GENERAL SANTOS CITY — An apostrophe may be a small mark, but for the Blaan indigenous community, ending the practice of attaching it to their tribe’s name, which changes the word’s spelling ...

GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Philippines – In a place caught in poverty, surviving the daily grind is already a struggle for a member of the Blaan tribe, one of the handful of indigenous tribes in ...

Josseth A. Malida, PhD, a proud Blaan educator, stands at the forefront of preserving her Blaan tribe’s cultural heritage through the Cultural Heritage Learning Center (CHLC) that she initiated at the ...

The Blaans claim other tribes, like the Manobo and Teduray, go out of their way to buy the tabih and also adopted their embroidery and cross stich designs. Tabih is a Blaan word for the finished ...

KORONADAL CITY — Blaan and T’boli tribe members in South Cotabato province were elated after the Ombudsman dismissed the corruption charges against a renowned tribal leader. He was earlier ...

Gulili is a great grandchild of Fu Yabing whose mastery of the “mabal tabih,” the woven abaca cloth of the Blaan indigenous tribe, earned her the Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan (Gamaba), or ...

In 1976, he was redeployed to the Philippines. He worked among the Blaan tribe of South Mindanao. He learned their language, taught them God's Word and brought to them medical help as well as ...

would have dire impacts on her tribe. Around 5,000 people would have to be relocated to make way for the $5.9 billion project, which, she said, would keep the Blaan away from the forest — their ...

Blaan and T’boli tribal chieftains are ranting ... in ancestral lands for the tribes to achieve socio-economic empowerment.

Utilizing @Starlink, I am excited to empower & connect the School of Living Traditions of our constellation of remote indigenous communities from Mindanao's Blaan Tribe, as they continue to teach ...

The Katutubo Kids Malita dolls depicted in the art form represent the Blaan, Tagakaulo, and Manobo, as well as the Muslim tribes in the province. The tribal dolls and their corresponding ...