Datu Jemboy Mandagit: A Warrior Datu for peace
A special report by Raymund B. Villanueva WARRIOR Datu Jemboy Mandagit was among the leaders of the 40,000-strong rally outside the House of Representatives summoned by President Rodrigo Duterte for an audience with him after his first State of the Nation Address (SONA). Like tens of millions of Filipinos, the young Warrior Datu thought change would finally […]
Land grabbing endangers PH agri productivity–experts
FOOD security activists challenged the Rodrigo Duterte government to end land grabbing activities against farmers and indigenous peoples in a conference last August 1 at Balay Kalinaw, University of the Philippines-Diliman. The Philippine Network of Security Food Programmes, Inc. (PNSFP) presented cases of land grabbing throughout the country, as well as their campaigns and mass […]
The Banwaon children of Balit
Text and photos by Raymund B Villanueva They do not smile as often as other children. They tell their visitors about the two-day trek from their forest communities under direct sun and drenching rain last January. They say they have never walked as far before. There were hardly roads in the 14 sitios (sub-villages) where […]