FACES OF CEBU: Junri Jundam, LPT and a full-blooded Badjao 

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/25/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – When he was still a child, Junri Jundam would go with other Badjao kids to Colon Street in downtown Cebu City to beg for alms.  But the street life was not meant for…

Carla Mae Telmo becomes Badjao community’s first registered nurse

Leo Udtohan 12/02/2022

TAGBILARAN CITY — A member of the Badjao community in Barangay Totolan in Dauis town, Bohol was among those who passed the nurse licensure examination (NLE) last November 2022. For Carla Mae Telmo, part of her success…

Cebu City starts vaccination of Badjao community

Dyrecka Letigio 08/25/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government has begun the vaccination of the city’s indigenous community starting with the Badjao people in Barangay Mambaling. Doctor Jeffrey Ibones, the City Health officer in charge, said the city…

Lapu CSWDO seeks police help to check on Badjaos in the city

Futch Anthony Inso 09/29/2020

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu—The Lapu-Lapu City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) is asking the Philippine National Police (PNP) to look into the possible involvement of a syndicate that is forcing Badjao children to beg on the streets here.…

Video editor highlights inter-cultural love story between Japanese and Badjao woman

Immae Lachica 08/20/2019

Cebu City, Philippines—  Love is the universal language that everyone understands.  Proof of this is this inter-cultural marriage between a Japanese national and a woman from the Badjao tribe of Cebu. This is the love story of…

NCIP to give financial assistance to 54 graduating Badjao students in Cebu

Micah Sophia C. Marcellones 04/07/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — About 54 Badjao graduating students will receive educational assistance from the National Commission on Indigenous People (NCIP). Hazel Torrefiel, NCIP head, said that they would provide P5,000 worth of educational assistance for elementary…

Badjaos ‘job ready’ after two months

Vanessa Claire Lucero 08/31/2015

Rather than stay at home and remain dependent on her husband, Lorena Indalan chose to enroll in a housekeeping course at a school accredited by the Technical Education Skills and Development Authority (TESDA). “Ako ni gibuhat para…

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