COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 23 January) – Cotabato City Mayor Mohammad “Bruce” Matabalao and four other department heads have been charged with plunder for alleged unaccounted funds amounting to P89.42 million. City councilors Marouf A. Pasawiran, Abdulrakim O. Usman, Hunyn
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/16 January) — Some Dabawenyo road users here agreed with the TomTom Traffic Index that Davao traffic is congested, but claimed that it is “still lighter than Manila,” contrary to the index’s ranking. The TomTom index evaluates 500
Phillipine Navy rescues passengers, crew of stranded vessel off Tawi-Tawi waters A Philippine Navy patrol boat rescued 106 passengers and 15 crewmembers of a vessel that was stranded off the waters of Tawi-Tawi province. Rear Admiral Francisco Tagamolila Jr., chief
What was the year 2024 like? Let us show you the quick passing of the year in pictures, which, for MindaNews, started when Special Reports Editor Carolyn O. Arguillas handed former President Rodrigo Duterte with the book “Some People Need
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 07 January) – A progressive group here believes that the impeachment complaints filed against Vice President Sara Z. Duterte have sufficient merit, and the trial can proceed, even in an election year, if Congress shows “political
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 07 January) – Major roads in the city’s downtown district will be closed to traffic next Monday, January 13, to give way for Iglesia Ni Cristo’s (INC) “National Rally for Peace,” which organizers expect to attract
Man arrested for alleged smuggled cigarettes Police arrested a suspect who was caught stacking reams of alleged smuggled cigarettes in Sta. Cruz town, Davao del Sur last Sunday, January 5. Brigadier General Leon Victor Rosete, Police Regional Office – XI
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 07 January) – It’s tough when you start a new year with a goodbye. But that is what BookSale, the popular chain of secondhand books, is doing, as it announced that its SM City Davao branch
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 07 January) — Authorities will deploy snipers, K-9 dogs and massive police forces, among others, for the annual procession of the Black Nazarene here on Thursday, January 9, to ensure the safety of devotees.
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 06 January) – As a child, I grew up witnessing the abundance of life, not because we were rich (we weren’t, although relatively better off compared to many others), but because we raised our own food.
Laborers load falcata logs on a truck parked along the national highway in Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur, on Tuesday, 17 December 2024. MIndaNews photo by IVY MARIE MANGADLAO
SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews / 17 December) – Minimum wage earners in the private sector in the Caraga (Region 13) will receive a P50 daily salary increase in two tranches in 2025, the Department of Labor and Employment
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 17 December) – The low pressure area (LPA) east of Davao del Norte has developed into Tropical Depression #QuerubinPH at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, December 17, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa)
BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews / 03 December) – The Philippines now has a total of 10 sites listed under the Ramsar Convention’s Wetlands of International importance, following the recent addition of two new sites, both located in Mindanao. The 9th site
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 28 Nov) – The history of Mindanao should be regarded as an integral component of Philippine history, an executive of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) said as he emphasized the need to
The 4th Jeju Biennale exhibition opens today (November 26). 40 artists and artists groups from 14 countries will participate in this year’s exhibition, titled The Drift of Apagi : The way of water, wind, and stars. Originating from a cultural
MALUNGON, Sarangani (MindaNews / 03 Nov) — The Philippine agrarian reform was supposed to make former tenants prosperous farmers and former land owners rich industrialists. With land, it was believed tenants would become more productive and contribute a large chunk
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 30 September) – There is a significant shortage of certified psychiatrists amid the growing number of patients needing mental health interventions in Mindanao, a Philippine Psychiatric Association (PPA) official said. Dr. Paulo Woodruff Gonzales, PPA-Mindanao director,
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 23 August) – Indonesian airline TransNusa Aviation Group has expressed interest to operate direct flights between this city and Manado, Indonesia, in the hopes of strengthening trade, investment, and tourism opportunities between Mindanao and North Sulawesi, a
On August 17, 1976, a devastating midnight earthquake on the Cotabato Trench caused a huge tsunami that hit the island of Mindanao.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 08 August) — A new international direct flight awaits Dabawenyos as budget airline Cebu Pacific Air will launch direct flights from the Francisco Bangoy International Airport here to Bangkok, Thailand’s Don Mueang International Airport starting October
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 24 July)—The power sector in Mindanao aims to inject more renewable energy (RE) sources into the current power mix in the island as the government targets to achieve a 50-50 ratio of renewable and non-renewable energy
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 23 July) – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has certainly exceeded expectations even from critics. While the Duterte camp escalated their attacks on the president, especially on the P20 per kilo rice promise, pulvoron, and
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 23 July) – The energization of the Mindanao-Visayas Interconnection Project (MVIP) was a “defining moment” for the Philippines as it now connects all the major grids in the country, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said. During his
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 05 July) — The power sector in Mindanao predicts a shortage in the supply of electricity in the next five years if there will be no new investors building new baseload power plants in the island.
(Ang Probe naghatag pagtugot sa MindaNews nga imantala pag-usab kini nga artikulo.) Pipila ka mga social media pages ang nagpagawas og mga pekeng video mahitungod sa nahitabong linog sa Mindanao kaniadtong Disy embre 2023. Apan sa imbestigasyon sa media entity
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/21 May) – Leo Tereso Abellera Magno took his oath as the new chair of the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) on Tuesday morning in Malacanang, replacing Ma. Belen Sunga-Acosta, whose six-year term is supposed to end in January
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/20 May) – Is there a new chair of the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA)? President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. reportedly appointed on May 13 Leo Tereso Abellera Magno, as the new MinDA chair, replacing Secretary Maria Belen Sunga-Acosta, whose
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 12 May) — Extreme weather changes are greatly affecting Mindanao’s water basins and its agriculture, forestry and fishery sectors, an official from the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) said. These sectors are dependent on weather conditions in
MANILA (MindaNews / 25 April) – Three Mindanao newspapers won in the 2023 Community Press Awards during ceremonies held at the Century Park Hotel here on Thursday, April 25. Organized by the Philippine Press Institute (PPI), the winners from Mindanao
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 16 April) – Isabela City, a component city of Basilan province, bagged the P20 million top prize for winning the 2024 Tourism Champions Challenge Mindanao Category on Monday, April 14. Isabela Mayor Sitti Djalia Turabin-Hataman received
The Mindanao Institute of Journalism (MIJ) is hiring a Project Administrative Officer. Duty Station: Davao City, Davao del Sur, Philippines* Application Deadline: 13 March 2024 Type of Contract: Fixed-Term, Full-Time Reporting To: Project Lead Expected Duration of Engagement: Until December
RIVER CROSSING. Father and son hire a boatman to bring them to the other side of Mandulog River in Iligan City from Bayug Island to Barangay Santiago on Wednesday morning (28 February 2024), for the father to work, and for the son to go to school. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
MindaNews fact-checked a news item that says Mindanao and Sulu were not included in the territories ceded by Spain to the United States under the 1898 Treaty of Paris and in the Philippine Declaration of Independence on June 12, 1898,
A YouTube post showing the fake presence of a United States warship in Mindanao is still up on the video sharing website eight months after it was uploaded, and even if it was already fact-checked by various news agencies. The
The Facebook post of famous Canadian vlogger BecomingFilipino that Mindanao has 27 provinces is wrong. Mindanao comprises 28 provinces as of September 2023, after Maguindanao province was divided into Maguindanao del Sur and Maguindanao del Norte with the ratification of
Passengers returning to work and school from the holidays endure the long queue for a ride at the bus terminal in Malaybalay City on Tuesday (January 2, 2024). MindaNews photo by H. MARCOS C. MORDENO
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 19 December) – A total of 67,105 out of 86,321 affected individuals are now staying inside evacuation centers in Caraga, Davao, and Northern Mindanao regions after Tropical Storm “Kabayan” ravaged several parts of Mindanao on Monday,
The most recent list of infrastructure flagship projects (IFPs) from the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) does not include the modernization of the Davao International Airport and construction of a Leyte-Surigao Link, contrary to what a YouTube video claims. The
DAVAO CITY (MIndaNews / 17 December) – Ten out of 28 provinces in Mindanao have been placed under Storm Signal 1 as of 2 p.m. Sunday, as tropical depression ‘Kabayan’ maintained its strength while moving northwestward east of Mindanao, according
“Like a tsunami in reverse-from coast to sea, a tsunami from the uplands” was how Neric Acosta, Presidential Adviser for Environmental Protection, described the devastation in Iligan City in the aftermath of tropical storm ‘Sendong’ (Washi) after joining President Benigno
There was no meteor captured on camera during the Magnitude 7.4 earthquake that rocked parts of Mindanao at 10:37 p.m. on Saturday. Facebook user Yrram Neaj Sonreb Itmana posted the false photo following the tremor that shook parts of Mindanao
There were no fatalities from a crane that collapsed atop a high-rise condominium under construction in Davao City following a Magnitude 6.8 earthquake that struck parts of Mindanao on November 17. Several claims, which circulated hours after the tremor occurred
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 11 November) — A rich biodiversity database on Mindanao’s terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems is now available and openly accessible to researchers and conservationists worldwide. Mindanao is the second largest island-grouping in the Philippines, an archipelagic
A TikTok video showing Gingoog City with a modern highway, skyscrapers, desert, and with a snow-covered area is fake. TikTok user @chrysippus posted the video last March with the description “It’s just a city in Mindanao, Philippines.” Gingoog City is
HONOLULU (MindaNews / 21 August) – Carol Arguillas’ straight-forward reportage of the Philippine Book Festival recently held in Davao City elicited yet another irritated response from the local intelligentsia. The spark was in the first three words of the article’s title:
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 17 Aug)—The power supply of Mindanao will remain stable even during El Niño, an official of the Department of Energy (DOE)-Mindanao Field Office assured. During the Kapihan sa Philippine Information Agency (PIA) on Thursday, Engr. Darwin
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 07 August) — The Kadayawan Festival in Davao City is an annual celebration of culture and thanksgiving. The city government-led event celebrates the 11 ethnic groups of Davao City and is a must-see for tourists visiting
