Indigenous Peoples
A woman healer
I checked on the MindaNews website yesterday and found a familiar image.
Its a big surprise to meet Nanay Julia Cacay or Nanay Juling to those who met her, on the internet.
I had opportunities talking to Nanay Juling in my visits to Dalwangan along the highway in the more rural part of Malaybalay City. She is [...]
Malaybalay’s Valdez Native Handicraft: but where’s the abaca?
MALAYBALAY CITY — The local handicraft industry is losing business due to scarce supply of abaca, Bernadette Valdez, onwer of Malaybalay’s renowned Valdez Native Handicraft, said.
Although the demand for the products had been increasing, supply of woven abaca is going down, she said.
Her business, which started as a home-based cottage industry in the late 1980’s, [...]
Cinchona: Philippine Eagle watch in Bukidnon’s Mt. Kitanglad Nature Park
I chanced upon this nine-minute AVP (audio-visual presentation) of an observatory of the Philippine Eagle in Cinchona Forest Reserve Kaatuan,Lantapan, Bukidnon.
I think this is an interesting subject, the Philippine Eagle being a symbol of efforts to conserve, preserve and protect nature and the environment.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Mining in Bukidnon?
There’s a lot of talk about rich gold deposits in Pantaron Mountain Range in San Fernando, Bukidnon. All these gold panning stuff we hear from treasure hunters tickled our imagination over the years.
This time, however, it has become official. The government started to include Bukidnon’s mining potentials in its marketing presentations to foreign investors.
In this [...]
Lumad village in Malaybalay harassed by army soldiers
Members of the Talaandig tribe in the upland village of Capitan Angel in Malaybalay City said soldiers from the Army’s 29th Infantry Batallion harassed them Monday, forcing three of their men out of their houses for “interrogation” on the alleged presence of the New People’s Army (NPA) in the area.Datu Migketay Vic Saway told MindaNews [...]
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