NABUNTURAN, Compostela Valley ,Philippines — Think of a gold rush in Mindanao and Diwalwal comes to mind. This highland mining village notorious in the past for its “wild, wild west” moniker is, in ...

DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Officials and residents of Compostela Valley yesterday welcomed the passage by the Senate of a bill seeking to rename their province Davao de Oro. The Senate Bill 1746 was ...

SMALL-SCALE miners in Compostela Valley province have welcomed the introduction of a clean and efficient way of processing gold as an alternative to decades-old crude and toxic methods of extracting ...

Compostela Valley Gov. Jayvee Tyron L. Uy (center) sports the soon-to-be new name of his province at a briefing. MONTEVISTA, Compostela Valley—Gold-rich Compostela Valley is ready to rebrand itself as ...

DAVAO CITY—A labor and peasant leader was shot dead by suspected military agents in Maragusan town, Compostela Valley on Thursday, raising to 49 the number of victims of political killings in Southern ...

MARAGUSAN, Compostela Valley, Philippines — An upland community that was once notorious as “home” to marijuana plantations is slowly transforming into the food basket of Compostela Valley. The vast ...

COMPOSTELA VALLEY — The ride down the smooth, winding road leading to this province from its southeastern side is quite dull, with hardly any scenic views to enjoy. But wait until you get in. Aerial ...

Reports say many of the dead in New Bataan town in Compostela Valley had come from a nearby village where flash floods swept away an Army patrol base (2nd UPDATE) MANILA, Philippines – A total of 44 ...

(Updated 10:30 a.m.) The death toll from the landslide that occurred at dawn Thursday at a small-scale mining site in Pantukan town in Compostela Valley has risen to 25 while 15 were reported injured, ...

DAVAO CITY—The Kolehiyo ng Pantukan has been identified as a beneficiary of the P21-million Performance Challenge Fund (PCF) that Compostela Valley got for passing the Seal of Good Local Governance.

MANILA, Philippines – A new law renames the province of Compostela Valley as Davao de Oro. President Rodrigo Duterte signed the new measure, Republic Act No 11297, on April 17 but it was made public ...