Bandojo is known within his ethnic Manobo tribe as Datu (chieftain) Palagsulat. The Manobo, whose name means “people of the river,” live in the Philippines’ Agusan del Sur province and other ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur – Datu Bagtikan Roy Gallego, a chieftain of the Manobo tribe, has berated top government, military and police officials for reneging on an alleged promise to drop the ...

Datu Kaylo Bontolan, an Indigenous Manobo leader in the Philippines, was killed during a military assault in northern Mindanao in April 2019. For decades, ...

Datu Taday Campos, a 91-year-old Manobo chieftain from Sitio Han-ayan in Diatagon village, Lianga, said outsiders with interest in their resource-rich communities were exploiting the bagani ...

Datu Boyet Reyes, who has served for more than 25 years as the tribal Manobo chieftain of Lake Panlabuhan in the Agusan Marshlands, has witnessed his community adapt to the changing landscapes ...

Datu Reyes, the tribal Manobo chieftain of Lake Panlabuhan in the Agusan Marshlands, agrees the explosion of water hyacinths is having a severe impact on daily life.

Bae Merlyn is the first female supreme chieftain of the Manobo tribe, a position she has held since April 2006, three months after her father, the legendary Datu Tagleong, died.

First time Maria Isabel Lopez saw Bai Bibyaon Ligkayan Bigkay in a “lumad” evacuation center in Haran, Davao City, the beauty queen was instantly drawn to the 92-year-old Manobo leader.

A Manobo tribal chieftain of an area rich in mineral resources was gunned down in a cockpit arena in San Francisco, Agusan del Sur yesterday morning, police said. Philstar.com HOME ...

When someone is sick, members of the Manobo tribe in Surigao go to one person--Datu Kamandag. Aside from being a Manobo chieftain, Datu Kamandag or Rosalio Culit (his real name) is known to cure the ...

Screams broke the silence along Father Selga Street here as women, carrying children and belongings, ran as policemen, wearing antiriot gear and wielding shields, on July 23 stormed Haran House ...