A total of 35 Badjao households who were previously engaged in street begging in the municipalities of Ipil and Imelda have now returned to their home community in Talusan, marking a significant ...

In 1956, Anak Dalita won awards at the Southeast Asian Film Festival in Hong Kong. The following year 1957, Badjao competed at the Tokyo Film Festival, where it merited critical acclaim. Anak Dalita ...

Children from families who fled the war in the southern Philippines are being forced to dive in seas around Palawan Island for coins thrown by tourists to make up for what they say is a lack of ...

HE HAD to be at least 60 years old, gnarled hands twiddling a cigarette stump, face etched with the lines of wisdom. Still, his eyes were young—and they always scanned the sea. Inside a modest hut ...

A photographer has captured the daily lives of a sea tribe who once roamed freely around the seas between Borneo, Indonesia and the Philippines. Polish photographer David Kaszlikowski photographed the ...

It is noon, and the light filters softly through the water. Guillem Valle, camera in tow, drifts to the sea floor to capture an intimate portrait of a Badjao man. In the dreamlike photograph, the ...

Troubled by the rising number of Badjao tribesmen flocking to the cities to beg for alms especially during Christmas, Nursida Salud vowed to do something about it. “It’s as if they have lost all hope, ...

DAUIS, BOHOL, Philippines - The story of the Badjao tribe that settled in this town for years now is one of continuing struggle for survival, livelihood, education and freedom from the "outcast" tag.

ZAMBOANGA CITY—Presiana Abdusalam longs to go back to her village of Mariki in Zamboanga City. “I want to sleep to the sound of the sea,” the Badjao mother of three said. In Mariki, all Abdusalam ...

8 Apr – Suzette Doctolero recently stated that the reason Rita Gaviola is not playing the lead in the Kapuso drama, "Sahaya" was because she is not ready for it. As reported on Inquirer, the GMA head ...

Rita Gaviola, popularly known as “Badjao Girl,” is now a mom as she introduced to the public her first child with her non-showbiz boyfriend. Gaviola showed herself carrying her baby while her partner ...