DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 28 December) – A group of student filmmakers from University of the Philippines Mindanao clinched 3rd place in the Best Student Short Film Competition at the 2024 Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF). PNB 12-50 is directed
It was the strongest typhoon to have hit Mindanao: super typhoon Pablo (Bopha) on 4 December 2012. In Barangay Andap, New Bataan, Davao de Oro, a debris flow buried residents, trees and houses along its path. Surviving Pablo
A new bridge reconnects the barangays of Andap and Pagsilaan in New Bataan, Compostela Valley Province after the old bridge was swept away by debris flow spawned by heavy rains when typhoon Pablo hit on December 4, 2012. Photo taken
Tourists cross the monkey bridge for fun and adventure at the Aliwagwag Falls in Cateel, Davao Oriental. The trees surrounding the falls have recovered from the devastation wrought by super typhoon Pablo in December 2012. The area has been developed
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 01 January) — Half-naked, the young man obligingly paused for my camera balancing a 50-kilo sack of copra on his head. He summoned a smile as I shot him. He was poised to get off the
Director: Chuck Gutierrez Screenwriter: Arnel Mardoquio Director of Photography: Dexter Dela Peña Production Designer: Perry Dizon Editor: Chuck Gutierrez Art Director: Buggy Amplayo Assistant Director: Yam Palma Musical score: Emerzon Texon Sound Design: Alex Tomboc Colorist: Marilen Magsaysay Producers: Baby Ruth Villarama, Arnel Mardoquio,
TWO YEARS LATER. Vegetation is returning in the former poblacion of Barangay Andap, New Bataan, Compostela Valley two years after it was buried under a pile of rocks and boulders when super typhoon Pablo ravaged this town on December 4,
Residents join the early procession of the handless Our Lady of Mediatrix from the San Antonio de Padua parish in New Bataan, Compostela Valley to the San Roque chapel in Barangay Andap, morning of December 4, 2014, to commemorate the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/11 November) – The rising costs of construction supplies, elections and adverse weather conditions have delayed the completion of houses for displaced survivors of typhoon Pablo until March 2015, according to the Department of Social Welfare and Development.
NEW BATAAN, Compostela Valley (Mindnews/ 02 November) – Bonifacio Casag carried a small black bag as he passed by the San Roque chapel on his way to the marker of the dead and the missing or “Victims’ Wall” on Saturday
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/08 August) – Two typhoons that hit Mindanao in recent years have driven more people to seek work abroad, a group said in a summit here Thursday. According to a framework document presented by the Mindanao Migrants Center
Protesters who are mostly survivors of Typhoon Pablo burn an effigy of President Benigno Simeon Aquino III during a rally in front of the regional office of the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Davao City on Wednesday, 26
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/17 January) — Just past noon Wednesday, we crossed over Samal and flew on. When the choppers hung over Lupon, we made a turn for Mati. The mission was to load rice, sardines, and noodles waiting for the
NEW BATAAN, Compostela Valley (MindaNews/05 Dec.) – A day after a flashflood spawned by typhoon Pablo hit their barangay in December last year, they tried to scavenge for food and water. Instead, Jessie Agrepo and his elder brother, both residents
Typhoon Pablo did not just change the landscape in New Bataan, Compostela Valley province on December 4, 2012. It also changed the lives of the people as well. Some of these photographs show how New Bataan has changed a year
These pictures were taken in different parts of Mindanao from December 4 until the middle of the same month last year, after typhoon Pablo swept across the island and left a swath of death and destruction along its path. The
NEW BATAAN, Compostela Valley (MindaNews/05 Dec. ) – Wednesdays mean “tabo,” a market day in this sleepy town. But on December 5 last year, which was a Wednesday, a tabo never happened. It was the day after typhoon Pablo struck,
NEW BATAAN, Compostela Valley (MindaNews/2 November)—While most Filipinos trooped to the cemeteries to remember their beloved departed on Friday, All Saints’ Day, some residents of this town who lost their families and relatives to rampaging flashfloods 11 months ago gathered
Only two of the 324 bodies have been identified in this mass grave at the public cemetery in New Bataan, Compostela Valley Province 11 months after super typhoon Pablo hit this town, killing at least 436 persons with about 400
A woman erases on Friday the name of her relative who was believed to be alive but listed in the marker as among those killed when flashflood hit Barangay Andap in New Bataan, Compostela Valley on December 4, 2012. At
Mall goers check on the various arts and crafts produced by survivors of Typhoon Pablo in an exhibition at Abreeza Mall in Davao City August 5, 2013. The exhibit started August 1 to 10, then will be moved to SM
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/26 July)—The rehabilitation of those severely affected by super typhoon Pablo last December remains a top priority of the government, Presidential Communications Secretary Sonny Coloma said on Friday.[] Speaking at the Hermes Club Insulares Forum at Waterfront Insular
NEW BATAAN, Compostela Valley (MindaNews/07 June) – Children enrolled at the Andap Elementary School here will have to bear holding classes in makeshift classrooms inside the Andap National High School compound until new school buildings are built for them. When
Elena Estrada and her Grade 3 pupils assist carpenters as they install a tarpaulin to catch water leaks from the roof of their makeshift classroom in Andap Elementary School on their first day of classes, June 3, 2013.[] Mindanews photo
Volunteer carpenters build makeshift classroom for elementary pupils in Barangay Andap, New Bataan, Compostela Valley province on May 27, 2013. The village had the highest death toll as rocks and boulders buried the poblacion during a debris flow at the
NEW BATAAN, Compostela Valley (MindaNews/28 May) – Elementary pupils in Barangay Andap will hold their classes under makeshift tents when classes open on Monday, teachers said. Only one of 15 classrooms of Andap Elementary School was left due to flashfloods
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/2 April)–Last Monday, I joined retired Archbishop (Emeritus) NANDING CAPALLA together with retired publisher NILO CLAUDIO and visited “Typhoon Pablo’s” whacked areas Baganga and Cateel in Davao Oriental — almost about 4 months after the devastation. Retired
NEW BATAAN, Compostela Valley (MindaNews/29 March) – On the long table outside the San Roque chapel in Barangay Andap on Maundy Thursday afternoon, cooking pots and plastic containers of food brought by residents – rice, pancit, lumpia, roasted chicken, among
Kaabag (lay leader) Lando Fernandez performs Jesus Christ’s washing of the feet ritual at the San Roque chapel in Barangay Andap, New Bataan town in Compostela Valley province on Maundy Thursday, March 28. Andap was the h ardest hit among
Leanna Mae de Rosa (right) and sisters eat their snack, a porridge made from corn and other grains inside their tent in New Bataan, Compostela Valley on Maundy Thursday. The De Rosa sisters lost their home to super typhoon Pablo
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/21 March) — It’s summer but the weather bureau has warned residents of Caraga and Davao regions in Mindanao and Eastern and Central Visayas of cloudy skies with moderate to occasionally heavy rainshowers and thunderstorms which may trigger
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/15 March) — At least 21 bands and individual performers will be featured in a three-night concert here, from March 21-23, to raise funds for the repair of 280 houses that were damaged by typhoon Pablo. Dubbed “Panagdait
5th Civil Relations Group Commanding General Col. Leopoldo Galon Jr. and musician Eric Gancio promote Panagdait Davao, a concert that will benefit the survivors of Typhoon Pablo during a press conference in Davao City on Thursday, March 14. Proceeds of
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/04 March) – A community leader of the group of typhoon Pablo survivors that barricaded the regional office of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) here last week was shot dead Monday evening in her hometown
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/04 March) — Typhoon Pablo victims who barricaded and attempted to take away relief goods from the regional office of the Department of Social Welfare and Development here voluntarily left after signing an agreement that provided among others
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/02 March)—Of the 26 higher educational institutions (HEI) in the Davao region that applied for tuition fee increase for school year 2013-2014, only five came from the provinces badly devastated by super typhoon “Pablo,” an official said Friday.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/26 February) – Police dispersed on Tuesday afternoon victims of typhoon Pablo who had barricaded the regional office of the Department of Social Welfare and Development since Monday night and tried to take relief goods from the agency
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 21 Feb) – The region’s labor market has fewer vacant jobs this year due to damaged industries and agricultural lands in areas affected by typhoon Pablo, particularly in Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley provinces, according to
NABUNTURAN, Compostela Valley (MindaNews/19 February)– New Bataan town in Compostela Valley lacks areas safe for the relocation of its residents as shown by simulated inundation maps, town Mayor Lorenzo Balbin Jr. said last week. Citing the maps prepared by the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/18 Feb) — No distribution list, no release of rice “kahit mag-rally pa sila” (even if they stage a rally). This was the message of Social Welfare Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman to Barug Katawhan (People Rise Up), a
NABUNTURAN, Compostela Valley (MindaNews/16 February)— Two months after super typhoon ‘Pablo’ struck, key officials of Task Force Pablo held Friday at the Nabunturan provincial capitol its first briefing with local government officials of Compostela Valley (ComVal). Social Welfare Sec. Corazon Soliman
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 12 Feb) – Due to several complaints lodged by victims of typhoon Pablo, the Gabriela Women’s Partylist (GWP) will hold a fact-finding mission in areas affected by the calamity, Rep. Emmi de Jesus said in her
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/11 February) – An article written by Mahar Lagmay and company saw print in the inner pages of a national daily today. The report explains what happened to Barangay Andap in New Bataan in a language that makes
BAGANGA, Davao Oriental (MindaNews/10 February) – While most Grade Six students are looking forward to graduation day, sixth graders at the Baganga Central Elementary School (BCES) are not as excited. “Our gym is gone,” said Ramson Tindugan, a member of
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/7 February) – The extent of the damage wrought by typhoon Pablo in Bukidnon’s three mountain ranges has yet to be evaluated, tribal leaders who attended a three-day “integrated assessment on biodiversity, culture and health” that started Wednesday
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/03 Feb) — The Climate Change Commission (CCC) will sign on Monday a memorandum of understanding with the local government units of Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley to assess the vulnerability of the provinces badly battered when Typhoon
