Shiela Mae Butlig is a correspondent for Mindanao Gold Star Daily. Based in Cagayan de Oro, She covers a wide range of local governance, social issues, and community-driven stories. Her work provides readers with essential, on-the-ground reporting, ensuring that the voice of the community remains at the forefront of the region’s news cycle.
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Opponents are demanding that Moro Islamic Liberation Front peace panel chairman Mohagher Iqbal drop a legal petition against the BARMM districting law, warning that the high-court challenge threatens to delay the region's historic first parliamentary elections.
Lanao del Sur Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong has filed libel and cyber libel complaints against 18 former Marines at the Marawi City Prosecutor's Office. The complaints respond to allegations linking the lawmaker to an alleged flood control kickback scheme, which Adiong has dismissed as a baseless public relations stunt.
Palarong Pambansa MVP Rene Clert Baterbonia and Nigerian player Divine Adili died during an Ateneo Blue Eagles team-building session in Aurora province.
A local civic group welcomed a national order directing DENR Region 10 to update leaders on an investigation into the use of the Xavier University Manresa campus land.
Emergency teams in Cagayan de Oro, Sarangani, and General Santos are checking roads and public spaces for damage after a strong magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit Mindanao.
Governor Juliette Uy announced a P200-million modernization plan for the Pelaez Sports Center in Misamis Oriental, using proceeds from a Capitol property sale to fund public sports infrastructure and ground-floor commercial rental spaces.
Chief Minister Abdulraof Macacua defended running as an independent in the Bangsamoro parliamentary elections after the MILF Central Committee suspended him as BIAF Chief of Staff.
Was the raid on a Misamis Oriental steel factory a case of political targeting? Defense chief Gilbert Teodoro says no, pointing to a string of documented immigration and environmental violations that triggered the operation.
Small-scale fishers in Zamboanga City launch a campaign to protect municipal waters from illegal commercial boat encroachment and climate impacts.
Next-gen military commanders grill veteran officers on urban warfare strategies, troop morale, and civilian protection based on the Marawi Siege.
State prosecutors ordered the immediate release of 69 Chinese nationals arrested at a Tagoloan steel plant, ruling that corporate violations do not equal blanket worker liability.
The COPTAC coalition vows strict vigilance following a critical DENR hearing investigating the potential state reversion of Xavier University's 64.7-hectare Manresa estate.