role of regional scholarship in shaping national academic and literary discourse, following
Kumusta? Isang simpleng tanong na karaniwang tinatanong sa mga kaibigan o kakilalang matagal nang di nakita. isang tanong na madalas sinasagot ng “ok lang”, kahit hindi naman. isang tanong na kapag tinanong sa sarili, bakit parang ang hirap sagutin? Nang
IPIL, Zamboanga Sibugay (MindaNews /24 March) — As a journalist, mother, sister, and daughter, my life often moves at a relentless pace. Each day brings new challenges, assignments, and responsibilities that demand my full attention and time. Behind every headline
TAGUIG CITY (MindaNews / 22 March) — In Mindanao, the calendar does not merely mark time—it reveals the architecture of our coexistence. There are years when Eid’l Fitr and Passiontide arrive almost side by side. When this happens, something quiet but
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 17 March) — Mindanao respondents show sharply contrasting views of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte in the latest Pulse Asia nationwide survey released on Monday, with the region registering the lowest approval
TAGUIG CITY (MindaNews / 15 March) Skeptics would be justified in asking a fair question: haven’t we heard these ideas before? Renewable energy corridors, agro-industrial value chains, logistics modernisation, halal hubs, and diaspora investment have all appeared in development plans for Mindanao over
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 13 March) — While most Filipinos support the passage of a law banning political dynasties, respondents in Mindanao appear more divided on the issue, according to the latest nationwide survey released Friday by Pulse Asia. The survey,
TAGUIG CITY (MindaNews / 08 March) — Every global crisis rearranges the economic map of the world. Wars shift shipping routes. Energy shocks reshape industries. Food shortages redefine which regions suddenly matter. What once seemed peripheral becomes central. What once looked
ISLAND GARDEN CITY OF SAMAL, Davao del Norte (MindaNews / 05 March) — In a field that trains its practitioners to disappear into their stories — to become ghosts — trauma does not always survive as narrative; it often lodges
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 28 February) – The Department of Agriculture (DA) plans to allocate P1.2 billion next year to enhance the country’s oil palm industry, which is centered in Mindanao. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. greenlighted the proposed
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 28 February) — In some stories, they make it across and no one hears from them again. In others, girls — between 13 and 23 — are intercepted and rescued before they even reach the water.
Twenty-five years is an impressive measure of time, all the more when the passage involves a historic endeavor like MindaNews. In the gallery of outstanding publishers and editors whose efforts have kept the archipelago connected through the news, none
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 22 February) — Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa has warned of a possible measles outbreak in Mindanao as the Department of Health (DOH) failed to reach its herd immunity target in the country’s second largest island. Herbosa
In popular imagery, grassroots communities are often represented as silent, powerless, and helpless victims of the global climate crisis needing urgent help and expert intervention. Veiled from broader public discourse are the long-standing community knowledge and action in pushing the
For the past, often turbulent, 25 years, MindaNews has been the chronicler of the life and times of Mindanao and Mindanawons. It has been an invaluable resource not just for those who live in the region but for all who
(A look back on the year that was in Mindanao, and Mindanawons in the national and international scene.) DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 10 June) – Of 33 cities in Mindanao, three — Davao, Bayugan and Marawi — elected mayors, vice
(A look back on the year that was in Mindanao, and Mindanawons in the national and international scene.) DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 04 January) — While traveling across Mindanao during the election campaign period, there is no need for a
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 30 November) — Mindanao occupies a pivotal position within the Brunei–Indonesia–Malaysia–Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP–EAGA), positioning it as a prospective regional center for agribusiness, halal products, blue economy sectors, tourism, digital services, and renewable energy. Despite
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 15 November) — Mindanao is often described as a region of contrasts — possessing significant resources but facing development challenges, hosting skilled individuals yet not widely recognized, and having areas of stability alongside a lingering reputation for instability.
TACURONG CITY (MindaNews / 02 November) – Nestle Philippines, Inc. has assured continued market support for coffee produced in Mindanao, which provides the bulk of domestic coffee beans processed by the multinational food and beverage manufacturer. Mauricio Alarcon, Nestle Philippines
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
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / September 28) — Long before it echoed through the streets of Luneta, the song “Anak Ka ng Pu!” was already carrying the weight of years of frustration — and continuing a tradition of Filipino hip-hop as protest.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 05 August) – A series of videos has been circulating on Facebook using the same unverified audio from a viral “Bakbakan sa Mindanao” clip to simulate scenes of armed conflict. These videos are fake, with no
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews /03 August) — The LNG industry was quick to pick up a Reuters news dispatch last July 22, 2025 on the supposed decline of coal in the Philippines and increase in use of Liquefied Natural Gas
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 28 July) — In a heartfelt tribute to one of Mindanao’s most beloved delicacies, the Davao-based Duwende Films has recently completed “Pastil: Parehas Ra Ta’g Kan-on’g Ginakaon” (We All Eat the Same Rice), an animated indie film that
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 09 June) – Coconut is still the top agricultural product in Mindanao over a five-year period, with cacao at the bottom, from among 13 commodities, according to the latest data from the Mindanao Development Authority
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 13 May) – Twenty-nine of the 41 House members from Mindanao who signed the impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte and ran for reelection are poised to retain their seats based on the partial, unofficial
Facebook Page Maisug Mindanao posted a series of social media cards last Friday, May 9, 2025. The results reportedly showed most of the Dutertes leading in an alleged Pulse Asia survey in Davao City. The page likewise posted other social
