DOH strengthens hospital preparedness for El Niño
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — The Department of Health (DOH) is strengthening hospitals’readiness for El Niño by ensuring adequate water supplies, electricity, medical supplies, andcontingency measures to keep health facilities operational and protect vulnerable populationsfrom heat-related illnesses during prolonged dry conditions. The preparations align with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s directive during an Oct. 13meeting […]
OWWA-led Bagong Pilipinas caravan serves over 1,000 Bukidnon OFWs
SAN FERNANDO, Bukidnon — More than 1,000 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and theirfamilies accessed government and private-sector services through the ‘Alagang OWWA SerbisyoCaravan’ in San Fernando on October 9, including welfare assistance, healthcare, legalconsultations, and livelihood support. Led by the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Region 10 and the Overseas WorkersWelfare Administration (OWWA), the caravan […]
Valencia City intensifies Bakuna Eskwela, brings free vaccines to public schools
VALENCIA CITY, Bukidnon — The City Health Office (CHO) is bringing free vaccines topublic school learners throughout October under its monthlong Bakuna Eskwela campaign toprotect children against measles, rubella, tetanus, diphtheria, and human papillomavirus (HPV). Running from October 1 to 31, the school-based immunization campaign supports the nationalgovernment’s preventive healthcare efforts by bringing recommended vaccines […]
DA, PIA build mobile-ready communicators for real-time agri news amid ElNiño threat
MALAYBALAY CITY — The Department of Agriculture–Regional Field Office 10 (DA-10)and the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Northern Mindanao trained information officers,media partners, and department personnel in mobile journalism on October 1–2 at the NorthernMindanao Agricultural Crops and Livestock Research Complex in Barangay Dalwangan tospeed up accurate agricultural news delivery and help farmers receive timely advisories […]
Bagong Pilipinas drive empowers Northern Mindanao’s nutrition scholars
MALAYBALAY CITY — Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS) from across Northern Mindanaogathered in Malaybalay City for a three-day regional conference to strengthen their skills inmonitoring child growth, assessing nutritional status, supporting proper feeding, and counselingfamilies on healthy practices, helping bring improved nutrition services closer to communitiesunder the Bagong Pilipinas agenda. The 9th Regional BNS Conference, held […]
DPWH imposes one-lane traffic in major Bukidnon highway bridge
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (13 October 2026) — The Department of Public Works andHighways in Region 10 has enforced a one-lane traffic flow on the Atugan Bridge in themunicipality of Impasugong in Bukidnon starting Tuesday, October 13. DPWH-10 advised motorists driving light vehicles with a gross weight of up to five tons to usethe Impasugong–Patulangan […]
Central Mindanao University grad tops foresters licensure exam
A graduate of Central Mindanao University took the top spot in the licensure examination forprofessional foresters, given earlier this month. According to the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC), 1,406 test takers out of 1,892passed the exam, given by the Board for Foresters at test enters in Metro Manila, Baguio, Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, […]
Landslide-hit Agusan-Bukidnon trade route unlocked after redesign
SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur — Government engineers are carrying out major repairs tostabilize a landslide-hit mountain highway linking Butuan City in Agusan del Norte andBukidnon province, a key route expected to boost agricultural trade between Caraga andNorthern Mindanao. The road project runs along the Butuan City–Malaybalay road corridor in Tungao, Butuan City,connecting Sitio Danapa […]
Tourism generates more jobs, livelihood opportunities in Northern Mindanao
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Tourism growth in Northern Mindanao is creating more jobs andlivelihood opportunities, with tourism-related employment rising from 5,869 in 2025 to 7,134 in2026, according to the Department of Tourism in Northern Mindanao (DOT-10). DOT-10 Tourism Operations Officer Jerome G. Abragan said the figures show how tourismcontributes to local economies beyond visitor […]
PBBM youth agenda backs DepEd Bukidnon’s rehab, protocol for CICL learners
MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon — DepEd Bukidnon is aligning its intervention andeducational continuity protocols for children in conflict with the law (CICL) with PresidentFerdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s national youth welfare agenda, partnering with social welfare agenciesto ensure juvenile offenders receive proper rehabilitation without losing access to schooling Dr. Nancy B. Panistante, chief education supervisor of DepEd […]