MANILA (MindaNews / 12 May 2026) — Her name is Shehana Ansaruddin. But I only found out after her passing. She was also Ambuh, an aristocratic form of Inah, mother, to which she responded no matter who called. I refered to her thus from
By whatever ethical compass anyone abides, Marawi’s abandonment by the national government is an epic wrong. Epic, here, is not literary flourish. This wrong will intrude into the next decades and generations in visceral ways. And not just in Lanao,
They are taking it on the chin and bearing it. Grinning, in fact. Some 120,000 Maguindanaos from various barangays of Mamasapano, Rajah Buayan, Sharif Aguak, Rajah Saudi Ampatuan, Guindulungan, Talitan, Talayan, Dam, Datu Salibo, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Datu Abdullah Sangki,
MANILA (MindaNews/16 Feb) — He was conferred the Living National Treasure distinction, and the State provided him a monthly stipend to allow him to persist with his art. Samaon Sulayman, virtuoso of the two-stringed lute, kutyapi (in Pilipino, kudyapi), did
MANILA (MindaNews/06 February) — In a visit to the marsh last year, I recognized one reason for the longevity of the Maguindanao-based Moro Islamic Liberation Front. It is their homeland itself, more or less the space occupied by the vast
