DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 22 July) — Acting Davao City Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte showcased his trademark Duterte clamor again, calling President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s presidency “the most inefficient administration that I have ever seen in my goddamn life” ahead
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 12 April) – Reelectionist Davao City Rep. Paolo “Pulong” Duterte (first district) is all set to travel to The Hague, Netherlands to watch over his father, former President Rodrigo Duterte, who was detained on charges of
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 18 March) – Former North Cotabato governor Emmanuel Piñol on Tuesday called out Malacañang for “shaking up” the political situation in the Bangsamoro region by changing the regional government’s leadership, a development that also dismayed
CARMEN, Davao del Norte (MindaNews/16 Feb) — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. took another jab at the Dutertes as he urged the public during the proclamation rally Saturday of the senatorial slate of the Alyansa para sa Bagong to never allow
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 11 February) — Bayan Muna party-list nominees in Mindanao for the May 2025 elections on Tuesday vowed to address the skyrocketing prices of basic goods and services faced by Mindanawons by legislating salary adjustments that would
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 14 January) – The National Rally for Peace by the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) on Monday has not changed President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s stance against efforts to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte. “The President’s position on
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 24 November) – Vice President Sara Duterte’s recent outburst – a meltdown, according to others – can only be interpreted as a desperate measure against mounting efforts by the House of Representatives to unearth more facts
MINDANAO (MindaNews / 23 October) – Human sa meltdown, ay presscon diay to ni VP Inday Sara, kini nga mga hunahuna nagdagan sa among utok: Bisan pa muingon ang latest survey nga 50% sa mga taga Mindanao ang nagasuporta gihapon
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 19 October) – Vice President Sara Duterte said that she has “no regrets” being the running mate of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. under the winning UniTeam Alliance in the May 2022 elections, explaining that her current
MindaNews fact-checked the statement of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. that policemen who occupied the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) compound in Davao City to arrest fugitive preacher Apollo Quiboloy were unarmed. His claim is false. On Tuesday, August 27, Marcos
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 08 August) – A consumer’s organization in the Davao Region urged President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. “to rectify his mistake” of vetoing House Bill (HB) 10554, following the recent decision of the Supreme Court en banc stating
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 23 July) – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has “failed to offer concrete solutions” to the problems affecting the Filipino people during his 3rd State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, a consumer group based in Davao
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 22 July) – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. assured that his administration will prioritize locally-produced rice despite the government’s importation of the staple crop to lower prices and meet the growing demand. During his 3rd State of the
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews / 18 July) – The State of the Nation Address (SONA) is a report of the pilot on how the rickety ship of the country has fared in traversing treacherous seas and his survival plan for
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 03 July) – A leaked audio recording of a voice apparently that of South Cotabato Gov. Reynaldo Tamayo Jr., where he claimed that Malacañang will intervene in the political affairs of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in
Philstar.com granted MindaNews permission to republish this piece. Several Facebook and YouTube pages have made claims that First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos is single-handedly controlling the Marcos administration.These posts and videos have called the First Lady the “mastermind” behind the decision
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 27 May) – Davao City Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte apparently took a swipe anew at the national government, saying his declaration of war on drugs is “a popular platform” that he inherited from his father, former
(This report was presented during the “1st Philippine Media Safety Summit: Surviving Pandemics and Other Provocations by Challenging Current Paradigms” on May 2 at the Luxent Hotel in Quezon City in observance of the 31st World Press Freedom Day). IT
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 15 April) – Former President Rodrigo R. Duterte has reiterated his calls to oppose Charter change (Cha Cha) that would remove the six-year term limit and the prohibition against the reelection of the President and Vice
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 28 February) – Former President Rodrigo R. Duterte has changed his stance on Charter Change (ChaCha), saying he will support it for as long as the constitutional reforms will be limited to economic provisions and not
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 28 February) – Former President Rodrigo Duterte has flip-flopped on his claim that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is allegedly a drug addict. “Kung sabihin mo adik, wala akong sinabi na ganoon. Patayin ako ni Marcos niyan.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 7 February)—President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. urged government agencies to fast-track the completion of water projects and encouraged to tap more surface water to address the supply problem in the country. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 31 January)— Former president Rodrigo Duterte said “everything will be heaven tomorrow” and “happy days are here again” if President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. drops “like a hot potato” attempts to change the 1987 Constitution through People’s
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 30 January)—Former President Rodrigo Duterte dared President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to take a drug test at the Luneta Park in Manila to prove to the public that he does not use illegal drugs. He said he
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews / 31 January) – Their alliance in shambles, the incumbent and the former president of our blighted land, started trading barbs, calling each other a drug addict. Sebastian Duterte, the mayor of Davao City, came to
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 29 January) – Vice President Sara Duterte revealed Monday she’s getting “despicable treatment “from some sectors within the circle” of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Duterte disclosed this Monday morning, a day after her father, former President
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews / 23 January) – President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. (PBBM) was called out recently by Beijing for congratulating Lai Ching, the newly elected President of the Republic of China (Taiwan). The People’s Republic of China (PRC) was
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 8 January) – Former President Rodrigo R. Duterte wanted to talk to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to help his friend, controversial Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy, in line with the National Telecommunications Commission’s (NTC) suspension of the operations
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
A Facebook post that claims that the Mindanao Railway Project (MRP) is now dead on its track is false. Philippine Construction Boom posted Thursday a social media card that reads: “Bye! Mindanao Railway Project,” with a sad emoji accompanying it.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 2 October) – The approval ratings of both President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte plunged by two digits in September from June 2023, a Pulse Asia survey released on Monday showed. The nationwide
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews / 6 September) – President Ferdinand (Bongbong) Marcos Jr.’s (PBBM) Executive Order (EO) 39, which caps the retail price of rice, is an admission that all is not well on rice in the market. The EO
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews / 15 August) – While at Mapa High School participating in the Brigada Eskwela with Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. opened up on the possibility of changing the opening of
A video uploaded on YouTube falsely claimed that the Philippines had been cleared of all its debt after the signing of Republic Act (RA) 11954 or the Maharlika Investment Fund Act. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed RA 11954 on July
MARAWI CITY(MindaNews / 27 July) – In his State of the Nation Address last Monday, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. vowed Marawi is rising again as he reiterated his commitment to the recovery, reconstruction and rehabilitation of Marawi six years after
MATALAM, North Cotabato (MindaNews / 25 July) – President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 24, his second, lasted for one hour and eleven minutes, got 68 applauses, and one standing ovation which happened
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 18 July) – Several members of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) called on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday to declare during his State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 24 the extension of the
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 11 May) — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is now the chair of the reorganized National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), National Security Adviser Sec. Eduardo Año announced during the virtual media briefing
A quote card circulating on social media that the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)-led transition government in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) does not anymore need to talk with President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. – because he is
The Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA), the interim body that governs the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), did not endorse the presidential bid of former Vice President Leni Robredo. A report aired over Usaping Bayan, a television show of
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 25 July) – Activists in the two key Mindanao cities of Davao and General Santos (GenSan) staged protest rallies during the first State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. on Monday. In
