Iligan’s Sikyop Adventure: exploring underground river, canyoneering and more
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews / 17 September) -- Underground river, Pagangon Falls, wild orchids in a rainforest, canyoneering and more await you on your Sikyop...
After 2 years, street dancing is back in CDO
CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews / 27 August) -- Carnival street dancing is back in Cagayan de Oro’s fiesta celebration after two years...
Swiss NGO founder to complete one year of fundraising walk to the Philippines
BERN, Switzerland (MindaNews / 23 August) -- Thomas Kellenberger, the Swiss who started a foundation for children in the Philippines, will...
Siargao hosts National Dragon Boat regatta
SIARGAO ISLAND, Surigao del Norte (MindaNews / 10 July) -- More than two years after the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns and six months after Super...
Dispatches from Paradise: Journeys across Tawi-Tawi and Sulu
(Bangsamoro Local Governments Minister Naguib Sinarimbo managed to find time to write down notes on the inaugural Philippine Airlines’ Cotabato to Tawi-Tawi...
Sulu general to tourists: be our guests
PATIKUL, Sulu (MindaNews / 11 June) -- Be our guests.
A ranking military official in Sulu province is inviting...
Air travel within BARMM starts with Cotabato – Tawi-tawi route
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 06 June) -- After a seven-month postponement, Philippine Airlines (PAL) will finally serve starting June 9 the Cotabato-Tawi-tawi-Cotabato route twice...
Tawi-tawi: a destination you must choose to see
MIDSAYAP, North Cotabato (MindaNews / 06 June) -- With our travel fund expiring in days, choosing our destination after two years of...
On the island of Camiguin, a volcano is coming back to life
CAMIGUIN (MindaNews / 19 May) -- On the island of Camiguin in Mindanao, a volcano is coming back to life.
From a tumultuous past, Palimbang is now an emerging tourist spot
PALIMBANG, Sultan Kudarat (MindaNews / 27 April) – This Moro-dominated town is starting to rise from notoriety and obscurity, luring visitors with the slogan...
Siargao’s Sugba Lagoon closes for a month for rehab
GENERAL LUNA, Siargao Islands (MindaNews / 05 January) -- For the fourth year now, a popular tourist destination in Del Carmen town in Siargao...
Siargao town first in Surigao del Norte to ban use of plastic bags
PILAR, Siargao Island (MindaNews / 11 March) -- Single-use plastic bags are no longer allowed in this town, the first to do so in...
Ozamiz City: from a violent past, to a destination for tourists, pilgrims
OZAMIZ CITY (MindaNews / 03 March) -- Seven months after the brutal slaying of Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog and 14 of his relatives in an...
Yoga on Wheels: Mindanao’s fitness program with a twist
BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews / 03 March) -- I consider my involvement with Hatha yoga both as a practitioner and leader as a journey to...
MindaNews editor wins Iligan promotional video contest
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 7 October) – MindaNews editor Bobby Timonera won the grand prize in a filmmaking contest featuring promotional videos of his...
Thousands join Dapitan’s Kinabayo merrymaking
DAPITAN CITY (MindaNews / 25 July) – This city brimmed with colors and sounds Tuesday as it culminated its weeklong Kinabayo Festival 2017.
Known as...
Visitors flock to South Cot’s sunflower field
TUPI, South Cotabato (MindaNews/10 June) – Visitors have been flocking to a new tourist attraction here that features a sunflower field, the first of...
Falling in love again with Kalamansig’s Balut Island
BALUT ISLAND, Kalamansig, Sultan Kudarat (MindaNews / 07 January) -- I have high standards in choosing a beach destination in summer or any other...
TRAVEL: What you don’t see and hear in Suhoton
I was privileged to cover the Siargao International Surfing Cup (now on its 22nd year) last week. For a non-surfer, however, I tend to...
A VALENTINE SPECIAL: Will you give online dating a chance?j
The use of technology—from social media to dating apps and websites—has undeniably changed the way people interact and establish relationships.
Smartphone dating app Tinder, for...
TRAVEL Surigao City’s ‘thrill’ mountain
SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews / 2 Oct) – First, you need to have strong knees. But worry not, the ascending footsteps that are threatening vertical...
In Bislig City : An abandoned paper mill and boating in Bislig River
BISLIG CITY (MindaNews / 1 Sep) – All this time but until now, Bislig City was all Tinuy-an Falls to me. I was here...
Portrait of a Mindanaoan solo world traveler
BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews / 12 Aug) – By any standard, Helen Langanlangan of Butuan City fits the mold of a veteran solo world traveler.
Over...
Where will you party this Kadayawan?
DAVAO CITY – The answer shouldn't be difficult: Arcadia Electronic Music Festival (AEMF) on August 21 and August 22.
Get ready as Manic Nightnings Productions this...
A horsemanship school like no other
CABADBARAN CITY, Agusan del Norte (MindaNews / 3 Aug) – "When are we going to see the horses again?" Aryana, my four-year-old apo asked...
The model is a poet
BUTUAN CITY (MindaNews/14 July) -- Andre Libby Pena may not have been born when Gemith Gemparo, an island girl turned model from Siargao won...
Indulge in international flavors in Seda Abreeza
DAVAO CITY – The Seda Chef Exchange Program brings in another premier chef this June to feature international dishes – Seda BGC’s Executive Chef...
How would you introduce Mindanao to the universe? (and other questions with another Mindanawon...
It's easy to see why everyone is excited about Pia Wurtzbach who will represent the country for the upcoming Miss Universe pageant: her easy...
Seda Chef Exchange Program brings Nuvali’s Exec Sous Chef to Davao
Seda Nuvali’s Executive Sous Chef Danny Gallardo comes to Seda Abreeza to showcase his expertise in Japanese food and buffet.
DAVAO CITY – Seda Abreeza...
Visit Davao Fun Sale end with summer parties
DAVAO CITY – To culminate the Visit Davao Fun Sale tourism sale program organized by the Department of Tourism-11, Davao City Tourism Office and...
VDFS throws simultaneous EDM parties to culminate
DAVAO CITY – Organizers of the Visit Davao Fun Sale have teamed up with two of the city's hottest night spots in bringing to...
More fun per use of Visit Davao Fun Sale mobile app
DAVAO CITY – To saturate the market for the Visit Davao Fun Sale (VDFS), organizers launched the Visit Davao City Lifebit App, which serves...
AsNTM3: Lagua: Too commercial? No problem
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 29 Apr) – Too commercial? No problem.
That was what Franchesca Denise Lagua told MindaNews in an interview after last week's...
OIC Sec-Gen’s son makes quick visit to Davao, Samal tourist spots
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 20 April) -- “I enjoyed it very much,” Architect Ahmed Madani, son of Secretary-General Iyad Ameen Madani of the Organisation...
Davao’s massive sale event returns
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 17 April) – Davao City's massive sale event returns this year and promises tourists and visitors fun that goes beyond...
MAS LINGAW SA MINDANAW: Go zipline riding in Aliwagwag Falls
Karen Lou Deloso / Davao Oriental Provincial Information Officer
DAVAO ORIENTAL (MindaNews/11 April) – The Provincial Government of Davao Oriental opened on Sunday, April 5,...
Will a Davaoeña be Asia’s Next Top Model?
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/23 March) -- The return of Asia's Next Top Model for its third season puts the spotlight on not one but three...
Authentic Italian flavors at Italianni’s
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/28 February)--On some days, when I want to take things slow, I enjoy good food by learning about foreign dishes and discovering...
Aldevinco shopping center celebrates half a century of Mindanao, shopping, and heritage
In 1963, Conrado Alcantara and his wife, Ladislawa, took one look at an 8,370 square meter property along Claveria Avenue (now Claro M. Recto)...
Flavors of the American South find home in Davao’s Huckleberry
Huckleberry Southern Kitchen and Bar is now open and ready to serve a contemporary taste of the American South. Southern cuisine is known as...
Where do broken phones go?
It's time to rethink our mobile phone choices. Again.
This time, it's not going to be about which brand or model to buy. It's going...
Tap to start: A look into PH’s gaming industry, and where the devs are...
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/20 September) -- Psychedelic graphics of console titles and mind-bending mechanics of mobile puzzle games would make anyone think that the gaming...
Davaoeno children’s book illustrator designs for Brazilian flip-flop brand
This year's Make Your Own Havaianas (MYOH) returned to Davao with its usual colorful and summery vibe.
On top of the extensive range of colorful...
Inaul-centric Mindanao fashion
The people of Cotabato City take pride in the Inaul because it represents their vibrant cultural heritage. The understated elegance of the fabric and...
‘Don’t forget fashion when covering Mindanao’
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/21 July) -- Being located way down south of the country, Mindanao is undeniably perceived as a backwater when it comes to...
Surf’s up in Siargao’s Cloud 9 for better tourism
GENERAL LUNA, Siargao Island (MindaNews/11 June) -- Some 20 surfers lined up at Cloud 9 surfing spot in Barangay Catangnan shortly after lunch time...
Tawsuvan Falls’ unchanged beauty
MAGPET, North Cotabato (MindaNews/13 May) -- Nestled in lush vegetation, Tawsuvan Falls in Barangay Bongolanon is perhaps the most popular among its cousins on...
Living, learning in Laos
VIENTIANE, Laos (MindaNews/2 May) -- Always in tandem, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Communist Party flags were the first things that struck me...
The Philippine Terno finds home in Vietnam’s first Ao Dai museum
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (MindaNews/15 April) -- A Vietnamese rendition of the Philippines' national costume is one of the featured dresses in Vietnam's...
The wired Hanoi
It doesn't take a lot of effort to be in the know in Hanoi. I learned this the hard way because I didn't turn...