Ex-President Duterte on FVR: “great statesman, mentor, and friend”
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 31 July) – “A great statesman, mentor, and friend” was how former President Rodrigo Duterte described the late President Fide…
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Suspect in Uy’s killing nabbed
CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews / 31 July) — Wearing body-worn cameras, police operatives arrested a suspect in the November 2021 killing of the eldest son…
Foodpanda vows dialogues with riders; says it has yet to receive NLRC decision on illegal termination
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 31 July) — Foodpanda Philippines Inc. has vowed to continue holding dialogues with its active partner “delivery freelancers” …
A SOJOURNER’S VIEW: Mirahan – A Zamboanga gathering of book lovers
(An excerpt from the talk Brother Karl Gaspar delivered at the Books Zamboanga Fair held at the Ateneo de Zamboanga University last July 29, 2022) …
Salbabida
Lifebuoys of various shapes and sizes are being sold across the series of swimming pools of Timoga in Iligan City. More than a dozen pools have been…
Anti-dengue clean-up drive
Residents of Sitio Timoga in Barangay Buruun, Iligan City help out clean the canals early morning Saturday (30 July 2022) in the new city administra…
After a day’s work
After a day’s work in the world’s largest pineapple plantation in the province of Bukidnon, these women workers head for home to tend to their respe…
Prosecutors dismiss motion for reconsideration on P100-M libel suit vs media company
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 30 July) — Prosecutors once again dismissed a move by a former lawmaker to pursue a P100-million libel suit she file…
LATE BLOOMS: Fart In The Dark (A Social Commentary)
I woke up with a start when I heard a loud fart. The heck, it was dark but I could smell it was my fart! Sometimes we get shocked out of our com…
TAUSUG IN DOHA: Ina’, Ama’
Princess Tulawie-Suhuri lovingly looks on from behind as her husband, Sulu Board Member Al-Minzhen M. Suhuri lifts their firstborn child, Al-Zarqa…
NLRC-Davao finds Foodpanda guilty of illegal termination of seven delivery riders
Foodpanda riders in Davao City. MindaNews photo DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 29 July) – Foodpanda Philippines Inc. is guilty of illegally terminating l…
Contaminated street food caused diarrhea outbreak in Davao — health official
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 29 July) – Unhygienic street food had caused the outbreak of diarrhea in Toril District affecting a total of 217 people with…
FACT CHECK: Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe did not visit Davao City’s ‘Little Tokyo’ in 2017
The claims of several local publications and some social media pages that the slain former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited Barangay Minta…
TURNING POINT: A Sound Daydream
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews / 28 July) — “I know this in my mind, I know it in my heart, I know it in my very soul – THE STATE OF THE NATION…
Waiting for Father
Two children watch while their father quarries at Tubod River in Barangay Tubod, Iligan City on Thursday morning, 28 July 2022. MindaNews photo by B…
Midday fishing
A fisherman checks his net set in Lianga Bay, Suridao del Sur, hoping for a catch at midday on Wednesday, 27 July 2022. He managed to take home thre…
FACT CHECK: Senator Bato dela Rosa’s ‘Alsa Masa’ did not cannibalize Fr. Tullio Favali’s brain
In a post on Facebook on Tuesday, 26 July 2022, Eric HJ Mallonga claimed: “Bato’s Alsa Masa cannibalized Fr. Tullio Favali’s brain. Now he wants ROT…
Diarrhea outbreak in Davao City claims 5th victim
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 27 July) – The diarrhea outbreak in Toril District here has claimed its fifth victim, a 36-year-old man awaiting his wedding.…
BATANG MINDANAO: To continue to live for the hope of it all
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 27 July) – With just a few days left before Swifties begin their 31-day celebration of their national anthem, the song “augu…
2 Lumads arrested after SONA rally in Davao City
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 26 July) – Police authorities arrested on Monday two members of the Kabataan Partylist in Southern Mindanao Region shortly af…
TURNING POINT: Rice Sufficiency Program: What Makes our Neighbors Click?
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews / 26 July) – In taking the helm of the Department of Agriculture by himself, President BBM shows to all and sund…
Protest rallies in Davao, GenSan greet first SONA of Marcos
A handful members of progressive groups stage a protest in Davao City as President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. delivers his first State of the Nation Addr…
CDO mayor urges bar owners to ensure public safety following customer’s killing
A team of policemen inspects a bar along Corrales Avenue, Cagayan de Oro City on Saturday night, 23 July 2022, hours after a resident of Opol town, …
‘Pinoy Aquaman’ swim in US lake aborted due to rough waters
NO SURRENDER. Endurance swimmer and environment lawyer Ingemar “Pinoy Aquaman” Macarine endures the pain from countless stinging jellyfish as he cro…
Cotton candy vendor
A vendor sells cotton candy outside a concert venue in Buenavista, Agusan del Norte on the night of July 24, 2022, eve of the feast for St. James th…
After three terms as Lamitan City mayor, Rosita Furigay “wanted more time” with her family
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 25 July) – Three days before the end of her third and last term as mayor of Lamitan City, Rosita Furigay said she “wante…
Lamitan’s former mayor, 2 others killed in ADMU shooting
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 24 July) – Rosita Furigay, a former three-term mayor of Lamitan City in Basilan, her aide and a security guard were killed wh…
