Tubad Mindanao

Tubad is a Blaan word that means "new generation or descendant of a tribe".Blaan is one of the indigenous peoples group of southern Mindanao, Philippines specifically in South Cotabato, Sarangani Province, General Santos City, and Davao Del Sur.Features on cultural appreciation and development of the different indigenous peoples groups of Mindanao are very welcome to be posted in this blog.

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Tribal Learning Center is also home of cultural dance troupe

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KIAMBA, Sarangani (February 1, 2014) – Michelle Solon, wife of Governor Steve Chiongbian Solon, assisted by former Maitum Mayor Elsie Luci...

Tboli Tribal Learning Center opens in Kiamba

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By JOY R. SEVILLA KIAMBA, Sarangani (January 29, 2014)- A hub for culture, arts and music, which is expected to be one of the schools of l...

Village Museum in Sarangani target of Green Initiative

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MALUNGON, Sarangani (January 6, 2014) – Gina Lopez, managing director of the ABS-CBN Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation Inc., Governor Steve Chi...
Saturday, July 14, 2012

Comelec proclaims Lawa as rightful Maasim mayor

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MAASIM, Sarangani (May 8, 2012) – Sarangani Provincial Election Officer Jose Alvin Quiňanola (2nd from right) and Election Officer Gertrud...
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Maasim leaders celebrate electoral victory

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MAASIM, Sarangani Province (May 8, 2012) – Former Mayor Jojo Lopez, (in white shirt), deputy governor for the Maasim-Kiamba-Maitum develop...

Maasim municipal councilors and Mayor Lawa

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MAASIM, Sarangani (May 8, 2012) – Municipal councilors congratulate Mayor Arturo Lawa after the Commission on Elections proclaimed him as ...

Newly-proclaimed Maasim Mayor Lawa takes oath of office

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MAASIM, Sarangani (May 8, 2012) – Newly-proclaimed Maasim Mayor Arturo Lawa takes his oath of office before Judge Ruperto Besinga Jr. at t...

Vice mayor welcomes newly-proclaimed Maasim mayor

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MAASIM, Sarangani (May 8, 2012) – Vice Mayor Uttoh Salem Cutan congratulates and welcomes Maasim Mayor Arturo Lawa after the Commission on...

Tboli handicraft and crops in Binuyugan Festival

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MAITUM, Sarangani (May 5, 2012) – Tbolis in their traditional dress welcome visitors to their cultural showcase and farm products display ...

Blaan children welcome Gov. Migs

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MALUNGON, Sarangani (April 27, 2012) - Blaan children welcome Governor Migs Dominguez Thursday, April 26, in a community village museum in...

Blaan tradition showcased in Sarangani

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MALUNGON, Sarangani (April 27, 2012) - Blaan performers entertain guests with their traditional "bird dance" Thursday, April 26,...

Coffee break at Sarangani cultural museum

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MALUNGON, Sarangani (April 26, 2012) - Governor Migs Dominguez talks to USAID-Philippines deputy mission director Reed Aeschliman as Ross ...

Lamlifew Community Village Museum

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MALUNGON, Sarangani (April 27, 2012) - Young Blaans pose in front of their museum Thursday, April 26, in sitio Lamlifew. The village is on...
Wednesday, March 7, 2012

TRIBU, BANGON!

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TRIBU, BANGON! Annalie T. Edday Patuloy na lumalaban ang aming mga pusong nasusugatan Trabaho, sakripisyo, serbisyo, ay patuloy na pinag...
Sunday, January 29, 2012

Greek envoy visits Sarangani

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SARANGANI HIGHLANDS, General Santos City (December 11, 2011) - Greek Ambassador Xenia Stefanidou holds a frame of Blaan women photographe...

“Builders of peace”, Sagip Kapamilya help Sarangani village

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By COCOY SEXCION MALUNGON, Sarangani (December 10, 2011) - A two-classroom school building was inaugurated and formally turned over Friday...

Turn over of symbolic key for Sarangani school

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MALUNGON, Sarangani (December 9, 2011) - Tina Monzon Palma, program director of ABS-CBN Sagip Kapamilya and Bantay Bata 163, turns over th...

Token of appreciation from Sarangani

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MALUNGON, Sarangani (December 9, 2011) - Tina Monzon Palma is delighted as she receives an authentic hand-woven malong (tube skirt) from Ma...

Ribbon cutting for Sarangani classroom

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MALUNGON, Sarangani (December 9, 2011) - Governor Migs Dominguez, Mayor Reynaldo Constantino, head teacher Romeo Bogador, Board Member Nene...

Gifts from ABS-CBN Foundation to Sarangani

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MALUNGON, Sarangani (December 9, 2011) - Soldiers help out in the distribution of gifts for Lamlifew children from ABS-CBN Foundation Frida...

Gift giving for Sarangani kids

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MALUNGON, Sarangani (December 9, 2011) - Major General Carlos Holganza, commander of the National Development Support Command, and Tina Mon...

Builders of peace in Sarangani

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MALUNGON, Sarangani (December 9, 2011) - Soldiers from the National Development Support Command who constructed the two-classroom building ...

Token for Vice President Binay

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ALABEL, Sarangani (November 25, 2011) – Vice President Jejomar Binay receives a tribal vest as token from the province given to him by Gove...

Tradition takes center stage at MunaTo Festival

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ALABEL, Sarangani (November 24, 2011) - A Blaan showcase of tradition like the dressing up of horses, or fyu kura, highlights the opening o...

Congressman Pacquiao escorted by Fyu Kuras

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ALABEL, Sarangani (November 24, 2011) - The float of Sarangani Congressman Manny Pacquiao is escorted by Fyu Kuras or dressed-up horses du...

MunaTo 2011 launches “Sarangani, your adventure” brand

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ALABEL, Sarangani (November 24, 2011) - MunaTo Festival opened today (November 24) the four-day festivity in a combined cultural and adventu...

UNICEF horses ensure better early learning services in Sarangani

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By BEVERLY C. PAOYON ALABEL, Sarangani (November 23, 2011) - The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has donated additional 13 horses ...

ECCD worker receives teaching tools

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ALABEL, Sarangani (November 23, 2011) – A Supervised Neighborhood Play (SNP) worker receives learning materials for her pupils from UNICEF ...
Monday, November 21, 2011

Tribal Day celebration

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MALUNGON, Sarangani (November 21, 2011) - (L-R) Town First Lady Roselyn Constantino, Mayor Reynaldo ‘Bong’ Constantino and Gov. Migs Doming...

Tribal Day beauty pageant winners

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MALUNGON, Sarangani (November 21, 2011) - The Blaan and Tagakaulo ladies who won in the 1st ethnic beauty pageant dubbed as “Manenggeya na ...

Horse fight as part of culture

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MALUNGON, Sarangani (November 21, 2011) – Stallions fight over a female horse during a series of horse fights which highlighted the celebra...

Tribal council leads watershed project

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By COCOY SEXCION MAASIM, Sarangani (November 21, 2011) - Governor Migs Dominguez, Mayor Jose Zamorro and Joel Aton of Sarangani Energy Cor...

Message of support

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MAASIM, Sarangani (November 21, 2011) - Governor Migs Dominguez calls on barangay and municipal officials not be the last but always strive...

Fruit seedlings for watershed development project

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MAASIM, Sarangani (November 21, 2011) - Joel Aton (extreme left), Sarangani Energy Corporation (SEC) project assurance manager; Noli Cajuto...
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Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) program uses horses

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ALABEL, Sarangani (November 21, 2011) - Supervised Neighborhood Play (SNP) workers with their newly-acquired horses pose at the Capitol bef...
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Friday, November 18, 2011

Ethnic wrestling (S’buno)

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MALUNGON, Sarangani (November 18, 2011) – Locals closely watch S’buno, a wrestling competition for the indigenous people (Blaan and Tagakau...

All systems go for Sarangani’s Nov. 24-27 MunaTo Festival

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ALABEL, Sarangani (November 17, 2011)- Organizers of the upcoming 9th MunaTo Festival said preparations are all set for the extravaganza of ...
Tuesday, November 15, 2011

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"WELCOME TO MUNATO FESTIVAL 2011 AND 19TH FOUNDATION ANNIVERSARY OF SARANGANI. NOV. 24-27 AT THE PROVINCIAL CAPITOL IN ALABEL. MunaTo...
Thursday, November 10, 2011

Women’s association makes bags for sale

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ALABEL, Sarangani (October 20, 2011) – Municipal Administrator Vicky Grafilo (middle), representing Mayor Corazon Grafilo, buys bags made o...
Sunday, October 30, 2011

IP achiever at indigenous people’s thanksgiving day

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ALABEL, Sarangani (October 29, 2011) - Anne Edday delivers her inspirational speech before indigenous people (IP) from all over the province...

IP master sings original composition

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ALABEL, Sarangani (October 29, 2011) - Bae Herminia Lacna, an IP master, sings her own composition about the beauty of Sarangani during the ...

Pig catching contest

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ALABEL, Sarangani (October 29, 2011) - Blaan students of Mindanao State University join the pig catching contest as one of the tribal sports...

Sarangani celebrates National IP Day

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ALABEL, Sarangani (October 29, 2011) - Indigenous people (IP) from all over the province gather Friday, October 28, at the Capitol gymnasium...

Tribal archery competition

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ALABEL, Sarangani (October 29, 2011) - Osmena Moyak, a Blaan archer from Maasim, was awarded as the champion of the tribal archery competiti...

Tribal thanksgiving day opening

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ALABEL, Sarangani (October 29, 2011) - Lemuhen Performing Arts lead the opening of the provincial celebration of national indigenous people’...

Sarangani celebrates IP month

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ALABEL, Sarangani (October 30, 2011) – Sarangani celebrated Indigenous Peoples (IPs) Month this year purposely to recognize, protect and pro...

Acting Governor Solon thanks Bantay Bata 163

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MAASIM, Sarangani (October 30, 2011) – Acting Governor Steve Chiongbian Solon expresses his gratitude to all partners especially the Bantay ...

Hygiene kits from SEC

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MAASIM, Sarangani (October 30, 2011) – Over 300 children of sitio Blat, Amsipit show their hygiene kits from Sarangani Energy Corporation (S...

Blaan performers of Amsipit

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MAASIM, Sarangani (October 30, 2011) – Blaan women of barangay Amsipit perform a dance for the visitors who rendered their services for the ...
Thursday, October 20, 2011

Lamlifew GMA video

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Lamlifew Village video documentation by GMA Network
Friday, October 14, 2011

Association gets industrial sewing machine

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ALABEL, Sarangani (October 11, 2011) - Trainor Anunciacion Alam, member of Association of Sarangani Producers (ASAP), tests the brand new i...

Blaan women train to weave bags

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ALABEL, Sarangani (October 11, 2011) - Members of Bolol Kilot Tribal Women’s Association avail of the four-day training on skills and devel...
Monday, October 10, 2011

Women beading tribal clothes

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MALUNGON, Sarangani (October 10, 2011) – Graduates of the School of Living Tradition (SLT) put beads on tribal clothes as part of their cul...
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Loom-weaving master shows the way

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MALUNGON, Sarangani (October 9, 2011) – A loom-weaving cultural master shows the proper way of weaving to learners of the School of Living ...

Graduates of loom-weaving at School of Living Tradition

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MALUNGON, Sarangani (October 9, 2011) – Graduates show their certificates of graduation Friday, October 7, after their three-month on-sit...

Provincial Tribal Council chair speaks at School of Living Tradition

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MALUNGON, Sarangani (October 9, 2011) – Datu Edmund Pangilan, chair of the Provincial Tribal Council, speaks at the graduation rites of the...
Friday, September 30, 2011

1st placer of Saf’kaan dancing contest

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MALUNGON, Sarangani (September 30, 2011) - Malandag National High School is this year's champion for the Safkaan Festival street dancing...

Saf’kaan Festival showdown yield 2nd placer

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MALUNGON, Sarangani (September 30, 2011) – The contingent from Malandag Institute Incorporated performs for the final showdown of Saf’kaan F...
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Arjho
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
A Tubad of the Blaan tribe of Southern Mindanao, Philippines.Former employee of the Provincial Government of Sarangani serving as the manager for the Luntiang Lumad Project(LLP) which was later made into a comprehensive Indigenous People Development Program (IPDP).An advocate for cultural development,natural resource management and good governance. A certified Project Management Professional (PMP) by the Project Management, Institute and trained Climate Reality Leader in Atlanta, USA. Arjho lives in Atlanta since May 2006 and is married with two children. She actively serves in non-profit organizations in Atlanta.
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