Advocacy
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Teaching Peace, Developing Tolerance, Instilling Sensitivity
I grew up in an extremely pious Catholic city. Every year, thousands of devotees gather in Naga City to show their love to Our Lady of Peñafrancia, bringing with them a multitude of thanksgivings and prayer-requests to Ina. The festivity during the nine-day novena itself has become a cultural icon, the celebrations referring to the Continue reading
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Agos at Paghamon
Mga bantang dala ng Sagitarrius Mines sa yamang-tubig ng Gitna at Timog Mindanao “Ang tubig ay buhay at kabuhayan.” Saan pa nga bang lugar sa Pilipinas mas higit na nagkakamukha at nagkakatuturan ang katagang ito kung hindi sa mga bayan ng Timog Mindanao na ngayo’y naging sentro ng tunggalian sa pagitan ng mga nagtutulak ng Continue reading
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Sa Lawa ng Buluan, Maguindanao
“Lake Buluan is a lake located in the island of Mindanao, Philippines. With an estimated surface area of 61.34 square kilometers, it is the third largest lake in Mindanao, after Lake Lanao and Lake Mainit. It has an average elevation of 4.5 meters. The lake is sandwiched between the provinces of Maguindanao and Sultan Kudarat. Continue reading
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“To be” in Klubi
[All photos were taken in Sitio Lamkua, Barangay Klubi, Lake Sebu, South Cotabato, Southern Philippines, with permissions from the elders of Klubi. Photography by Mr. Nikki Ayubo] For more on T’boli ethnography please visit: Blotik Ehek (Star of the Sharpening Stone) and Climate Change: When Traditional Knowledge Becomes Unreliable and also K’mohung and Seselong: Cultural Continue reading
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Mineral Reservations and the Schizophrenia of DENR
Republic Act No. 7942 or the Philippine Mining Act of 1995 states: “When the national interest so requires, such as when there is a need to preserve strategic raw materials for industries critical to national development, or certain minerals for scientific, cultural or ecological value, the President may establish mineral reservations upon the recommendation of Continue reading
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Ye Kumu [T’boli T’nalak ]
This Ye Kumu, or ceremonial T’nalak cloth often used for weddings, was painstakingly crafted by weavers of the Lake Sebu Women Weavers Association, Inc. (LASIWWAI) in Brgy. Ned, Lake Sebu, South Cotabato. [With permissions from Ms Jenita Eko, President of LASIWWAI]. To purchase t’nalak from LASIWWAI, please email me at radabueza@gmail.com for details. Continue reading
Being Here, Now. 