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BFAR: Panguil Bay tests positive for red tide toxin
21+ hour, 26+ min ago (257+ words) Edward Yasay, BFAR Regional Director, said the bulletin was issued as a precautionary advice to the public to refrain from gathering, selling, and eating all types of shellfish and Acetes specie, locally known as'alamangorhiponfrom Panguil Bay, which are not safe…...
SC to USe P: pay P6 M to family of student who died in a campus fire
22+ hour, 38+ min ago (583+ words) DAVAO CITY(Minda News / 17 May 2026) "The Supreme Court En Banc has ordered the state-run University of Southeastern Philippines (USe P) here to pay P6, 450, 000 as indemnity to the parents of a freshman English major who died in a tragic fire incident 20 years…...
Teodoro: steel factory raided in Mis Or "will remain closed until the courts decide what to do with it"
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (415+ words) TAGOLOAN, Misamis Oriental (Minda News / 17 May 2026) "Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro on Saturday said the Philippine Sanjia Steel Corporation in Barangay Baluarte, Tagoloan town, Misamis Oriental "will remain closed until the courts decide what to do with it." Agents of the…...
FACT CHECK | Bayan Muna has not been disqualified by the COMELEC in 2025 polls
1+ year, 1+ week ago (706+ words) A supposed press statement from the Commission on Elections has circulated on various social media pages, with some posted on spoofed versions of media...
HR defenders call for reversal of Talaingod 13s conviction
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (317+ words) DAVAO CITY (Minda News / 25 December) " Human rights advocates are calling for the "immediate reversal" of the Court of Appeals" decision affirming the...
UPLM hits ex-Duterte admin official for latest red-tagging of Mindanawon lawyer
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (24+ words) CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (Minda News / 29 December)--The Union of Peoples" Lawyers in Mindanao (UPLM) has issued a statement condemning the red-tagging of...
Marcos backs two-year extension of amnesty program " NTF-ELCAC exec
3+ week, 2+ hour ago (23+ words) File photo shows MILF fighters in'Camp'Rajamuda'in Pikit, North Cotabato. Only'1, 240 MILF members have applied for amnesty. Minda News photo by BONG S. SARMIENTO'...
Environmental defenders, journalists tackle physical and digital repression in Mindanao
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (488+ words) Kat Dalon of Sabokahan identified indigenous communities defending ancestral lands, women organizers, environmental advocates opposing mining and plantations, Save Our Schools campaigners and educators, and human rights defenders among those most vulnerable to attacks. Dalon linked these attacks to the…...
DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVES | From BIMP-EAGA 1994 to'BIMP-EAGA VISION 2035
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (21+ words) DAVAO CITY (Minda News / 16 May) -- BIMP-EAGA began in March 1994 with the aim of reviving historic trade routes by turning remote and...
WHAT NOW, WEDNESDAY |When the Region Accelerates and the Philippines Slows
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (535+ words) TAGUIG CITY (Minda News /13 May) -- There are economic slowdowns that feel cyclical. Temporary. Recoverable with time, lower oil prices, or better global...