Teachers bounce back to help children deal with the floods

By Marge Francia  

   CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines, January 2012 – Even as they are facing the loss of property and deaths in the family, survivors of Typhoon Washi (local name Sendong), are determined to restore a sense of normalcy to their everyday lives.

Here are images of indigenous tribal weddings in Bukidnon. Peak into the world and social fabric of our Filipino brothers and sisters and see their version of reality; their culture, social institutions, and love.

This article looks like just a collection of the practical aspects of Bukidnon life. There is a deeper significance, however, to be observed in many of these practices. These, too, are part of their culture, connected to it through construction of meanings that incorporate them into the greater whole. These traditional practices make use of the resources that spring ...

In Glan, Sarangani Province, they have a high regard for the coconut. The coconut after all is a major source of livelihood in this area of Southern Mindanao. It is the reverence they hold for the coconut that they celebrate the Lubi Lubi sa Glan Festival every 8th of October.

From the P3 Curator:  Here is just a taste, just one piece, of the potential in tourism that the Puerto Princessa Underground River can generate. Because of our collective effort and voting, we have made this possible. Again, this is but a beginning. Sky is the limit. It goes to show that if we work together as a nation, we ...

Bukidnon State University president Victor M. Barroso and equipment owner Johnny “Ding” Cabreira led launching rites Monday of a university-based community recording studio, the first of its kind intended to prioritize music of indigenous peoples and local artists in the province.

Education Secretary Armin Luistro has inaugurated some P8 million-worth of education infrastructure in Zamboanga City as the department continues to engage the local government units in financing the construction of public school buildings.

MALAYBALAY CITY- Eighty-three families belonging to off-grid communities along Mt. Dulang-dulang of Kitanglad Range will be given light in the form of solar lamps (otherwise called Portable Solar Home Systems) on November 26-27 as a start of ‘Hike for Light 2011’ campaigned by Solar Energy Foundation (SEF) in partnership with Kaya ng Pinoy Foundation (KPF) and mountaineering societies in the ...

“A Call for Action and Cooperation”
THEME: Towards Sustainable Coron in the next Millennium November 8-9, 2011

Aid workers and analysts have expressed concern after the Philippines' largest Muslim separatist group rejected a proposed peace deal relating to the island of Mindanao.

We went on a three-day journey to Medina, Misamis Oriental. It was part of our requirements in our subject in photography. We went on that journey riding a bus for four hours, knowing what lies ahead. When we arrived in Medina, we saw the place as very quaint. The place is described by its natural scenery...

The Surigao City Tourism Council is inviting all cultural groups throughout the country to participate in the much anticipated annual ethnic mardi gras in the city, the 2011 Bonok-Bonok Maradjaw Karadjaw Festival on September 9 this year.