Magno takes oath as new MinDA chair - MindaNews
May 21, 2024 · Oath of office signed by Leo Tereso Abellera Magno, the newly-appointed chair of the Mindanao Developemnt Authority. Dureza was succeeded by Luwalhati Antonino (2010 to 2016). When Duterte took over as President in 2016, he named Abul Khayr Alonto as MinDA chair. Alonto took over in September 2016 but he passed away on May 9, 2022.
About Us - MindaNews
About MindaNews. MindaNews is the news service arm of the Mindanao Institute of Journalism. MindaNews was founded in 2001 by independent, professional Mindanawon journalists who left the country’s most widely-circulated Manila-based broadsheet to tell the stories of Mindanao from the lenses of Mindanao. With secondhand computers and funds ...
2 dead in landslide, thousands displaced by flash floods in Misamis ...
Dec 26, 2022 · CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 26 December) – Two persons were killed by a landslide while at least 45,000 residents spent Christmas Day in evacuation centers due to flash floods spawned by heavy rains in the two Misamis provinces in Northern Mindanao (Region 10) on Sunday. The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Region 10 said ...
Murad set to appoint local officials of BARMM’s 8 new towns
May 29, 2024 · Murad set to appoint local officials of BARMM’s 8 new towns. GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 29 May)—A committee has completed the review of credentials of those aspiring to lead the newly formed eight towns in the Special Geographic Areas (SGA) in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), an official said.
Journalists urged to foster peace in Mindanao - mindanews.com
Aug 27, 2021 · KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 27 August) — Media practitioners must play an active role in fostering peace in Mindanao, which, in the national consciousness, is considered the country’s war zone, a veteran Mindanawon journalist stressed Friday. Carolyn Arguillas, MindaNews editor-in-chief, stressed the important role of journalists in peace ...
Dengue claims 79 lives in Region 12 - mindanews.com
Nov 5, 2024 · KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews / 05 November) – Dengue-related deaths in Region 12 have reached 79 as of the end of October, as the surging cases are feared to breach epidemic records by the end of the year. The Department of Health (DOH)-Region 12 reported a total of 20,369 dengue cases in the region, also known as Soccsksargen, as of October 26 ...
Mayor Baste suspends classes in flooded areas in Davao
November 9, 2023. 1:02 pm. DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 9 Nov)—Mayor Sebastian Z. Duterte on Thursday has suspended all classes in all levels both in public and private schools in barangays affected by flooding due to a heavy downpour brought about by easterlies or localized thunderstorm on Wednesday evening. The flood at the junction of Bago ...
850 families displaced due to flooding in Davao City
October 26, 2021. 5:52 pm. DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 26 Oct)– Around 850 families were evacuated in some areas in Barangay Cabantian and Barangay Matina Crossing 74-A due to a massive flooding caused by a heavy downpour in Davao City on Monday evening. A street in Barangay Ubalde Agdao in Davao City remains inundated the morning after heavy ...
ANALYSIS: Notes on the NCIP resolution on ‘Lumad’
Mar 25, 2021 · The NCIP’s resolution claims that indigenous leaders are ‘clamoring’ for an end to the use of the name ‘Lumad’ to refer to the indigenous peoples of Mindanao. If there is such a clamor, then it is a very quiet one. I have been working with indigenous communities across Mindanao since the 1980s, and I have not encountered any ...
Shooting Mindanao: How the Press Reports Mindanao from a ...
Aug 23, 2022 · Shooting Mindanao: How the Press Reports Mindanao from a Photojournalist Viewpoint (Part 4 of 5) [This piece was first published in the book, “Transfiguring Mindanao: A Mindanao Reader” edited by Jose Jowel Canuday and Joselito Sescon (Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2022). The article opens Part V on “Mediating Truths, Contested ...