ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews / 4 March) — The Bureau of Immigration, along with other law enforcement agencies, arrested two Chinese nationals allegedly involved in gold processing operations in Zamboanga del Norte. Lt. Col. Malinche Tomarong, chief of the public affairs office of the
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 25 February) – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will construct a new road in coal-rich Barangay Ned, Lake Sebu in South Cotabato, where a portion of the national highway recently collapsed rendering
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 18 February) — The appointment of Lt. Col. Jovily Carmel Cabading as the first female Infantry Battalion Commander in the Philippines (60th IB in Asuncion, Davao del Norte) in February 2023 and her completion of her
On February 4, the Philippines signed an agreement with the United States on critical minerals at a U.S. hosted summit in Washington. The meeting was attended by 54 countries and is part of the U.S. push to identify new sources
MACO, Davao de Oro (MindaNews / 7 February) – The second anniversary of the landslide in Barangay Masara in Maco town, Davao de Oro that killed almost a hundred and displaced thousands passed without any visible commemoration by local government
Power lines supply electricity to residents within the Tampakan project in this photo taken on January 16, 2020. MindaNews photo by Bong S. Sarmiento
Last of 2 parts | (Read Part 1) Jobs, billions of pesos at stake MACAMBOL, CITY OF MATI, Davao Oriental (MindaNews / 30 November) — Responding to the calls of the government, Hallmark Mining Corporation (HMC) said in a statement
1st of two parts MACAMBOL, CITY OF MATI, Davao Oriental (MindaNews / 29 November) — On a cloudy afternoon Antonio Engaston, 35, prepares his boat to sail out to sea in hopes to bring fish back home to his family
1st of 2 parts TUBAJON, Dinagat Island (MindaNews / 13 November) — Fenie Temario was born between the sea and the mountains. At 62, she still lives with her family in the small sitio of Babangnan in Barangay Imelda, Tubajon,
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 08 November) – The floods in Cebu were not a freak event. They are the latest chapter in a long, predictable story. Here across Mindanao, the same forces are at play: forests stripped bare, rivers choked
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 5 November) — Corruption in flood control projects has been primarily blamed for the massive floods in Cebu and elsewhere. What’s forgotten is that this isn’t the only factor. We can build flood control infra that
SOUTH COTABATO, Philippines — It’s been three years since production began at a coal mine in the mountain village of Ned, some 1,500 kilometers, nearly 1,000 miles, south of Manila, on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao. Since then, more
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 08 September) – After almost a year, the regional trial court here conducted the first hearing involving the petition questioning the granting of extension to the Financial and Technical Assistance Agreement (FTAA) of Sagittarius Mines, Inc.
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 15 August) – Sagittarius Mines, Inc. (SMI), the developer of the controversial Tampakan project, is “collaborating” with authorities to curb the illegal banlas mining operations in its tenement, a company official said Friday. Joseph Palanca, SMI
MARAWI CITY (MindaNews / 01 August) – Governor Mamintal Adiong Jr. of Lanao del Sur signed Thursday Executive Order No. 008 ordering all illegal large-scale and small-scale miners, as well as quarry operators in the province to stop their activities
TACURONG CITY (MindaNews / 30 July) — Authorities have called on the help of the public to curb “banlas” mining as the illegal operation has become widespread, spreading from the town of Tampakan in South Cotabato to Columbio in Sultan Kudarat.
SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews / 17 July) — The search for three miners trapped in a gold mining tunnel in neighboring Rosario town has been officially halted on Tuesday as authorities confirmed the miners could no longer be
LIBONA, Bukidnon (MindaNews / 06 April) — Do the people of Malaybalay City know that there is a City Ordinance No. 523 Series of 2003, otherwise known as the Malaybalay City Environment Code, that legally prohibits mining activities? As amended,
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 07 February) – The Senate has approved a measure banning the export of raw minerals, similar to what Indonesia had put in place five years ago. Senators approved on third and final reading Senate Bill
Miguel Rene A. Dominguez (L), President of the General Santos City Chamber of Commerce, Inc. moderates the open forum after the session on Mining at the 33rd Mindanao Business Conference in General Santos City on 13 September 2024. MindaNews photo by GREGORIO C. BUENO
SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews / 2 July)—The alleged mastermind behind the killing of a retired Army colonel who became a successful gold miner in Agusan del Sur was arrested by joint police operatives Monday afternoon in Bukidnon. Maj.
Container ships navigate through Surigao Strait on Sunday, June 9, 2024. Most of these ships carry nickel and iron ore from Surigao del Norte mining firms to be brought to China and Japan. MindaNews photo by ROEL CATOTO
By Rommel F. Lopez / PressOne Coloring books, encyclopedias, stuffed toys, a refrigerator, and computers float on murky waters after torrential rains submerged Tuganay Elementary School in Carmen, Davao del Norte in January. Lorelei Sesaldo, the new school principal, could
PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews/ 24 April) – The family of retired Col. Samuel Afdal, a gold mining executive who was slain in Agusan del Sur in 2021, has requested a hold departure order (HDO) against the alleged mastermind in
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 18 February) — Barangay Masara, Maco, Davao de Oro is so much in the news today due to a landslide that has become a tragedy to families directly affected. News stories (National, Regional, Local in
PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews / 7 February)—The provincial prosecutor of Agusan del Sur had indicted a businessman and two former New People’s Army (NPA) guerrillas for allegedly conspiring to kill in 2021 retired Col. Samuel G. Afdal, a gold
PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews / 16 Nov)—The confessed killer of a mining executive in Agusan del Sur was given a 10-year prison term by a local court here on Wednesday. According to provincial prosecutor Ceferino Dino Paredes, Jeffrey Mamerto,
NABIFILMEX continues to showcase cinematic visions that magnify social realities in a landlocked province sitting on a goldmine but whose people are left at the margins.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 13 October)—Four Catholic bishops in Mindanao have asked President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to void the Financial and Technical Assistance Agreement (FTAA) granted to Sagittarius Mines, Inc, developer of the controversial Tampakan project, the largest untapped
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 3 Sept)—A measure to reduce from five to three percent the royalty fee imposed on mining operations within mineral reservations, many of which are in Mindanao, has been approved by the Committee on Ways and Means
PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews / 10 August) — Caraga Region needs to innovate and industrialize using its resources if it wants to uplift its residents who are living below the poverty threshold, Dinagat Islands Gov. Nilo Demerey said at
ROSARIO, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews / 23 June) — The president of a gold mining company based here said the fate of his detractor who had attempted in the last four months to replace him now hangs in the balance
ROSARIO, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews / 29 May) – Police arrested a barangay chairman from Quezon City and 20 other men who forced their way inside the administration building of a gold mining company in this town. Capt. Kristopher Niel
A news story about the start of the controversial $5.9 billion Tampakan copper-gold project in 2026, specifically the portion on the lifting of the open-pit mining ban in South Cotabato, is partly true but misleading. Published by Philstar.com on April
BUNAWAN, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews / 5 April)—Manobo Lumad groups and mine workers here vowed to protect the embattled top executive of a gold mining company “at all cost” against moves of its Australian counterpart to remove him from office.
ROSARIO, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews / 30 March) — The Filipino president of a gold mining company here has linked the temporary restraining order issued by a court in Davao City preventing him from performing his functions to an alleged
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 02 March) — In a commentary published on February 28 by MindaNews, Paul Mart Jeyand J. Matangcas, who describes himself as a freelance journalist, presents a critique of how Philippine media has performed in the field
SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews / 20 February) – A mining company seeking to explore the buffer zone of the Mt. Magdiwata Watershed is allegedly helping a Manobo clan secure a Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title (CADT), the top
KORONADAL, South Cotabato (MindaNews / 01 January) — Outrage gripped South Cotabato in May as the Sangguniang Panlalawigan lifted the controversial ban on open pit mining, removing the decade-long thorn in the throat of the $5.9-billion Tampakan project, Southeast Asia’s largest
Part 2 (This is the second part of the presentation of Fr. Reynaldo D. Raluto on “Integral Ecology Ministry in Mindanao Context” at the 17 th Mindanao-Sulu Pastoral Conference in Cagayan de Oro City on November 7 to 10, 2022)
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 23 September) — A number of slogans came to mind if one found his/her way to the third floor of the Parish Pastoral Council inside the Redemptorist Compound along J. P. Laurel St., Bajada, Davao City
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 16 May) — After three consecutive weeks of shunning deliberations on the proposal to lift the controversial ban on open pit mining in South Cotabato, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan on Monday approved the measure, removing the decades-long
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 19 Jan) – Newly-appointed Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) chair Maria Belen Sunga Acosta said extractive industry practices need thorough review and operations of mining firms require close monitoring. In a statement released on Wednesday, Acosta, a
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 30 December) – An umbrella of environmental groups in the country was appalled by the decision of Secretary Roy Cimatu of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) reversing the ban on open-pit mining, a
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews / 07 December) – The drainage system of the settling pond of a large-scale mining company operating in Carrascal town in Surigao del Sur overflowed causing flooding and massive siltation along the highway. Charlo Basadre, resident mine
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews / 19 November) – The gunman who shot dead on Thursday the village chief of Brgy. Jubgan in San Francisco town, Surigao del Norte made sure his target would die. Police Lt. Anglo Ambid, the chief of
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews / 18 November) – The chair of a barangay in Surigao del Norte where a mining company was recently forced to suspend operations due to the absence of a permit and complaints that it had caused environmental
