By Mindanews on February 4 2013 6:32 am
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… »
By Lorie Ann Cascaro on January 27 2013 7:28 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 26 Jan) – The Liwanag World Festival can contribute in the process of climate change adaptation in two ways, according to Nicanor Perlas, festival director and… »
By Keith Bacongco on January 24 2013 6:41 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 23 Jan) – “If we only have a choice, we don’t want to live here.” This is the common sentiment of those living at the flood-prone… »
By Lorie Ann Cascaro on January 19 2013 7:02 am
ASUNCION, Davao del Norte (MindaNews/18 January)— Having experienced the worst flooding when typhoon Pablo hit this town last December, residents here feared they will have more floods this year due… »
By Erwin Mascariñas on January 16 2013 6:41 am
BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews/15 January) – A state of calamity was declared by the city council Monday afternoon to speed up the release of additional funds for the estimated 4,500 families… »
By Lorie Ann Cascaro on September 27 2012 7:21 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 26 Sept) – The committee on environment and natural resources of the city council here will combine disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in one… »
By Geonarri Solmerano on June 13 2012 9:42 am
RAMPAGING WATERS. Residents retrieve whatever possessions they can find in their houses destroyed by a flood in Kidapawan City. The flood carried away three houses along Nuangan River on June… »
By Allen V. Estabillo on May 15 2012 6:52 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/14 May) – The early onset of the rainy season has brought some relief to farmers in nearby South Cotabato and Sultan Kudarat provinces who were affected… »
By Erwin Mascariñas on February 18 2012 10:40 am
BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews/17 February) – Some 2,500 families in the lakeside town of Jabonga, Agusan del Norte were displaced by floods brought by a low pressure area that hit parts… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on January 16 2012 10:04 am
ASUNCION, Davao del Norte (MindaNews/15 January) – Rains brought about by wind convergence triggered floods in seven Mindanao towns and two cities over the weekend. But learning lessons from the… »
By BenCyrus G. Ellorin on January 4 2012 8:15 am
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT (MindaNews/3 Jan) – The horrific impact of Sendong exposes not just the geo-hazards faced by the premier city of northern Mindanao but the deep social malaise relegated… »
By Walter I. Balane on December 21 2011 9:07 am
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/20 Dec) – The provincial government of Bukidnon today declared a state of calamity in the towns of Baungon, Libona, Manolo Fortich and Impasug-ong upon the recommendation of… »
By Mindanews on December 21 2011 9:00 am
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/20 Dec) – Responding to pleas for help, the provincial government of South Cotabato is sending P1.5 million worth of relief goods, mostly rice, and coffins to victims… »
By Keith Bacongco on December 20 2011 6:00 am
View Typhoon Sendong in a larger map UPDATED: 6a.m. of December 21, 2011. NOTE: Figures on this map are based on the situation reports (sitreps) of the the National Disaster… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on December 20 2011 5:30 am
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/19 December) – As a journalist, I have covered so many tragedies in Mindanao: wars, floods, landslides, bombings, massacres, airplane crashes, etc.. I have cried with relatives of the dead and the missing but I was not prepared for what I saw at noon in the city’s landfill in Zayas, Barangay Carmen.
By Froilan Gallardo on December 20 2011 5:25 am
Flood victims pick on donated dry clothes in Sitio Basak, Barangay Macasandig, Cagayan de Oro City after last Saturday’s flood that destroyed villages beside Cagayan de Oro River. MindaNews photo… »
By Froilan Gallardo on December 19 2011 9:26 am
AFTERMATH. Survivors return to look for items to salvage from what used to be their homes in Sitio Basak, Barangay Macasandig on Sunday , Dec. 18. Basak is one of… »
By Froilan Gallardo on December 19 2011 9:24 am
WATER. Long queues of residents are a common sight in Cagayan de Oro City after the main distribution line was damaged in Saturday’s flooding. MindaNews photo by Froilan Gallardo |… »
By Mindanews on December 17 2011 11:52 am
NDRMMC Casualties Update as of 6a.m. of December 20, 2011: Cagayan de Oro City: 579 Iligan: 279 Bukidnon: 47 Download NDRMMC Situation Report
By Mindanews on December 17 2011 9:49 am
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/17 December) – Tropical storm Sendong raged across Northern Mindanao at 1 a.m. today, sending thousands of residents to their roofs as floodwaters rose rapidly in… »
By Keith Bacongco on December 12 2011 10:37 pm
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/12 December) — Twenty-one councilors voted on Monday to override Mayor Sara Duterte’s veto of an ordinance reclassifying a parcel of land in Barangay Binugao, Toril District from… »
By Bong S. Sarmiento on June 25 2011 9:44 am
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews/24 June)— The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Southwestern Mindanao or Region 12 needs more volunteers to help the rising number of flood victims in… »
By Abp. Orlando B. Quevedo, OMI, DD on June 19 2011 9:27 am
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews/18 June) — The rehabilitation and development of the Mindanao River Basin is the long term solution to the natural disasters and man made calamities afflicting Central Mindanao.… »
By Mindanews on April 21 2011 7:47 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/20 Apr) – Aboitiz Power Corp.’s proposed 300-megawatt coal-fired power plant has gained the approval of Barangay Inawayan in Sta. Cruz town, Davao del Sur as its village… »
By Germelina Lacorte on February 10 2011 12:02 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/9 Feb) – Aboitiz Power Corporation is eyeing a 51-hectare property spanning Binugao and Inayawan barangays in the boundary areas of Santa Cruz town in Davao del Sur… »
By Mindanews on February 7 2011 7:23 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/06 February) – The death toll from the floods and landslides in four Mindanao regions from January 31 to February has risen to 21, bringing to 54 the… »
By Mindanews on February 4 2011 11:05 am
MAINIT, Surigao del Norte (MindaNews/04 February) — Traveling from Agusan del Norte to Surigao del Norte Thursday was like an obstacle course for trucks and buses that dared to cross over five portions of the highway that remain flooded when waters from Lake Mainit overflowed Tuesday night.
By Ruby Thursday More on February 4 2011 9:08 am
Flood waters reach the town proper of Mainit town in Surigao del Norte. Heavy rains since last week caused the overflow of the nearby Lake Mainit and displaced 1,200 families from… »
By Carolyn O. Arguillas on February 3 2011 5:41 am
SANTIAGO, Agusan del Norte (MindaNews/02 February) – The highway is now a virtual sea. Hundreds of commuters between Agusan del Norte and Surigao del Norte were stranded Wednesday when the waters of Lake Mainit overflowed into the highway, rendering portions of the highway impassable.
By Ruby Thursday More on February 1 2011 7:41 am
A parrot shows its basketball prowess at the Malagos Birdshow in Barangay Malagos, Davao City on Sunday. The weekly birdshow tackles climate change and disaster risk mitigation using different bird… »
By Edwin G. Espejo on January 20 2011 7:03 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/19 January) — Before somebody else jumps on the gun and blames climate change as the culprit behind the flooding the city has experienced over the last… »
By Malu Cadelina-Manar on January 8 2011 12:01 am
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/07 January) – Agham Party-list Rep. Angelo Palmones has asked the public to ignore calls made by leftist and environment groups to oppose the plan to build a… »
By Germelina Lacorte on December 2 2010 6:16 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/01 December) — One hand reaches out to protect the environment while another hand continues to destroy it. This was how the Focus on Global South and groups… »
By Walter I. Balane on November 27 2010 1:17 am
VALENCIA CITY (MindaNews/26 November) – Government should defer the implementation of the 10-percent ethanol content in fuels owing to a shortage in sugarcane, a major source of ethanol, most participants… »
By Germelina Lacorte on November 25 2010 12:02 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/24 November)—The clean development mechanism or CDM set up by the Kyoto Protocol has failed to bring down the amount of greenhouse gases being emitted into the atmosphere,… »
By Germelina Lacorte on November 16 2010 7:07 am
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/15 November)—Rainbow Warrior, the campaign ship of the environment group Greenpeace, will dock at Makar wharf in General Santos City on Friday, November 19, to support the protest… »
By Mindanews on November 13 2010 6:21 am
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/12 November) – Less than two months before the 2010 Climate Change Summit in Cancun, Mexico, Malacanang has finally acceded to the request of civil society… »
By BenCyrus G. Ellorin on October 21 2010 9:31 am
MANILA (MindaNews/20 October) — Climate Change Commissioner Lucille Sering is mad over proposals to set up a coal-fired power plant in her hometown in Surigao City, while actress-representative Lani Mercado-Revilla… »
By BenCyrus G. Ellorin on October 19 2010 10:23 pm
MANILA (MindaNews/19 October) – Members of the civil society coalition Aksyon Klima who met in a national consultation yesterday under the fury of super typhoon Juan which ravaged the northern… »
By BenCyrus G. Ellorin on August 23 2010 7:36 am
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews/22 August) – A climate change activist yesterday exposed as “unjust” the government’s over a billion US dollar loan supposedly for “climate change adaptation and mitigation.”… »
COMMENTARY: Gensan flooding: Who is to blame? By Edwin G. Espejo
By Edwin G. Espejo on January 20 2011 7:03 am
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/19 January) — Before somebody else jumps on the gun and blames climate change as the culprit behind the flooding the city has experienced over the last… »