women of power

Tausug lawyer helps build peace for Moro homeland

Sometime in late 2014, lawyer Raissa Jajurie, then a member of the Bangsamoro Transition Commission…

Educator is consistent voice for Mindanao’s marginalized groups

ZAMBOANGA CITY—“We women hold half the sky, hence doors will have to be kept open…

This Teduray bears torch of non-Moro tribes in Bangsamoro parliament

A Teduray woman is the lone voice of non-Moro indigenous peoples (IPs) in the parliament…

Fighting for nature and the future

CEBU CITY—She knew that an advocacy for the environment won’t be a walk in the…

Protecting Bohol for the next generations

TAGBILARAN CITY—She grew up near Tagbilaran Bay, a shallow channel that separates Bohol’s capital city…

Visionary steers Pampanga to countryside development

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO—Countryside development is Lisset Laus-Velasco’s vision. And she helps make that happen.…

A tireless champion of global IP rights

Just a few years ago, Nobel Peace Prize nominee Victoria “Vicky” Tauli Corpuz, had every…

A salute to women power

Women leaders are increasingly making their mark across different segments of the real estate industry,…

Environmental passion forged from human compassion

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY—Grizelda “Gerthie” Mayo-Anda started her career as a lawyer in the late 1980s…

Putting Davao on the world’s chocolate map

DAVAO CITY—In September last year, Charita Puentespina, the matriarch behind the famed Malagos Chocolate, was…