Marites Babanto, an indigenous Manobo leader of Lake Panlabuhan, paddles her baroto – a traditional wooden canoe – through her floating community (Credit: Gab Mejia) The Manobo indigenous people live ...

In the heart of Brgy. Padiay, Sibagat, Agusan del Sur, education is gently transforming, bringing meaningful change in subtle yet powerful ways. At Pañas Indigenous Peoples Elementary School, their ...

BUTUAN CITY, Philippines — As the United States government plans to return the historic Balangiga bells to the Philippines, relatives of the Manobo woman who found the Golden Tara in 1917 along Agusan ...

The PIME missionary was shot to death on 17 October 2011 after a life defending the rights of local tribal communities whose lands continue to be threatened. The children who attended school thanks to ...

First time Maria Isabel Lopez saw Bai Bibyaon Ligkayan Bigkay in a “lumad” evacuation center in Haran, Davao City, the beauty queen was instantly drawn to the 92-year-old Manobo leader. “She was in ...

KIDAPAWAN CITY, Cotabato, Philippines — With tribe leaders imploring their ancestors to bless the project site for the next quarter century, the Manobo people at the foot of Mt. Apo have allowed a ...

NORTH COTABATO, Philippines — North Cotabato Gov. Nancy Catamco has offered a reward for the arrest of the suspects in the murder of a female Manobo tribal leader last Sunday. Catamco, also a member ...

Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. Baylan Undin chews nganga (betel nut) while preparing the offerings. From the mountains of La Paz, Agusan del Sur, ...

MANILA, Philippines — The first and only female Manobo chieftain in Davao who sought refuge in Manila condemned on Monday what she called the military’s harassment and coercion of her relatives, who ...