Magno takes oath as new MinDA chair - MindaNews
WEBMay 21, 2024 · 10:40 pm. DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/21 May) – Leo Tereso Abellera Magno took his oath as the new chair of the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) on Tuesday morning in Malacanang, replacing Ma. Belen Sunga-Acosta, whose six-year term is supposed to end in January 2028. The night before Magno took his oath before Executive Secretary Lucas ...
Marawi Compensation Board eyes compensating 2,500 claimants …
WEBOct 16, 2023 · DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 15 October) — The Marawi Compensation Board (MCB) aims to compensate next year 2,500 claimants out of 11,200 validated owners of structures destroyed in 2017 during the five-month war in Marawi City between government forces and the Islamic State-inspired Maute and Abu Sayyaf groups.
Timonera is MindaNews’ new editor in chief
WEBMay 27, 2023. 12:52 am. DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 26 May) – Journalist Robert “Bobby” Timonera is taking over as editor in chief of MindaNews effective June 1, 2023 while outgoing EIC Carolyn O. Arguillas is moving on to head its Publications, Archives and Library. This was announced by Romer “Bong” Sarmiento, acting President of the ...
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About Us - MindaNews
WEBAbout 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 ...
SPECIAL REPORT: After 3 years, BARMM-funded projects now …
WEBSeptember 18, 2022. 10:38 am. COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 17 September) – Three years after the establishment of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), residents of Cotabato City are finally feeling they are part of the region as projects funded by the regional government are now welcomed by the city’s officials.
Iligan begins San Miguel fiesta rites with limited crowd
WEBSep 20, 2021 · He said the Diocese of Iligan will start its nine-day Novena in honor of St. Michael at 5:30 p.m. Monday. Among those in the crowd was Lourdes Alivio, 59, of Barangay Hinaplanon, who carried her 18-year-old images of San Miguel and Santo Niño. “They are the source of our strength, especially during the …
Before Odette, Mindanao’s ‘bakwit’ population was 23,730 families ...
WEBDAVAO CITY (MindaNews /17 January) – Before super typhoon ‘Odette’ unleashed its fury and displaced thousands of residents in northeastern Mindanao on December 16, a total of 23,730 families or approximately 116,661 individuals continued to be displaced as of November 30, 2021 due to armed conflicts, earthquakes, clan feud and typhoon, according to the November 2021 Mindanao Displacement ...
51 houses destroyed in Iligan fire - MindaNews
WEBAug 20, 2021 · ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews / 20 August) – A three-hour fire on Thursday razed 51 houses in Purok 1, a coastal village of Buruun, about 15 kilometers west of Iligan City. In a radio interview here on Friday morning, Buruun barangay chair Marianita Paradela said the blaze affected 85 families who are now being housed at the barangay gymnasium.
A SOJOURNER’S VIEW: A watershed of stories - mindanews.com
WEBJun 17, 2022 · Datu Mehong is a story that explores the legend of the leader Apo Mehong Bacuňata, recounting his skills as healer and warrior. And The New Volcano recalls how an old man was marginalized by the maneuverings of the ecclesiastical powers occurring during the time when the Old Volcano erupted in 1871.