Mindanao is the second-largest island in the Philippines, after Luzon. Located in the southern region of the archipelago, the island is part of an island group of the same name that also includes its adjacent islands, notably the Sulu Archipelago. As of the 2010 census, Mindanao has 20,281,545 inhabitants, while the entire island group has an estimated population of 25,537,691 as of 2018.
Iligan, officially the City of Iligan, is a 1st class highly urbanized city in Northern Mindanao, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 342,618 people.
TV Patrol Southern Mindanao was the local news program of the ABS-CBN Regional Network Group in Davao City, Philippines. It was the most watched news program in Davao City and Davao Region. The newscast was a tabloid-style format and delivers news headlines about the current events in Southern Mindanao.
TV Patrol Northwestern Mindanao, formerly TV Patrol Pagadian, was a local television counterpart of TV Patrol in Pagadian City and Zamboanga del Sur. The program was aired weekdays at around 5:00-6:00 PM live from the ABS-CBN Pagadian newscenter.
TV Patrol Chavacano was the local news program of ABS-CBN Regional Network Group in Zamboanga Peninsula that aired on ABS-CBN TV-3 Zamboanga with simulcast on TV-10 Jolo. TV Patrol Chavacano delivers news from Zamboanga City and the Zamboanga Peninsula region along with the former Western Mindanao provinces of Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi. Jewel Reyes was the main anchor of this newscast since 2017 after she became a reporter. It also produces its bulletin version News Patrol Chavacano airing several times a day every weekdays.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ozamiz is a metropolitan archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the province of Misamis Occidental, southern Philippines. The archdiocese cathedral is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Ozamiz City, and its present archbishop is Martin Jumoad.
DXCS-TV, channel 4, was a television station owned and operated by Philippine television network ABS-CBN Corporation in Cagayan de Oro City. Its studios and transmitter are located at the ABS-CBN Broadcast Center, Macapagal Drive, Barangay Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City. It is the third largest ABS-CBN station in Mindanao after Davao and General Santos.
The southern island group of Mindanao in the Philippines is divided into six administrative regions. Each region is subdivided into provinces.
TV Patrol Caraga was the flagship local news program broadcast of the ABS-CBN Regional Network Group in Butuan City.
DXDZ-TV, channel 12, was a television station owned and operated by Philippine television network GMA Network Inc.. Its studios were located at the 2nd floor of Centro Mariano Building, Sergio Osmeña St., Cagayan de Oro City and the transmitter was located at Malasag Heights, Barangay Cugman, Cagayan de Oro City.
Misamis was a province of the Philippines located in Mindanao. It corresponds to the present provinces of Misamis Occidental, Misamis Oriental, Camiguin, Bukidnon, part of Zamboanga del Norte, Lanao del Sur and Lanao del Norte, and part of Cotabato.
DXJC-TV, channel 35, is a television station owned and operated by Philippine television network GMA Network Inc.. Its studios are located at the 2nd floor Centro Mariano Building, Sergio Osmeña St., Barangay 12, Cagayan de Oro City and the transmitter is located at Malasag Heights, Barangay Cugman, Cagayan de Oro City.
Nuebe Patrol was the local television counterpart of TV Patrol in Pagadian City, Philippines. It was the only regional newscast that is not produced by the ABS-CBN Regional, and was instead locally produced by MIT-RTVN Inc. The program aired throughout Zamboanga del Sur at around 5:00-5:45 PM from MIT-RTVN News Center.
Maayong Buntag Mindanao (MBM)/(English: Good Morning Mindanao; Tagalog: Magandang Umaga Mindanao) is the first regional morning news and talk show of ABS-CBN Davao that dishes out the daily dose of fresh news, upbeat discussions of the current community affairs and special features teeming with the local flavors of Davao City and surrounding provinces in the Davao Region.
24 Oras Northern Mindanao, formerly Testigo Northern Mindanao is a Philippine television news broadcasting program broadcast by GMA Network in the Northern Mindanao. Originally anchored by Kenneth Ragpala, it premiered on February 5, 2013 replacing Isyu Karon. Joe Legaspina served as the final anchor.
ABS-CBN Regional Channel was a Philippine pay television channel which aired programming from the regional television and radio stations owned by ABS-CBN. The channel was launched as a test broadcast on 1 August 2016, and was officially launched on 15 March 2017.
The Butuan–Cagayan de Oro–Iligan Road, or Butuan–Cagayan de Oro–Iligan–Tukuran Road, is a 416-kilometer (258 mi), two-to-six lane major thoroughfare, connecting the provinces of Agusan del Norte, Misamis Oriental, Lanao del Norte, and Zamboanga del Sur.
Regional TV Weekend News is a Philippine television news broadcasting show broadcast by GMA News TV, GMA Network and GTV. It premiered on July 27, 2019 on GMA News TV and on March 21, 2020 on GMA Network. The show concluded on GMA Network on April 25, 2020.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Northern Mindanao is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus reached Northern Mindanao on March 11, 2020, when the first case of the disease was confirmed in Cagayan de Oro.
