SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews / 23 January) – Finally, all the 13 towns and the lone city of Bayugan in Agusan del Sur are now classified as first-class local government units (LGUs) by the Department of Finance (DOF).
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 23 January) – An official of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) confirmed Thursday that their troops were among those who clashed with Army members in Sumisip, Basilan Wednesday afternoon, but said that “it could have
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
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews / 16 January) – A lot of people do not still believe in global warming and climate change. No less than the comeback US President Donald Trump dismissed it as a hoax invented by the Chinese
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 15 January) – Election-related spendings are expected to boost Northern Mindanao’s economy, which is still trying to recover from losses incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, an economic manager here said. Mylah Faye
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 15 January) — The Davao City Fire District (DCFD) is still investigating the cause of the fire that engulfed two warehouses owned by Wanshida Inc. at Purok 2-B, Sitio Mudiang, Barangay Ilang here on Tuesday, January
Social media personality ‘Boy Isog Sarge’ disqualified in Davao City mayoralty race The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has disqualified well-known social media personality Roweno Rosales Cabales, popularly known as “Boy Isog Sarge, ” from running as mayor of Davao City.
“There is growing evidence that disinformation tends to thrive where human rights are constrained, where the public information regime is not robust and where media quality, diversity and independence is weak. Conversely, where freedom of opinion and expression is protected,
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 15 January) – Several local government units (LGUs) in the Davao region canceled classes and work on Wednesday due to “non-stop” rains brought by easterlies and the shear line since Tuesday night. As of 5:00 a.m.
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 15 January) – At least 35 local government units (LGUs) in Region 12 (Soccsksargen) suspended classes on Wednesday due to rains brought by easterlies or winds coming from the east, the Office of Civil Defense –
Various group chats and Facebook and Reddit posts are being passed around claiming a modus operandi of Davao police allegedly planting drugs into vehicles. The post is FAKE, and is an old hoax dating as far back as 2018.
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)
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 17 December) – Survivors of severe tropical storm Sendong (international name: Washi) lit candles and offered prayers during a simple memorial ceremony here on Monday, December 16, with the sad memories of the tragedy
GANASSI, Lanao del Sur (MindaNews / 16 December) – A mayoral aspirant in the May 2025 elections has filed a petition before the Municipal Circuit Trial Court (MCTC) here to exclude around 3,000 alleged fake voters in Pualas town in
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 16 December) – An executive of the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) urged Congress to approve the proposal to add 500 more beds in the government-owned hospital to serve more patients from all over Mindanao. During
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 16 December) – Two Mindanawon journalists have been chosen for the “Unblock Your Heart Journalism Fellowship on Managing Cholesterol and Promoting Heart Health.” Bong S. Sarmiento and Cong Corrales of the Davao City-based MindaNews and Gold
(MindaNews / 16 December) – A couple of months ago, I had the privilege to spend a week in Japan to do a series of seminar lectures in the Graduate School of Law and the Law School of Hitotsubashi University.
A total of 19 journalists from the Visayas participated in an intensive three-day immersion program entitled “Inside BARMM: A Walk Through the Bangsamoro Region” from November 19-22, 2024. During the program, the 19 journalists, including me, traveling in three vans
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 10 May) – The Communication Foundation for Asia’s (CFA) 4th Lagerwey Awards for Communication Excellence on Friday conferred on MindaNews the first Gen Ong Laurel for Journalism “for demonstrating remarkable excellence in Journalism in 2023.” MindaNews
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 15 November) – A digital forensics expert, non-profit Qurium Media, has identified a China-based network as behind the cloning of hundreds of websites, including MindaNews, that lead site visitors into gambling websites. The Chinese-registered m[dot]mart-inn.com has
(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 / 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
Facebook page Bayani Philippines (https://www.facebook.com/bayaniphilippines), which claims to be a news and media website, has been publishing contents originally published by MindaNews (mindanews.com). The former is a fake media entity. For the record, Bayani Philippines is neither an affiliate nor
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
A Joint Report by the Freedom for Media, Freedom for All (FMFA) Network, composed of the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR), National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), MindaNews, Philippine Press Institute (PPI), and Philippine Center for
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/09 May) – A group of journalists and civil society organizations (CSOs) in North Cotabato have submitted last Wednesday to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan a draft of the “People’s Right on Information” (PRIO) for possible adoption as an ordinance.
Press Secretary Sonny Coloma (Message of Secretary Sonny Coloma at the launching of OUR Mindanao at Museo Dabawenyo, 28 August 2013) I wish to thank the Mindanao News Service Cooperative for inviting me to be a witness to a path-finding
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/10 January) — Perhaps the most empowering exercise of an individual’s personhood is manifested in her ability to define her environment and influence, if not fully control, her experience of it. For so long, Mindanao has been defined
