PNP chief, Bangsamoro officials tackle security prep for village polls
Police General Benjamin Acorda Jr. during the media interview after the security summit at the Bangsamoro Government Center in Cotabato City...
Rat infestations hit farms in 4 South Cotabato towns
South Cotabato. Map courtesy of Google
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 12 May) – Destructive rodents have invaded anew...
Marcos heads anti-insurgency body, VP Duterte is co-vice chair
Vice President Sara Duterte speaks to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Samal Island – Davao City...
2023 1st quarter GDP lowest in 7 quarters
Market goers flock to the vegetable section of the Bankerohan Market in Davao City on Thursday, 5 January 2023. MindaNews Photo
Agusan Sur festival seeks to inspire awareness on watershed preservation
Students donning their colorful Manobo attire perform in the Tribal Street Dancing along the main thoroughfares of San Francisco town last...
Inflation rate in BARMM down by 1%
Map of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao in relation to Mindanao. BARMM comprises the provinces of Maguindanao del Norte,...
South Cotabato forms El Niño task force
MindaNews file photo by FERDINANDH CABRERA
KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 11 May) – The provincial government of South...
Cotabato hospital to give additional relief for poor elderly patients
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 11 May) – Poor elderly patients admitted at the Cotabato Regional Medical Center (CRMC) here are getting additional...
Tawi-Tawi lass is soft tennis gold medalist in SEAG
Fatima Ayesha Amirul (R) with teammates in the Philippine women's soft tennis team. Photo courtesy of the Philippine Sports Commission
55 students in Maguindanao town fall ill from ‘pesticide exposure’ – doctor
Students of Mirab Elementary School in Upi, Maguindanao del Norte were rushed to a hospital Wednesday morning, 10 May 2023, allegedly...
Ex-Maguindanao governor Sajid Ampatuan gets another 28-year jail term for graft, malversation
Sajid Ampatuan (R) during the elections in 2016. MindaNews file photo
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 10 May...
Lumad leaders vow to protect ancestral domain from illegal selling of lands
DIGOS CITY (MindaNews / 9 May)—Tribal leaders vowed to protect their sacred ground from rampant selling of ancestral lands in Barangay Kapatagan...
3 boxers from Mindanao assured of bronzes in 32nd SEA Games
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 9 May) – Three boxers from Mindanao are now assured of bronze medals in the ongoing 32nd Southeast...
Environment groups laud decision to ban toxic chemicals in Geneva meeting
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 8 May) – Environmental groups here lauded the decision to ban certain highly toxic chemicals found in plastics...
Professional journalists can help curb proliferation of fake news, say practitioners
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 8 May) – Several media practitioners highlight the importance of professional journalists amid historical revisionism, proliferation of fake...
Mindanawon journalist is lone Filipino among 10 Dart Centre fellows
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 07 May) – A former reporter of ABS-CBN in Davao City who now heads the news division of...
How do journalists cover news?
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 07 May) -- How do journalists cover the news? Let the images in the photo exhibit answer you.
Mindanawon marathon runners bag silver and bronze in 32nd SEA Games
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 06 May) -- Mindanawon marathon runners from Tupi, South Cotabato and Malaybalay City bagged the silver and bronze medals...
Red-tagged CDO journalist files complaint vs Facebook
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 06 May) -- Journalist Leonardo Vicente “Cong” Corrales on Friday filed a complaint before the National...
Alleged mastermind behind ambush of Lanao del Sur Gov. Adiong killed
PARANG, Maguindanao del Norte (MindaNews / 05 May) — Combined police and military operatives in Lanao del Sur killed Wednesday the alleged...
IP advocates: no apostrophes in Blaan, Tboli
A Tboli girl shows ethnic handicrafts in Lake Sebu, South Cotabato. MindaNews file photo by H. MARCOS C. MORDENO
Appointed Maguindanao del Sur governor no longer opposing appointment of counterpart in Maguindanao del...
Maguindanao del Norte OIC Gov. Abdulraof Macacua in his temporary office in Cotabato City on Tuesday (11 April 2023). MindaNews photo...
NGCP energizes Mindanao-Visayas Interconnection Project
High-voltage direct current cables will connect the Lala Converter Station in Lanao del Norte to the Dumanjug Converter Station in Cebu....
French firm invests in PH’s first hydrogen plant in Zambo Sibugay
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 3 May) – The French company Hydrogène de France (HDF) will construct a P5-billion renewable-energy power plant in...
Crisis Group: Hasten decommissioning of MILF fighters, dismantle private armies for Bangsamoro peace deal...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 3 May) – With two years before the 2025 parliamentary elections and the end of the transition...
Former MILF warriors get birth certificates
CAMP BILAL, Munai, Lanao del Norte (MindaNews / 2 May) – Many former combatants of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) now...
Air strikes launched vs Dawlah Islamiya in Maguindanao
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 2 May)—The military has launched air strikes and ground assaults on a suspected lair of the Dawlah Islamiya...
Protesting workers stopped from entering CDO, held for hours under the sun
Cagayan de Oro City. Map courtesy of Google
CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews / 01 May) — Police stopped...
Progressive groups hit ‘worsening economic crisis,’ seek wage hike
Progressive groups call for a wage hike in a rally Monday, 1 May 2023, in Davao City. MindaNews photo by ANTONIO...
Davao City posts highest heat index in Mindanao on April 29 and 30
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 30 April) – Davao City registered the highest heat index in Mindanao on Saturday at 43 degrees Celsius...
Young Philippine Eagle spotted in Bukidnon
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 30 April) – A juvenile Philippine Eagle has been spotted in Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon, the Philippine Eagle Foundation...
Army commander to MILF: spare the civilians
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 30 April) -- The commander of 6th Infantry Division has warned warring base commands of the Moro Islamic...
Gaspar’s ‘Handumanan’ wins National Book Award for Spirituality and Theology
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 29 April) – Redemptorist Brother Karl Gaspar’s “Handumanan (Remembrance): Digging for the Indigenous Wellspring,” won Best Book in...
Davao’s traffic mgt office FB page hacked
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 27 April)—The official Facebook page of the Davao City Transport and Traffic Management Office (CTTMO) was hacked on...
COVID cases in Davao City still going up
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 27 April)— The number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Davao City is still increasing with a daily...
PH a hotspot of illegal trade in giant clams in Southeast Asia, says report
Infographic courtesy of Traffic
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 26 April) — The Philippines emerged as a hotspot in...
Farmers group calls on LGUs to campaign vs GM crops
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 25 April) – Farmer-led umbrella group Magsasaka at Siyentipiko para sa Pag-unlad ng Agrikultura (Masipag) has exhorted local...
Close to 2,000 jobs up for grabs in Davao job fair on May 1
Construction workers in Davao City. MindaNews file photo
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 25 April) – A total of...
Traditional Menuvu-Meranaw peace pact performance shines in Kaamulan 2023
One of the float parade entries during the 2023 Kaamulan Festival. MindaNews photo courtesy of Alphaeus B. Tulang
Worker dies after inhaling toxic gas during a pipe installation
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 23 April) – A worker of a contractor of the Davao City Bulk Water Supply Project died while three...
DCWD assures enough water supply despite El Nino
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 22 April) -- The Davao City Water District (DCWD) assured consumers that the supply of water will not be...
FEATURE: Unknown to many, tobacco farming thrives in Sarangani
ALABEL, Sarangani (MindaNews / 22 April) – From a simple bahay kubo, Jacquilyn Cobol-Layan and her family now live in a modest concrete...
5 days to go: NTC-Davao urges SIM card owners to beat registration deadline
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 21 April) – The National Telecommunications Commission - Davao Region (NTC-Davao) urged the public on Friday to register...
Civet poop coffee boosts livelihood, conservation in South Cotabato’s Mt. Matutum
A Philippine palm civet replica displayed at the processing plant of Greentropics Coffee Enterprise in General Santos City. Image by...
Miss Philippines Earth 2023 beauties wow Bukidnon residents
Candidates of Miss Philippines Earth 2023 walk the ramp clad in Bukidnon native dresses in Talakag town, Bukidnon on Wednesday night,...
Eid’l Fitr falls on April 22, says Bangsamoro Darul-Ifta’
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 20 April) – The Bangsamoro Darul-Ifta' in the Philippines, which serves as the Islamic Advisory Council of the...
Supreme Court issues writ of kalikasan against Golden Rice, Bt Eggplant
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 20 April) — The Supreme Court announced Wednesday that it has issued a writ of kalikasan against the...
Soldiers who survived ferry mishap off Basilan undergo counselling
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 19 April)—Twenty-three soldiers who survived the March 29 fire aboard M/V Lady Mary Joy 3 underwent in-house counselling...
Ex-PSG commander Durante arraigned
DAVAO CITY – Brig. Gen. Jesus P. Durante, the former Presidential Security Group (PSG) commander, and Col. Michael D. Licyayo, along with...
Court martial proceedings for Durante, et al. start Tuesday
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 18 April)—The court martial proceedings against Brig. Gen. Jesus P. Durante, former Presidential Security Group (PSG) commander, and...