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DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 28 January) — The two remaining unidentified cadavers believed to have been among the passengers and crew of the M/Bca Amejara will be temporarily buried at Ma-a Public Cemetery after the forensics team from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)-Davao failed to establish their identities through physical identification, according to an […]
UPDATED KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 28 January) — A Magnitude 5.4 tectonic earthquake before dawn Wednesday prompted the suspension anew of classes in all levels and work in government offices in the coastal towns of neighboring Kalamansig, Lebak, and Palimbang (Kalepa) in Sultan Kudarat province. Gov. Datu Pax Ali Mangudadatu issued Executive Order 98 directing […]
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 26 January) – Former President Rodrigo Duterte will face the International Criminal Court (ICC) on February 23 for the confirmation of charges, exactly five months after its original schedule on September 23. The September 23 hearing did not push through upon the request of Duterte’s lawyer, Nicolas Kaufman, who sought an […]
MindaNews / 26 January — More than a decade after the signing of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB), its implementation is lagging behind the global average for similar peace agreements, hampered by delayed decommissioning, slow amnesty uptake, and postponed regional elections, among others, an expert on international peace processes said. Madhav Joshi, research professor […]
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 25 January) — Teeth and bone samples were collected on Sunday from the five cadavers believed to have been among the missing passengers and crew members of the ill-fated M/Bca Amejara, to establish their identities through deoxyribonucleic acid or DNA testing. A sixth cadaver was recovered on Sunday afternoon in the […]
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 25 January) — A daring early Sunday morning ambush using a rocket-propelled grenade and targeting Shariff Aguak Mayor Akmad Ampatuan failed to kill the mayor but injured two of his escorts. Three of the suspected attackers riding in a white van, were killed during pursuit operations by a joint police-military team. This […]
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews / 25 January) – The lone survivor in the January 23 ambush in Munai, Lanao del Norte recalls they were ambushed by “more or less 10 young aggressive terrorists” while crossing a shallow river in Barangay Lininding. The 29-year old Dela Cruz narrated details of the ambush during his conversation with Armed […]
ISULAN, Sultan Kudarat (MindaNews / 19 January) — Kenram Palmoil Industries, Inc. (KPII), the country’s major crude palm oil producer with a manufacturing plant here, is all set to expand to Basilan, a province once notorious for the nefarious activities
Acquitted of a pork barrel scandal before, with fellow senator Jinggoy Estrada, the unrepentant and unscathed Bong Revilla figured again in an easy and quick money scheme to fill his pockets. This time, it’s on a P92.8 million ghost flood
(Tribute to Aida Rivera Ford by Jhoanna Lynn B. Cruz, UP Mindanao’s Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, on what would have been Ford’s 100th birthday on 22 January 2026. Cruz was in UP Diliman on that
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 24 January) – Make no mistake about it. The downing of Starlink would only delay but never deter the US attack on Iran. That, in itself, is not strategy. It is anthropology. It is the inherent
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Last of 2 parts | Read the 1st part KITCHARAO, Agusan del Norte (MindaNews / 7 December) — Another pressing threat to pijanga comes from catching the saguyon — the youngest, immature pijanga — which is considered illegal, according to Joyce Baclayo, senior aquaculturist of DA-BFAR Caraga “Saguyon, those are still baby pijanga. We’ve observed […]
A Facebook post by Radyo Birada Mati allegedly on super typhoon ‘Uwan’ is AI-generated. MindaNews is fact-checking this post as it has gathered at least 140 shares, 18 comments, and 195 reactions as of Sunday, 5:47 p.m. The post was
DAVAO CITY — Facebook page ‘Jay sonza’ has gone viral for supposed photos of the destruction in Manay, Davao Oriental caused by the double quakes that happened last October 10. Some of the photos are false, and have been reused
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 18 January) – The chair of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 14 January) – “Least risk.” Deputy Speaker Laisa Alamia of Basilan,
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 13 January) — The Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) finally passed a
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 02 December) — The Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) vowed to pass a
MUNAI, Lanao del Norte (MindaNews / 26 November) — Joint efforts by the municipal government
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 26 November) – The Commission on Elections’ (Comelec’s) release on Tuesday
MAKATI CITY (MindaNews / 23 November) – At least 800 members of the erstwhile rebel
MAKATI CITY (MindaNews / 21 Nov) – The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has pushed
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COMMENTARY: Term limits, not dynasties, deserve a second look
The proposed anti-dynasty bill (HB 6771 and SB 35) has once again ignited public debate on political reform. Its objective, which is to prevent a single family or clan from monopolizing public office, is both understandable and well-intentioned. Political dynasties,