She tidies her floating house, does her laundry on the ... spirits and deities who depend on these waters," says Datu Durango, the tribal chieftain of the Manobo's ancestral domain in Lake Benoni ...

Gab Mejia Chieftain Datu Reyes says the Manobo tribe are witnessing the reality of climate change (Credit: Gab Mejia) Datu Reyes, the tribal Manobo chieftain of Lake Panlabuhan in the Agusan ...

Aside from being a Manobo chieftain, Datu Kamandag or Rosalio Culit (his real name) is known to cure the sick through the help of pit vipers. Twenty years ago, according to him, pit vipers started ...

Indigenous communities in the Philippines have relied on resilient floating homes for 60 years, but invasive species and drastic changes to water levels in their region are making life ...

BUTUAN CITY— A Manobo tribal chieftain was shot dead inside his ... Four armed suspects forcibly entered Datu Cusip’s house prompting the tribal leader fight back and hack the arm of one of the ...

At least 18 Manobo lumad, who tried to prevent the policemen from entering the UCCP compound, were injured during the raid carried out upon the request of North Cotabato Rep. Nancy Catamco.

Datu Crispino Linsagan, Municipal Tribal Chieftain, Unified Tigwahanon Ancestral Domain, stated that the Manobo Tigwahanon people of San Fernando are grateful to PEF because “they are one of the ...

Bandojo is known within his ethnic Manobo tribe as Datu (chieftain) Palagsulat. The Manobo, whose name means “people of the river,” live in the Philippines’ Agusan del Sur province and other ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Manobo-Pulangiyon community in Bukidnon ... makatulong sa amin ay hinihingi namin ang kanilang tulong," Datu Tigis Liwanan, a village elder and “Bagani” (warrior ...

Twelve New People’s Army (NPA) rebels and four Manobo tribal warriors were ... clash started when the rebels attacked the house of Calpito “Datu Calpit” Egua in Barangay (village) Sta.

Since their first encounter in 2015, Maribel has been doing research on Bai Bibyaon, the only female datu (chieftain) in Manobo history. She described Bai Bibyaon as a “pioneering feminist.” ...