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ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 23 August 2026) — The Board of Trustees of the Ateneo de Zamboanga University (ADZU) on Saturday approved a resolution enhancing security measures in its three campuses here, ADZU President Fr. Ernald Andal said. Andal posted on the ADZU’s social media page that enhanced security measures include long-term improvements and a comprehensive […]
A girl sent on an errand to buy ice for lunch during an extremely warm Sunday (23 August 2026) rushes to her home in the hinterlands of Barangay Kiwalan in Iligan City. MindaNews photo by BOBBY TIMONERA
TAGUIG CITY (MindaNews / 23 August) — There is something almost cruel about being warned of drought while watching floodwater rise. In August, we look at swollen creeks, drenched farms, overflowing drainage canals and afternoon skies that seem capable of emptying an ocean over us. Somewhere a farmer is praying for the rain to stop. […]
CAGAYAN DE ORO (MindaNews / 23 August 2026) — Published Messenger messages, chat logs, and direct messages (DMs) between public officials and journalists do not constitute Data Privacy Act violations if they involve public concerns or the functions of public office. This was the ruling by the Office of the City Prosecutor here as it dismissed […]
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 22 August 2026) – There are only 1,295 security personnel for over 1.1 million enrollees this year in almost 2,000 schools in Region 11 under the Department of Education (DepEd). The data was based on the agency’s “School Safety and Security Audit Round 2 Tracker” as of August 10 this year, […]
ILIGAN CITY (MindaNews / 22 August 2026) – Three individuals working at an illegal mining site in Sitio Binasan, Barangay Rogongon in Iligan City were arrested during a joint law enforcement operation Wednesday. Major Jhon Paul Abang, chief of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group Iligan Field Unit, said there were around 100 workers but […]
MAKATI CITY (MindaNews / 22 August 2026) – There is a word that keeps hovering over this war even when nobody says it directly. Surrender. Washington does not usually use it. The preferred vocabulary is more polished: pressure, compliance, disarmament, deterrence, economic isolation. Tehran uses a different vocabulary: dignity, sovereignty, steadfastness, resistance. But underneath both […]
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 22 August 2026) – Warrants of arrest were issued Thursday by the Regional Trial Court – Branch in Isabela City, Basilan against 15 suspects in connection to an alleged sea attack on May 12 last year that left three people dead. Ordered arrested for multiple counts of murder, frustrated murder, and […]
Narciso Suasola inspects the salt being dried in Purok Gumamela, Barangay Baon, San Isidro, Davao Oriental on Friday, 21 August 2026. MindaNews photo by GREGORIO BUENO
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 21 August 2026) – Ateneo de Zamboanga University is looking at what more can be done to protect its students and personnel even if authorities have ruled out conspiracy behind Tuesday’s shooting inside its junior high school campus that led to the deaths of two students, University President Fr. Ernald Andal, […]
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 21 August 2026) – The annual Davao Association of Catholic Schools (DACS) Sports and Cultural Meet has been postponed following the shooting Tuesday inside the Ateneo de Zamboanga University (AdZU) Junior High School campus. In a statement published Thursday on the official Facebook page of Ateneo de Davao University Senior High […]
ZAMBOANGA CITY (MindaNews / 21 August 2026) – Schools in Zamboanga City heightened the monitoring of their students following the discovery of threatening social media posts shortly after Tuesday’s tragic shooting incident inside the Ateneo de Zamboanga University (AdZU) Junior High School Campus. Abelardo Brutas Jr., principal of Maria Clara Lorenzo Lobregat National High School, […]
MindaNews / 21 August 2026 – Article I of the Articles of Impeachment against Vice President Sara Duterte alleges misuse of confidential funds by the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Department of Education (DepEd) under Duterte as secretary. The confidential funds in question totaled P500 million for the OVP and P112.5 million […]
Local media who will cover the first Bangsamoro Parliamentary Elections on 14 September 2026 cast their votes in a mock election during the first day of the three-day media safety seminar at the headquarters of the Army’s 4th Infantry Division headquarters in Cagayan de Oro City on Wednesday (19 August 2026). MindaNews photo by RICHEL V. UMEL
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 20 August 2026) — With less than a month to go before the first Bangsamoro Parliamentary Elections, the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFOMS) announced it will establish media monitoring centers in the cities of Cotabato and Marawi. Undersecretary Jose Torres Jr., executive director of the PTFOMS, told […]
