COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 1 August) – Lieutenant General Roy Galido, the newly-installed chief of the Philippine Army, has vowed to continue the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) peace and development efforts, especially in Mindanao. “(Peace and development) efforts
(MindaNews / 13 June) — Carolyn O. Arguillas of MindaNews has been named as the 2023 Luxembourg Peace Prize (LPP) awardee for Outstanding Peace Journalism, the first Filipino honored in the 11 years that the Schengen Peace Foundation and the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 07 June) – A Canadian firm is pouring $2 million (P112 million) for a bamboo project in Davao del Norte, which is set to start this year, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-Davao revealed Wednesday.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 26 May) – Journalist Robert “Bobby” Timonera is taking over as editor in chief of MindaNews effective June 1, 2023 while outgoing EIC Carolyn O. Arguillas is moving on to head its Publications, Archives and Library. This was announced by Romer
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 30 April) – Davao City registered the highest heat index in Mindanao on Saturday at 43 degrees Celsius and 41 degrees on Sunday, data from the state weather bureau showed. Saturday’s record shows that next to
BOOK REVIEWTHE RULERS OF MAGINDANAO IN MODERN HISTORY, 1515-1903 (Continuity and Change in a Traditional Realm in the Southern Philippines)Author: Datu Michael Ong MasturaPublished by the Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2023 CEBU CITY (MindaNews / 25 April) — Centuries before
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 28 March) – The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has assured anew the Philippine Government of its commitment to the provisions of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB). Both sides signed the CAB nine years
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 11 March) — MindaNews and PressOne are now part of the International Fact Checking Network (IFCN), a network of fact-checkers launched in 2015 at Poynter to assist in the global fight against misinformation. Only four Philippine media entities
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 14 January) — Environmental group “Panalipdan! Mindanao” urged the government to show “political will” to establish a community-based renewable energy program to have a more inclusive approach in equalizing the island’s current power structure of 70-30 in
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 16 December) – The commercial operation of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) in Mindanao is slated to start on December 26, a Department of Energy (DOE) official revealed Friday. Engr. Erick George D. Uy, science
(Keynote address of Fr. Joel Tabora, SJ, at the opening of the Mindanao Week of Peace 2022 at the Calungsod-San Vitores Hall of the Ateneo de Davao University on 24 November 2022. This year’s theme is “Enduring Peace: Mindanao Living
(This series is from the presentation of Fr. Reynaldo D. Raluto on“Integral Ecology Ministry in Mindanao Context” at the 17th Mindanao-Sulu Pastoral Conference in Cagayan de Oro City on November 7 to 10, 2022) LIBONA, Bukidnon (MindaNews / 13 November) – “What
(Delivered at the Kusog Mindanaw Conference 2022 at the Waterfront Insular Hotel on 11 November 2022) DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 12 November) — Good afternoon everyone. I am Kaloy Manlupig, founder and president of Balay Mindanaw, a Mindanao-based, Mindanao-focused and
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 17 October) – After a marketing rebrand “as the heart of Filipino healthcare” on Friday, Metro Pacific Health (MPH), formerly known as Metro Pacific Hospital Holdings Inc., is aiming to offer accessible and affordable health
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 16 October) — Mindanao is far from being “energy self-sufficient,” an environmental group said on Saturday, as the island’s power mix now comprises 69% non-renewable sources. Environmental lawyer Mark Peñalver, executive director of the Interface Development
If a Philippine Eagle ends up at sea, it is most likely not of their own making. But what can push these animals to these unsuitable areas?
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews / 09 October) – Ipinanganak ako noon October 7, 1942. Eighty years old na ako. First time sa buhay ko, ngayon lang nangyari na matagal ko na pinag-iisipan ano ang sasabihin ko… siguro old age na yata.
(This piece written by H. Marcos C. Mordeno was first published in the book, “Transfiguring Mindanao: A Mindanao Reader,” edited by Jose Jowel Canuday and Joselito Sescon, published by the Ateneo de Manila University Press and launched on June 22,
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 15 August) – A Magnitude 5.6 earthquake jolted parts of Mindanao Monday afternoon, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. The epicenter of the quake, which is of tectonic origin, was recorded 11 kilometers
(Paul G. Dominguez, Presidential Assistant for Mindanao during the Ramos administration was among those who delivered tributes to the late President Fidel Valdez Ramos on 8 August 2022 at the Heritage Park in Taguig City). So much has been said
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 13 August) — A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck parts of Mindanao at 2:25 p.m. on Saturday with epicenter at 31 km southwest of Datu Blah Sinsuat in Maguindanao. The quake registered Intensity V in Datu Blah
(Keynote address delivered by Fr. Karel San Juan, SJ, President of the Ateneo de Zamboanga University on 3 August 2022 during the forum on Building Mindanao Communities and the Zamboanga Experience at the university’s FWS Multipurpose Hall. The livestreamed forum
2nd of three parts DAVAO CITY (MindaNews /12 July) – Six of 27 provinces in Mindanao are ruled by governors, vice governors, representatives and mayors coming from the same family: the Romualdos of Camiguin, Cagas of Davao del Sur, Bautistas of Davao
Iligan City Rep. Frederick Siao took exception to the claim of Manila-based journalist Raissa Robles that the Cagayan de Oro-Iligan-Marawi highway is not safe for travel during night time. On June 3, Robles, who writes for the South China Morning
The claim of Vice President-elect Sara Duterte that all kidnap victims abducted by the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in Mindanao since 2016 have been successfully rescued is false. Duterte, the outgoing Davao City Mayor, issued the pronouncement as part of
(Editor’s note: This story was updated to include the advisories of some foreign governments to their citizens against travelling to some parts of Mindanao.) Mindanao. A recent tweet by journalist Raissa Robles that opening up Mindanao to tourism will lead
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 12 May) – Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. is leading in 25 of 27 provinces in Mindanao and 32 of its 33 cities in partial and unofficial results from the Commission on Elections’ transparency server, with Sarangani and Lanao
A social media hoax involving a warning from the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) that Cagayan de Oro City or Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental could be the epicenter of a catastrophic, high-magnitude quake has resurfaced online. According to the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 10 April) — This story begins inside a taxi ride home. Unaware that his passenger had been covering the campaign sorties of two presidential candidates in some parts of Mindanao and had just arrived from a rally
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 27 March) — Presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. kicked off his first grand campaign sortie in Mindanao in this city, but without his running mate, presidential daughter and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte. The former
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 26 March) – Voters in four provinces, two cities and six legislative districts in Mindanao need not wait for May 9, 2022 to determine who will be their Governors, Mayors and Representatives: those who are running
A recent news release by the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) that only the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) is sowing mayhem in Mindanao is misleading and lacks context. The misleading claim was contained in the report entitled “Mindanao now
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/ 19 March) — Electricity rates in Mindanao are expected to increase following the outbreak of the war between Russia and Ukraine affecting the global supply of diesel and price movement of coal in the global market, Mindanao
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 12 March) – Of 2,385 candidates running for executive and legislative posts across Mindanao’s 27 provinces and 33 cities, 1,903 (79.8%) are men and only 482 (20.2%) are women, majority of them wives or daughters or
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 27 February) — The alert level status in four areas in Mindanao will be downgraded to Alert Level 1 from March 1 to March 15 as cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continue going down, acting Presidential Spokesperson
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 26 February) — Mindanao will be the specific target of the anti-poverty agenda of Leodegario “Ka Leody” Quitain de Guzman if he wins the Presidency. Speaking before the online forum, Candid Dates 2022, de Guzman said Mindanao’s poverty
Sa pagdiriwang ng ika-36 na anibersaryo ng 1986 People Power Revolution, nakikiisa kami sa buong sambayanan sa pagsasadiwa ng mga prinsipyo at aral na ating natutunan sa EDSA noon. Napakahalaga ngayong taon na sariwain ng mamamayan ang nangyari 36 taon
(In the run-up to the 36th anniversary of People Power that ousted the Marcos dictatorship, let us remember what Mindanawons did to fight for freedom. This piece by Gus Miclat was among the essays featured in the book ‘Turning Rage Into Courage:
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews /31 January) — Twenty-six of 27 provinces in Mindanao are under Alert Level 3 until February 15, with Basilan, previously under Alert Level 3 from January 16 to 31, now under Alert Level 2 until February 15. The
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 29 January) – Mindanao’s 27 provinces are all under Alert Level 3 as COVID-19 cases surged in the five provinces previously under Alert Level 2. Camiguin, Davao Occidental, Dinagat Islands, Sulu, and Tawi-tawi were placed under Alert
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews /17 January) – Before super typhoon ‘Odette’ unleashed its fury and displaced thousands of residents in northeastern Mindanao on December 16, a total of 23,730 families or approximately 116,661 individuals continued to be displaced as of November
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 20 December) – The recent internet outage after typhoon “Odette” (international name: Rai) ripped through parts of the Visayas and Mindanao revealed that telecommunications (telcos) companies lacked resiliency measures to prevent disruption of internet connectivity in
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 19 December) – Super typhoon ‘Odette’ (Rai) made two landfalls in Mindanao before moving on to the Visayas on Thursday, December 16: the first landfall at 1:30 p.m. in Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte and the
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews / 01 Nov) – A sibling of Jorge “Ka Oris” Madlos, the slain top New People’s Army (NPA) leader in Mindanao, went to Bukidnon province Sunday night to claim his remains, another sibling said Monday. Retired engineer
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews /11 Sept) — Where was I when 9/11 happened? School was over when the news broke that an airplane crashed into the World Trade Center in New York. There was an HQ where we hung out,
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 15 August) – Detection of Delta and other variant cases of COVID-19 in Mindanao will soon be done in Mindanao instead of the present practice of sending specimens to the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) in Quezon
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 15 August) – Twelve cases of the Delta variant of COVID-19 have been reported in the Davao region as of August 15, most of them in this city but as the cases rise, the chief of
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 08 August) — At least 30 cases of the highly transmissible Delta variant of SARS-Cov-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, have been reported in three of six regions in Mindanao as of August 6 but like
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 09 July) — Mindanao will have an estimated surplus of around 800 to 1,000 megawatts (MW) next summer, enough to ensure a smooth conduct of the automated polls in May 2022, Assistant Secretary Romeo Montenegro of
