Bong S. Sarmiento

Philippines

Correspondent and Editor at Freelance

Journalist. No such thing as free lunch.

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Articles

Café on a Bike

3 weeks ago | mindanews.com | Bong S. Sarmiento

A young man ventures into a pop-up motorcycle café that offers cold and hot drinks, including coffee, on Wednesday (23 April 2025). Just on its second day, Roll’n Brew is located along the highway near the Koronadal City Hall in South Cotabato. MindaNews photo by BONG S. SARMIENTO
Pro-environment coalition endorses nine “green candidates” on Earth Day

3 weeks ago | mindanews.com | Bong S. Sarmiento

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 22 April) – The Green Thumb Coalition (GTC) backed the candidacies of nine senatorial candidates and party-list groups on Tuesday, Earth Day, for their “pro-environment platforms.” The GTC, which is composed of various environmental and rights- and church-based groups, endorsed the bids of “alternative” senatorial bets David D’ Angelo (Bunyog Pagkakaisa Party), 2021 Ramon Magsaysay awardee Roberto “Ka Dodoy” Ballon (independent), Roy Cabonegro (Democratic...
Good Friday in Tacurong

3 weeks ago | mindanews.com | Bong S. Sarmiento

Youth volunteers cover an image of Jesus Christ carrying the cross at the Nuestra Señora Candelaria Parish Church in Tacurong City, Sultan Kudarat on Good Friday, 18 April 2025. MindaNews photo by BONG SARMIENTO
New P3.2-B investments in BARMM projected to create 1,200 jobs

1 month ago | mindanews.com | Bong S. Sarmiento

(MindaNews / 12 April) – The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) has attracted fresh investments worth P3.2 billion, which are projected to create at least 1,200 new jobs, an official said. Mohamad Omar Pasigan, chairperson of the Bangsamoro Board of Investments (BBOI), said the newly-approved investments already exceeded the region’s annual target of P3 billion. “This achievement highlights the growing appeal of the Bangsamoro region to investors,” he said in a statement.
Sweet Corn

1 month ago | mindanews.com | Bong S. Sarmiento

A boy arranges fresh sweet corn sold for P30 / kg in the outskirts of Koronadal City, the capital of South Cotabato and seat of government of Region 12, on 11 April 2025. MindaNews photo by BONG S. SARMIENTO
Aboitiz InfraCapital gears up for major facelift of Laguindingan Airport

1 month ago | mindanews.com | Bong S. Sarmiento

(MindaNews / 10 April) — The infrastructure arm of the Aboitiz Group is gearing up for the modernization of the Laguindingan International Airport (Laguindingan Airport) in Misamis Oriental as it officially takes over Mindanao’s second busiest airport within this month. Aboitiz InfraCapital, Inc.
Alsons Dev markets mid-cost Mahogany South residences in Davao

1 month ago | mindanews.com | Bong S. Sarmiento

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 08 April) – Mahogany South, a residential project of Alsons Development and Investment Corporation (Alsons Dev), is rising in Tugbok District, Davao City. Miguel Rene A. Dominguez, Alsons Dev President and CEO, said the Mahogany South project forms part of the company’s mission to develop high-quality, sustainable communities in Mindanao.
Stable power supply for M’danao until ‘25

1 month ago | businessweekmindanao.com | Bong S. Sarmiento

THE Mindanao grid will have more than enough power supply for the entire island this summer or until the second quarter of 2025, and can even export to the Visayas, an international climate and energy think tank said.
Power Mac Center opens branch in KCC Mall of Cotabato, first in the BARMM

1 month ago | mindanews.com | Bong S. Sarmiento

(MindaNews / 05 April) – Power Mac Center (PMC), the premiere and leading Apple product reseller in the Philippines, is now present in all of the 18 regions of the country, with its latest branch operating at the newly-opened KCC shopping mall in Cotabato City. The Loop store and Mobile Care, located at the second floor of KCC Mall of Cotabato, are the PMC’s pioneering Apple retail and service branches in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
Stable power supply projected for Mindanao until June 2025

1 month ago | mindanews.com | Bong S. Sarmiento

(MindaNews / 04 April) – The Mindanao grid will have more than enough power supply for the entire island this summer or until the second quarter of 2025, and can even export to the Visayas, an international climate and energy think tank said.