My first reaction when I saw the side-by-side photos of 106-year-old Igorot tattoo artist Apo Whang-od and that of US business mogul and household name Martha Stewart: is this a joke? If so, it wasn’t ...

AFFECTED like everybody else in the country by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, members of Baguio-based Team Lakay are turning to their Igorot heritage to get themselves through the ...

In the Philippines, the Igorot people practice an ancient burial ritual where the elderly carve their own coffins and the dead are hung off the side of a cliff. The remote village of Sagada is nestled ...

While visiting cemeteries is not at the top of most people’s lists of things to see when traveling, sometimes, the burial customs of different peoples around the globe can give us insight into their ...

BAGUIO CITY, Benguet, Philippines — Saying the flame could burn out soon for those pushing for Cordillera autonomy, regional leaders called for support for a third proposal seeking to create a ...

Members of indigenous communities in the northern Philippines say encounters with Pope John Paul II during his visits to the country inspired them to become better Christians. "When I met (the pope) ...

Historians searching for primary-source material on the Philippine-American War often turn up at the National Library in Manila, which preserves thousands of official documents by Filipinos that were ...

BAGUIO CITY—A book about the Igorot people was sold out even before it was out in the market. Those who attended the book launch in Baguio City last week had to jostle their way to buy the few copies ...

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine mixed martial arts stable Team Lakay is leaning on its Igorot heritage in surviving the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) ...