The fashion designers said they 'felt disrespected, dishonored, and disregarded by these team of handlers' Neil Patrick Jimlani, together with fellow Mindanao-based fashion designers Mark Joseph Sayad, Aries Buenvenida, Nicky de Asis, and Richard Pulatche, expressed their disappointment on a team...
I grew up a child of the energy industry in the 80s when Mindanao was frontier lands for electrification. I understood from a very young age how precious electricity was because where I lived, not everyone had it. And yet four decades on, still, not everyone has it. The Philippines fell short in...
The Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) has highlighted infrastructure projects under the Duterte administration that aim to give focus on news and information coming from regions in the country other than Metro Manila. PCOO Secretary Martin Andanar ( Photo from Martin Andanar's...
The third installment of Mindanao Art Fair will happen this coming October Mindanawon art and culture is alive and thriving even during this pandemic time. A testament to that is the upcoming Mindanao Art Fair 2021, which is now on its third year. This time around, the fair will revolve around the...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has continued assisting micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) through its Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program (SETUP) amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Northern Mindanao Federation of Dairy Cooperatives Facebook page) The...
Anak Mindanao (AMIN) Partylist Rep. Amihilda Sangcopan has called for an end to forced and fixed child marriages that remain a practice in the Philippines, more particularly in areas in Mindanao. Child marriage Sangcopan aired the appeal as she reiterated the call for the swift passage of...
Students of the University of Mindanao-Digos College (UMDC) in Davao del Sur have developed an Automotive Multifunction Tester and Supply (AMTS) prototype that seeks to aid vehicle electricians and technicians in performing repairs and maintenance services. (DOST Region XI Facebook page) The...
Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) wants to reduce the dependence of local canned sardines makers on imported tomato paste and sauce coming from China by re-aligning the government agency’s massive vegetable development program, which will now prioritize tomato production. Mindanao...
The Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Textile Research Institute (DOST-PTRI) has announced that four new silkworm hybrids have been developed in Northern Mindanao and are expected to be officially launched for commercial use by the end of this year. New Philippine silkworm hybrids...
More than 312,000 families affected by imposition of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Western Visayas and Northern Mindanao have received their “special” cash assistance from the government. (Photo by Ali Vicoy/MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)...
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake rocked parts Mindanao early Thursday morning. Phivolcs The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said strong temblor took place at 1:46 a.m. Its epicenter was estimated at 95 kilometers southeast of Governor Generoso in Davao Oriental. The...
Two wildlife biologists found a Pahiopedilum haynaldianum , also known as lady’s slipper orchid, in a “local garden in the village adjacent to the forest somewhere in the Mount Busa Key Biodiversity Area.” Kier Mitchel E. Pitogo, resident wildlife biologist of the Protected Area...
