Former “Pinoy Big Brother” housemate Rita Gaviola, popularly known as “Badjao Girl,” has tied the knot with her non-showbiz ...

Former Pinoy Big Brother: Lucky 7 housemate and content creator Rita Gaviola, popularly known as 'Badjao Girl,' has married ...

Rita Gaviola, popularly known as “Badjao Girl,” is now a mom as she introduced to the public her first child with her non-showbiz boyfriend. Gaviola showed herself carrying her baby while her partner ...

HE HAD to be at least 60 years old, gnarled hands twiddling a cigarette stump, face etched with the lines of wisdom. Still, his eyes were young—and they always scanned the sea. Inside a modest hut ...

When she was a kid, Bianca Umali used to dream of becoming a mermaid. Playing the strong-willed Badjao girl Sahaya in her latest TV project is the closest she gets to being one. “I have always been ...

ZAMBOANGA CITY—Presiana Abdusalam longs to go back to her village of Mariki in Zamboanga City. “I want to sleep to the sound of the sea,” the Badjao mother of three said. In Mariki, all Abdusalam ...

Those reports don’t mention that there are thousands of other residents of Zamboanga City, including many Badjao, who were displaced and forced into destitution following the armed confrontation ...

Troubled by the rising number of Badjao tribesmen flocking to the cities to beg for alms especially during Christmas, Nursida Salud vowed to do something about it. “It’s as if they have lost all hope, ...