Leonardo Vicente B. Corrales, known by the pen name "Cong," is the Editor-in-Chief of Mindanao Gold Star Daily. A journalist since 2008, he previously served as Deputy Director for the PCIJ Multimedia Desk. His investigative work on climate justice and peace initiatives has appeared in global outlets including Agence France-Presse, Reuters, and The Philippine Daily Inquirer.
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The National Economic and Development Authority offers free disinfectant at its entrance for its visitors at the agency’s Northern Mindanao office in Capistrano St., Cagayan de Oro City. Photo by Cong B. Corrales
A motorcycle with a sidecar moves on the highway in El Salvador City, a component city of Misamis Oriental. The Department of Interior and Local Government has ordered a ban on motorelas, motorcycles with sidecar, and tricycles or more commonly known as “bao-bao” from the highways across the country. (photo by Cong B. Corrales)
“Ang pagkakaiba, ikaw tapat sa idolo mo kaming mga pinatay at papatayin mo ay tapat sa isang prinsipyo. Hindi ka sundalo. Isa kang aso Tahol, Goyo, tahol!” - Manuel Bernal [Arthur Acuña] in Jerrold Tarog’s Goyong: Ang Batang Heneral (2018)
MY column today features particular stories of two mayors. Both rule on opposite ends of Northern Mindanao but are similar in how they deal with their subordinates or those they perceive to be below their stations and the towns they rule have been touted as industrial hubs of the region.
The Northern Mindanao office of the National Economic and Development Authority in downtown Cagayan de Oro as photographed on Monday at 10:15 am.
I USED to get annoyed whenever a dimwit finds its way into sober discussions on Facebook. Now, I just find ad hominem and non-sequitur arguments hilarious.
THIS is it! Malacanang is officially set to abrogate the Visiting Forces Agreement between our country and the US.
A ‘habal-habal’ driver waits at the Licoan junction in downtown Cagayan de Oro for passengers. Photo by Cong B. Corrales
A resident wears a surgical mask while walking in on Tiano Bros. St. in downtown Cagayan de Oro. The health department has officially confirmed on Thursday the very first case of the 2019 novel coronavirus infected Chinese woman from Wuhan, China, and several patients in the city were placed under observation by the Department of Health.
Riders park their motorcycles along Velez St., effectively encroaching the one-meter easement of the city’s main thoroughfare. Photo by Cong B. Corrales
THEY are back! After the troll brigade’s deafening silence since the 2019 novel coronavirus hit the country, they have been unleashed to social media platforms again. The gap can only be surmised that it took their handlers a long time to gather their wit’s after #oustduterte trended on Twitter Philippines for at least three consecutive days.
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — A 13-year-old student at Oro Christian Grace School in Macasandig narrowly escaped tragedy on Thursday after a classmate’s 9mm pistol accidentally discharged during a scheduled English class role-play. The victim, a resident of Barangay Kauswagan, sustained a gunshot wound to the stomach and was rushed to a nearby hospital, where she is currently in stable condition. Macasandig police chief Maj. Duyle Vembu Buenaflor confirmed that the firearm, which allegedly belongs to an Army colonel, was brought to school by a 7th-grade student. While students were expected to bring plastic toy guns for a "war games" activity, one student reportedly took his father's service weapon undetected by school security. Authorities are now investigating how the deadly weapon entered the campus and why there was a delay in reporting the incident to the police.