IN the Philippines, when the rest of the population goes to sleep, a reclusive community of indigenous people prepares for another restless night of fear and uncertainty. Far away in the dense, dark ...

Rawtit looks nothing short of a stone-age wonder woman. The fabled tribal matriarch comes with all trimmings of a superhero; gigantic in size, a huge knife as traditional gear, magical powers to leap ...

The Department of Science and Technology celebrates the creativity of the indigenous people’s work of art through textiles every January when it kicks off the year with the annual celebration of the ...

Everybody and his/her cousins are trotting out vignettes about the recently departed former President Benigno Aquino III to show their, alas, belated and posthumous gratitude for his brand of ...

MANILA (Reuters Life!) - Members of the Hanunuo Mangyan tribe in the Philippines do not leave their dead in the grave for long, digging up the remains of loved ones in an unusual revival ritual that ...

Presidential peace adviser Jesus Dureza has pledged college scholarships for the youth of the Mangyan tribe in Oriental Mindoro as part of the government's initiative to extend assistance to ...

“THIS is my home,” remarked a smiling Yvis Leyto on reaching the communal village of the Alangan Mangyan, secluded in the upland forest near Sablayan, a coastal town in Occidental Mindoro that ...

MANILA, Philippines -- Indigenous Filipinos were placed in the spotlight yesterday, 9 January 2014, as Asia Society Philippines and Katutubong Filipino Project opened the Photo Exhibit entitled “The ...

Award-winning documentarist Kara David remembers how Aubrey Carampel chose to celebrate her birthday 10 years ago: “Instead of throwing a party, you decided to donate your birthday fund to the ...

LUCENA CITY –– Four alleged communist New People’s Army (NPA) rebels, two couples from the indigenous Mangyan tribe, surrendered in Oriental Mindoro province, the military said. Captain Jayrald Ternio ...