Poligon is a rice farmer, mother of two, and an Ifugao, indigenous mountain people that live in the Philippines in the north of Luzon ... Almost 400 square kilometres (154 square miles) of rice ...

The Ifugao Rice Terraces are another example of the beautiful landscapes that can be found throughout the Philippines. The mountains of the Ifugao province have been cultivated for thousands of ...

NUEVA ECIJA, Philippines — In the Philippines, people say, “Bigas ay buhay”: “Rice is life ... some on ancient terraces that cut through steep hills. But for young people, the grueling ...

The Philippines’ myriad ethnic groups create vivid crafts and vibrant fabrics. Amid the rice terraces of Kalinga, in northern Luzon, a century-old tattoo artist hand-taps tribal designs.

With a new city policy (hopefully drawn by new officials) to make rice terraces out of idle lands, employing modern technology, we can replicate the Banawe and Cadapdapan Rice Terraces.

This keynote address was delivered at Manila House last Feb. 26 by Senator Loren Legarda at the start of  the “Cultural Thoughts and Trajectories” series that she organized through the Senate ...

Searching for the best summer vacation spots in the Philippines away from the heat? These destinations offer the coolest ...

The Philippines achieved full independence from ... where their ancestors carved monumental rice terraces and built thatched limestone houses. Majestic, Spanish-influenced churches and ancestral ...

MANILA, Jan 22 (The Straits Times/ANN): The Philippines is teeming with agricultural land and has a climate suitable for growing rice and yet, for decades, the tropical country has struggled to ...

Food production is subordinated to the profit interests of a tiny layer of wealthy landlords and ruling elites while the ...