The Higaonon filed an “ancestral domain claim” in 2002 for land they have traditionally inhabited, which is their right under the Indigenous People’s Rights Act (IPRA) of 1997.

In the southern Philippines’ Misamis Oriental province, Indigenous Higaonon practice a forest management tradition known as panlaoy. Panlaoy requires immersion in the forest, with participants ...

A Higaonon word that means “celebrate,” Diyandi highlights how the tri-people Christians, Higaonon, and Maranaos harmoniously live together. This is also celebrated to honor Saint Michael the ...

Higaonon households in Agusan Norte town now enjoy electricity. By : Nora Lanuza Molde. February 16, 2024. BUTUAN CITY (PIA) – A total of 230 indigenous peoples (IPs) households at Sitio Minsalaming, ...

Development 'has facilitated the easy entry and land acquisition by outsiders at our expense,' says Higaonon leader Erlinda Malo-ay-Morga Open navigation Mindanao RAPPLER ...

TO provide access to safe drinking water, the Department of Science and Technology (DoST) partnered with the local government unit (LGU) of Talakag in providing 140 ceramic water filters to the ...

It is said that Christians, Muslims and the Higaonon tribal people of Mindanao used to live in harmony until the “devil” came, destroyed their farms and sowed the seeds of conflict. Then an archangel ...

The idea, basically, is to get a good feel of the Higaonon life, enjoy, and commune with nature in the way of the Sikyop lumad. The place is home to nearly 100 species of trees, wild orchids, and ...

The Higaonon Tribe in Barangay Cogon Ramos should undergo legal process and comply with the requirements before it could seek representation of the Indigenous Cultural Communities or be ...

Police in Cagayan de Oro City are gathering leads on the death of a tribal chieftain killed in an ambush at Sitio Cabalang in Barangay Tuburan last Saturday. Killed in the ambush was Datu Sandigan a.k ...

Esperanza, Agusan del Sur—For 40 years, Higaonon children in a remote tribal community of Balobo in Barangay Bunaguit here had to trek the mountains and ride bamboo rafts downstream for more ...