# MindaNews

> MindaNews is a news source in the TOLD catalogue, based in Philippines. TOLD classifies its editorial position as **Balanced**.

- **Domain:** mindanews.com
- **Website:** https://mindanews.com
- **Country:** Philippines
- **Region:** Asia
- **Language:** English (with occasional Cebuano, Filipino and Obo-Manobo in column titles)
- **Editorial position on TOLD:** Balanced
- **Founded:** 2001 (first dispatch 25 May 2001; daily publishing from February 2003)

## About

The Philippine outlet least interested in Manila is the one that publishes the Supreme Court's Bangsamoro rulings in full. Its opinion pages will run a demand to abolish the anti-communist task force and, weeks later, a case that the vice-president's impeachment reads like persecution, which is only a contradiction if you insist on a left and a right. Eight of every ten stories are datelined in Mindanao.

## Profile

- **Ownership:** Published by the Mindanao Institute of Journalism, Inc., a non-stock, non-profit corporation registered with the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission in January 2017; it began in 2001 as the Mindanao News and Information Cooperative Center, a journalists' cooperative. Co-founder Roberto D. Timonera has been editor-in-chief since June 2023 and co-founder Carolyn O. Arguillas sits on the board. There is no party, state, church or corporate owner.
- **Funding:** News-service subscriptions, book sales, display advertising and grants from non-state funders only; the outlet states it accepts no money from politicians or from domestic or foreign states. Named supporters include an American democracy endowment, a United Nations cultural body, a media-development organisation and a fact-checking network grant. No amounts are published.
- **Focus areas:** Mindanao news, the Bangsamoro autonomous region and the peace process, indigenous peoples' rights, environment and extractive industry, disasters and climate, regional economy and agriculture, plus a standing signed-column section.


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## Latest headlines

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- [MIND DA NOISE | Alyas Heroes Day](https://mindanews.com/mindaviews/2026/08/mind-da-noise-alyas-heroes-day/) — 2026-08-31T08:38:01.000Z
- [September for the Bangsamoro: 30th anniversary of GPH-MNLF final peace pact; 1st BARMM elections](https://mindanews.com/peace-process/2026/08/september-for-the-bangsamoro-30th-anniversary-of-gph-mnlf-final-peace-pact-1st-barmm-elections/) — 2026-08-31T07:00:53.000Z
- [BARMM parties at 1st election debate to voters: be part of history, vote for your future](https://mindanews.com/peace-process/2026/08/barmm-parties-at-1st-election-debate-to-voters-be-part-of-history-vote-for-your-future/) — 2026-08-31T06:57:42.000Z
- [Historic 1st BARMM Elections Debate: voters get preview of what political parties stand for](https://mindanews.com/peace-process/2026/08/historic-1st-barmm-elections-debate-voters-get-preview-of-what-political-parties-stand-for/) — 2026-08-31T06:55:58.000Z
- [SOUTH OF THE 8TH PARALLEL | From Banana to Microchip: Is Mindanao Ready for an Industrial Leap?](https://mindanews.com/mindaviews/2026/08/south-of-the-8th-parallel-from-banana-to-microchip-is-mindanao-ready-for-an-industrial-leap/) — 2026-08-31T06:52:44.000Z
- [Future Trees](https://mindanews.com/photo-of-the-day/2026/08/future-trees/) — 2026-08-30T07:36:37.000Z
- [Prosecution doubles down on accountability for confidential funds](https://mindanews.com/top-stories/2026/08/prosecution-doubles-down-on-accountability-for-confidential-funds/) — 2026-08-29T07:22:15.000Z
- [Student in Camiguin nabbed for online threats](https://mindanews.com/top-stories/2026/08/student-in-camiguin-nabbed-for-online-threats/) — 2026-08-28T10:27:20.000Z

## Assessment note

Latest assessment: 2026-08-19. Generated with TOLD Source Prompt Brief v1.2.7. TOLD summarizes framing patterns and third-party classifications; it does not assess factual accuracy, intent, or legitimacy. External classifications: 9 (4 themes).

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