Surfing in Siargao
Local surfers show off their skills in an early morning competition in Cloud 9, General Luna town, in Siargao Island, Surigao...
‘Small donors’ backed Robredo presidential campaign
Vice President Leni Robredo amid a crowd of supporters in Koronadal City, South Cotabato on Tuesday (15 March 2022) during a...
Isko Moreno’s overspending case still in limbo after five years
Manila Mayor and presidential aspirant Francisco “Isko” Moreno Domagoso greets the crowd during a motorcade in Tacurong City in Sultan Kudarat...
Politicians foot campaign bill of Sara Duterte as she banks on father’s popularity
Vice President-elect Sara Duterte takes her oath of office administered by Supreme court Justice Ramon Paul Hernando in Davao City on...
Honoring Davao City ex-councilor Bonifacio Militar
The ashes of former Davao City councilor Bonifacio "Boni" Militar is brought to the session hall of the Sangguniang Panlungsod of...
Comelec junks former Cotabato City mayor’s election protest on technicality
Cotabato City Mayor-elect Mohammad Bruce Matabalao (center). Photo from Matabalao's Facebook page
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 17...
[SPECIAL REPORT] Mindanao 2022 to 2025: fat and obese dynasties rule (3)
Last of three parts
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews /13 July) – At the inauguration of the Siargao Island Sports and Tourism...
[SPECIAL REPORT] Mindanao 2022 to 2025: fat and obese dynasties rule (2)
2nd of three parts
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews /12 July) – Six of 27 provinces in Mindanao are ruled by governors, vice...
[SPECIAL REPORT] Mindanao 2022 to 2025: fat and obese dynasties rule (1)
1st of three parts
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews /11 July) – Across Mindanao’s 27 provinces, 33 cities and 60 congressional districts,...
Lanao del Sur oath-taking
Elected Lanao del Sur public officials take their oath of office before Sen. Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri at the provincial gymnasium...
Elected Cotabato City mayor not missing, to assume office on June 30, vows party-mate
Cotabato City Mayor-elect Mohammad Bruce Matabalao (center). Photo from Matabalao's Facebook page
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/June 29) –...
Reelected Rep. Paolo Duterte takes oath
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 29 June) – Reelected Davao City 1st District Representative Paolo “Pulong” Duterte took his oath of office in...
New governor vows new Bukidnon: ‘Government money is people’s money’
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 28 June) – Governor-elect Rogelio Neil Pepito Roque has vowed to push for a new Bukidnon in his...
Souvenir
City Hall employees in Davao City pose for a souvenir photo on Monday morning, 20 June 2020, with outgoing mayor Sara...
FACT CHECK: Contrary to Sara Duterte’s claim, not all kidnap victims of Abu Sayyaf...
The claim of Vice President-elect Sara Duterte that all kidnap victims abducted by the Abu Sayyaf Group...
VP Leni invited to Sara’s inauguration, but…
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 13 June) – Vice President-elect Sara Duterte said on Monday that she has invited outgoing Vice President Leni...
FACT CHECK: Journo’s tweet on Mindanao tourism vis-à-vis kidnapping surge lacks context
(Editor's note: This story was updated to include the advisories of some foreign governments to their citizens...
2,000 soldiers, cops to secure venue of VP-elect Sara Duterte’s oath-taking rites
Mayor Sara Duterte, who is running for vice president, shows her index finger stained with indelible ink after casting her vote...
FACT CHECK: No call from Baste Duterte to rename University of the Philippines to...
Weeks after the May 9 elections, a Facebook page called Baste Duterte FP made a call asking...
FACT CHECK: Sara Duterte camp belies viral claim on K to 12 change and...
A claim circulating on Facebook that Vice President-elect Sara Duterte will ask Congress to add two more years to the K to...
Groups say vote-buying, disinformation mar local elections
Teachers in the municipality of Lala in Lanao del Norte get the ballot boxes as early as 2 a.m. so they...
PRIVILEGE SPEECH: Bayan Muna sa isip, sa salita at sa gawa!
(Pribilihiyong Talumpati ni Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani T. Zarate,House Deputy Minority Leader, 30 May 2022)
Kagalang-galang...
Cotabato City’s mayor-elect to appoint sectoral deputy mayors
COTABATO CITY – Mayor-elect Mohammad Bruce Matabalao today said he will name four deputy mayors once he assumes as the city’s chief...
Vice President-elect Sara Duterte congratulates Leni Robredo’s veep stint
Attendees of the Kalinaw Dabaw Rally take photos of presidential candidate Leni Robredo at the Davao del Sur Colosseum in Barangay...
Maguindanao election officer survives ambush
Datu Salibo, Maguindanao. Map courtesy of Google
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 30 May) – A female Commission on...
FACT CHECK: No rice priced at P20-level per kilo in Davao City
Old photos of rice priced at the P20-level per kilo in Davao City have resurfaced on Facebook to boost the campaign promise...
Special elections in Lanao Sur town peaceful, winners announced
TUBARAN, Lanao del Sur (MindaNews / 25 May) – The special elections held in this municipality held Tuesday, under the watchful eye...
‘Multi-layered security plan’ being readied for Sara’s oath-taking
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 24 May) – Local authorities will prepare a “multi-layered security plan” for the oath-taking of presumptive Vice President...
Special Elections
Policemen and soldiers in full battle gear, supported by armored vehicles, help ensure peaceful special elections in Tubaran, Lanao del Sur...
Presumptive Vice-President Sara Duterte to hold oath-taking in Davao City
Mayor Sara Duterte, who is running for vice president, shows her index finger stained with indelible ink after casting her vote...
Left unattended
Some campaign tarpaulins in Koronadal City have yet to be removed as of Sunday (May 22, 2022), two weeks after election...
TURNING POINT: Easier to Win than to Reign
Turning Point by William R. Adan, MindaViews
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews / 21 May) – Ferdinand Marcos, Jr....
THINK TALK: The excruciating defeat of the opposition: what went wrong?
MATALAM, North Cotabato (MindaNews / 21 May) -- The opposition, or Leni Robredo’s camp to be more...
Rival MisOcc pols admit using socmed for disinformation against each other
OZAMIZ CITY (MindaNews / 19 May) – In the last elections, social media played a major role in the campaign. Politicians hired...
SPECIAL REPORT. The Dutertes of Davao: Destiny to Dynasty (3)
Last of three parts
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 17 May) -- The May 9, 2022 election in Davao City was...
‘More coordinated approaches’ suggested for post-election clean-up drive in Davao City
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 17 May) – A candidate in the May 9 elections is seeking more sustainable approaches for post-election cleanups...
Sara Duterte’s inauguration as VP set for June 19 in Davao City
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 17 May) – Mayor Sara Duterte announced on Monday that her team has tentatively set for June 19...
SPECIAL REPORT. The Dutertes of Davao: Destiny to Dynasty (2)
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 16 May) -- A firm believer in repaying debts of gratitude, President Rodrigo Duterte at the ‘miting de avance’...
SOMEONE ELSE’S WINDOWS: A Zubiri defeat: What the numbers say
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 16 May) – The outcome of the battle for governor of Bukidnon between...
Tandag Bishop decries “massive vote-buying and vote-selling”
SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews /15 May) -- Tandag Bishop Raul Dael has condemned what he described as the “massive vote-buying...
SPECIAL REPORT: The Dutertes of Davao: Destiny to Dynasty (1)
1st of three parts DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 15 May) -- Coming out of the Marco Polo Hotel’s 17th floor after meeting...
12 years after the Ampatuan Massacre, Ampatuans still in power in Maguindanao
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews /15 May) – Twelve and a half years after the massacre of 58 persons in Maguindanao and 29 months after...
Group calls on winners, losers to dispose of their campaign paraphernalia properly
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 15 May) -- Davao City-based environmental group Interfacing Development Interventions (IDIS) called on winners and losers in the...
TURNING POINT: Rebirth
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews / 14 May) -- At dusk, when the sun sinks in the far...
TULA: Muling Buksan ang Puso’t Isipan
Bai Walk. Cotabato City residents are treated to a view of the sunset along the Bai Walk in Barangay Kalanganan, about...
Voters who ‘sold’ votes in Surigao Sur go on mobile phone buying spree
Mobile phone stores at the Gaisano Grand Mall in San Francisco, Agusan del Sur were crowded by shoppers from the neighboring...
Bangsamoro chief congratulates presumptive president Marcos, Jr.
MILF chair Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, also known as BARMM Interim Chief Minister Ahod Ebrahim, rallies support for UBJP candidates during...
8 former and active media practitioners win poll bids in GenSan, South Cotabato
Voters at the Matina Aplaya Elementary School in Davao City strictly follow health protocols as everyone inside this precinct are wearing...
MILF wins in Cotabato City, loses big in Maguindanao
MILF chair Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, also known as BARMM Interim Chief Minister Ahod Ebrahim, rallies support for UBJP candidates during...
Families capture key posts in Sulu Archipelago
Sitti Djalia Turabin-Hataman, mayor of Isabela City in Basilan. Photo from Ms Hataman's FB page
ZAMBOANGA CITY...