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COTABATO CITY, October 19, 2025 — Bangsamoro Health Minister Dr. Kadil “Jojo” M. Sinolinding, Jr. lauded the medical team and volunteers behind the “All-In-One Surgical Mission” in the Special Geographic Area (SGA), Montawal, and Pagalungan, saying their work “transformed the lives of countless people of BARMM.” The mission, held fromContinue Reading
MANILA, Philippines – Stargazers are in for a rare celestial spectacle this week as two comets — Comet Lemmon (C/2025 A6) and Comet SWAN (C/2025 R2) — make their closest approach to Earth, coinciding with the peak of the Orionid meteor shower. Starting Monday night, October 20, and continuing throughContinue Reading
In 1988, a 19-year-old man in Vancouver pulled the trigger of a .22-caliber rifle against his own head — desperate to silence the tormenting thoughts that had ruled his life. He was not trying to make history. He only wanted relief. For years, he had been trapped in the cycleContinue Reading
IPIL, ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Region IX (DENR-IX) confirmed that a female Philippine crocodile (Crocodylus mindorensis), a critically endangered species, went missing from a privately managed wildlife facility in Barangay Poblacion, Guipos, Zamboanga del Sur. The facility, owned by Junevell O. Lamiing, operatesContinue Reading
COTABATO CITY – Thirty-seven indigent residents of the newly established municipality of Nabalawag in the Special Geographic Area (SGA) of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) underwent free ophthalmic surgeries last Friday, October 17, as part of a public service mission led by regional officials. The beneficiaries, allContinue Reading
COTABATO CITY, Philippines – The Ministry of Health (MOH) in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) has extended nutrition assistance to families affected by the 7.4-magnitude earthquake that struck Manay, Davao Oriental, on October 10. Working closely with the Department of Health–Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) Davao Region,Continue Reading
TUNGAWAN, Zamboanga Sibugay — The small, predominantly agricultural and coastal municipality of Tungawan is rarely at the center of provincial headlines. But on Sunday, October 19, it became the heart of a significant gathering that carried a message far louder than the hum of its tricycles and the waves thatContinue Reading
