What is the role of Mindanao Development Authority?
Our mission is to serve as Mindanao’s lead agency in coordinating and integrating development efforts that bring about accelerated socio-economic development of Mindanao. We shall carry out this mission through the active and extensive participation of all sectors in this development process.
Who is the head of Minda?
SECRETARY MARIA BELEN “MABEL” SUNGA ACOSTA
SECRETARY MARIA BELEN “MABEL” SUNGA ACOSTA As the Chairperson of the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA), Secretary Maria Belen S.
When was Mindanao Development Authority created?
March 19, 1992
Prior to MINDA’s creation, the office is formerly known as the Mindanao Economic Development Council or MEDCo, created in March 19, 1992 through EO 512 issued under President Corazon C. Aquino and operationalized under President Fidel V. Ramos.
What is Mindanao known for?
A: Being the second largest island group next to Luzon, Mindanao has been dubbed the country’s “Land of Promise” because of its promising natural resources. It is also known worldwide for being home to the surf capital of the Philippines, a famous highly-urbanized city, and jaw-dropping beaches.
What are the two representative epics of Maguindanao?
The folk tradition comprises the tudtul, (folktales), and the epics Raja Indarapatra, Darangen, and Raja Madaya.
What is the origin of Sarimanok?
The Sarimanok, also known as papanok in its feminine form, is a legendary bird of the Maranao people, who originate from Mindanao, an island in the Philippines, and part of Philippine mythology. It comes from the words sari and manok.
What’s the meaning of Minda?
Light Of Knowledge
The name Minda is primarily a female name of Indian origin that means Light Of Knowledge. Also short form of an island name in the Philippines. Occasionally a short form for Melinda.
What region is Mindanao?
Mindanao is divided into six administrative regions: the Zamboanga Peninsula, Northern Mindanao, the Caraga region, the Davao region, Soccsksargen, and the autonomous region of Bangsamoro….Mindanao.
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Archipelago | Philippines |
| Adjacent bodies of water | Bohol Sea Celebes Sea Philippine Sea Sulu Sea Surigao Strait |
What is the capital of Mindanao?
Davao City
Davao City, officially the City of Davao (Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Dabaw; Tagalog: Lungsod ng Davao), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the island of Mindanao.
What is the meaning of Mindanao?
Mindanao. / (ˌmɪndəˈnaʊ) / noun. the second largest island of the Philippines, in the S part of the archipelago: mountainous and volcanic.
What is the difference between Maranao and Maguindanao?
The original endonym of the ancestral Maranao is believed to be “Iranaoan”. This group later diverged, resulting in the modern Maguindanao and the Iranun people (whose names can also be translated to “people of the lake”), while the ancestral Iranaoan who stayed in Lake Lanao became known as the Maranao.