Saturday, October 24, 2026

DOH strengthens hospital preparedness for El Niño

Central Mindanao Newswatch - local newspaper

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

Central Mindanao Newswatch - local newspaper

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

Central Mindanao Newswatch - local newspaper

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 […]

Bukidnon IP summit highlights unity, ancestral land protection

Central Mindanao Newswatch - local newspaper

MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon — Bukidnon Gov. Rogelio Neil P. Roque has called forgreater recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ rights, stronger self-governance and protection ofancestral lands as tribal leaders and communities gathered for the Regional Indigenous PeoplesSummit on October 21. In his message marking National Indigenous Peoples Month, Roque emphasized that lastingpeace and sustainable development could only […]

29 returning OFWs get ₱1.15-M Aid

Central Mindanao Newswatch - local newspaper

MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon — Twenty-nine returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs)received a total of ₱1.155 million in financial assistance during a reintegration fair in Bukidnonon October 20, as the government sought to help migrant workers rebuild their lives and findemployment at home The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Regional Office 10 organized the Bayanihan parasa Balikbayang […]

15 Bukidnon firms win DTI Bagwis awards

Central Mindanao Newswatch - local newspaper

MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon — Fifteen business establishments in Bukidnon have beenrecognized by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) for upholding consumer rights,promoting fair trade and delivering quality customer service. The DTI Bukidnon said the establishments received their awards during the DTI RegionalBagwis Awarding Ceremony on October 19, 2026, at the Limketkai Luxe Hotel in […]

P35-M deal links ube farmers to US

Central Mindanao Newswatch - local newspaper

MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon — Ube farmers in Bukidnon are poised to tap theinternational market under a P35-million investment partnership that seeks to establish a reliablesupply of the purple yam for export while giving growers access to farm inputs, technicalassistance and a guaranteed buyer. The five-year initiative was formalized through a memorandum of agreement signed on […]

DA, PIA build mobile-ready communicators for real-time agri news amid ElNiño threat

Central Mindanao Newswatch - local newspaper

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

Central Mindanao Newswatch - local newspaper

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 […]

In Kapulinagan, viewdeck and bunkhouse await birders who want to see Philippine Eagles fly

Central Mindanao Newswatch - local newspaper

MANOLO FORTICH, Bukidnon (October 11) – Bird watchers and raptor enthusiasts will soonhave an “ecocultural experience” at Mt. Kapulinagan here when the view deck and bunkhouseinaugurated last Monday will be open for their use early next year Visitors will experience the natural and cultural landscape of the community and the rituals andtraditions of the Bukidnon […]