The floating homes of the Manobo tribe are able to withstand floods, typhoons and rising water levels (Credit: Gab Mejia) The Manobo indigenous community in the Agusan Marshlands of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

MANILA, Philippines - He belongs to the Manobo tribe where multiple wives are allowed, so he cannot be sued for polygamy. Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez said this recently as he pushed for legislation ...

Fighting to keep their cultural identity, the Manobo Tigwahanon Tribe of San Fernando town in the province of Bukidnon hopes to influence the next generation and encourage them into learning the ...

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, Philippines — Barely two weeks after armed men shot at members of the Manobo-Pulangiyon indigenous people when they entered a part of their ancestral land ...

In the heart of Arakan Valley in North Cotabato, small Manobo communities have existed silently for years, planting corn and tending banana trees for a living. This is their ancestral domain and they ...

Manobo tribe Princess Jennifer Limpayen Sibug-Las was once again appointed as the NCIP Commissioner for Central Mindanao after taking over the same position in 2019. Sibug-Las led the Oplan Bayanihan ...

Agusan del Norte has partnered with the indigenous people (IPs) covered by Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title (CADT) 092. In a Memorandum of Agreement and Deed of Grant of Usufructuary Rights ...

In Arakan Valley, Cotabato the extreme weather has left people with hardly anything to eat. Among them is Meliton Dapalan of the Tinananon Manobo tribe, who is turning to music to help him and his ...