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GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 6 Aug) — A health official in this city said the recent rise in reported human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases is not just a sign of increased infections, but of ...

Gun battle in Maguindanao ends up in a wedding A gun battle that sent residents in Barangay Sapakan, Mamasapano in Maguindanao del Sur scampering for safety last Friday ended with both sides of the ...

A Commission on Elections official attends to a young voter registering for the upcoming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) as hundreds trooped to the atrium of Robinsons Place in ...

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 5 August) — It was 7 p.m. on a Sunday, and the city was settling into its familiar evening rhythm. SIDEWALK CROWD. Joggers, passersby, and café patrons pause to watch ...

Fellows and guests of the Sox Writers Workshop engage with local poet Gerald “G!k” Galindez at a writers’ night in Barangay Rangayen in the municipality of Alamada, Cotabato on Tuesday (29 July 2025).

A farmer pedals his way home through coconut trees and lush greenery in Baguir, Libungan, North Cotabato, late Saturday afternoon. MindaNews photo by ALLIZAH KEZIAH MANULAT ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur (MindaNews / 5 Aug) — Agusan del Sur has emerged as the leader in literacy rates in the Caraga Region, according to the 2024 Functional Literacy, Education, and Mass ...

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/August 5) — A city councilor here who was among the petitioners against the impeachment case on Vice President Sara Duterte said she and her fellow petitioners are “always ready” ...

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 5 Aug) — Starting August 18, the city government of General Santos will begin apprehending tricycles operating without valid franchises or expired motorized tricycle ...

A worker dehusks coconuts in Barangay La Casa, Hinatuan town, Surigao del Sur on Tuesday (29 July 2025). He earns ₱1,000 for every 500 coconuts he dehusks. MindaNews photo by IVY MARIE MANGADLAO ...

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/04 August) — Government employees here are expected to start wearing ethnic-inspired barong uniforms every Monday “later this year,” following a city ordinance passed three years ...