Aetas of Itogon are the Real Pure Blood Filipinos and so as Igorots, Mangyans, Tausugs, and other Indigenous Tribes of Luzon, Visayas & Mindanao. They are the original inhabitants of the Philippines. The looks of Miss Glenda and Miss Karen Davila are the result of inter-racial mixture of Filipinos and foreigners.
Modern Filipinos found in Central Luzon and Visayas such as in Manila and Cebu are descendants of indigenous tribes that had inter-racial mixture with foreigners who migrated or colonised the country, such as Chinese, Malays, Spanish, Japanese and others. This happened even before the year 1500s when Philippines was first discovered or found by European Sailor Magellan. This means Filipinos in Manila and Cebu came to civilisation many centuries before indigenous Filipinos of the mountains and outskirts of the country were discovered.
Real Pure blood Filipinos like the Igorots of the Mountains of Cordilleras remained pristine and were just introduced to civilisation probably in the late 1800s. The Aetas of Central Luzon were lately discovered or introduced to civilisation probably in mid 1900s. Even if they were almost just recently introduced to civilisation, they are now almost of the same transformation with the other Filipinos in the cities who were earlier brought to civilisation.
If all indigenous tribes were discovered and introduced to civilisation at the same time with those in Manila and Cebu, the looks of Igorots, Aetas, Mangyans, Tausugs and other indigenous people will be the same or far better than the looks of Miss Glenda or Karen Davila.
Nevertheless, races of people, indigenous or mixed-race, have their own beauty. The looks of people should never be used to discriminate one from the other. Each race and culture have their unique beauty and identity.
P.S.: There are no Aetas in Itogon. Title is just a Literary Art. Aetas and Igorots are both indigenous peoples with respective culture, history and beliefs.
Binisita ng dalawang sikat na Aeta na si Miss Glenda, isang blogger at milyonaryang CEO, at si Miss Karen Davila, Isang sikat na broadcaster, ang mga kapwa nila Aeta sa Itogon.
Ikinatuwa naman ng mga kapwa nila Aeta ang kanilang pagdating at namangha nga lang sila dahil sa malayong magkaiba ang itsura ng dalawa sa knila. Ipinaliwanag ni Miss Glenda na kaya sila dumalaw ay para bigyan sila ng mga producto nya na pamputi. Ikinagalak naman eto ng mga kapwa nila Aeta dahil puputi na rin sila katulad nya.
Samantala, ang broadcaster naman na si Miss Karen Davila ay gustong gusto nang magkaanak kaya puspusan ang remejo lalo na ang pagsamba nya at pagdasal sa mga bulol na statwa.
Bagaman eto ay parang kapanipaniwala, etong article na eto ay sarcasm lng at wala po tayo intention na manakit. Hindi po totoo na Aeta sila Miss Glenda at Karen Davila. Joke lng po yun dahil gusto natin iparamdam ang ginawa nila. Hindi rin po Aeta ang mga taga Itogon. Hindi rin po masama ang pagiging Aeta.
The public is urged to help find Ms JEMAICA ROSE TAYABAN, 14 yrs old, 4’9 ” in height, last seen in Acupan, Itogon Benguet or Kias or Baguio City at around 8am on July 6, 2024 wearing BLUE TSHIRT at YELLOW PANTS. Any information please call police authorities.
Paul Kenneth Inocencio, Filipino and Cordilleran singer wins 2 gold and 1 silver at the World Championships of Performing Arts competition (WCOPA) held in California, USA this June 28- July 6, 2024.
“A heartfelt thank you to all the sponsors and everyone who supported me on my journey to becoming a delegate at WCOPA. Without your unwavering support, these medals and plaques would not have been possible. I gave my all to perform well and proudly represent the Philippines,” says Paul Kenneth on his social media post.
World Championships of Performing Arts is a yearly event that attracts singers, dancers, instrumentalists, actors, models and variety artists from over 70 Licensed countries to showcase their talents in various competition categories. The numerous winners walk away with over $750,000 worth of scholarships and prizes.
As of writing, Paul Kenneth confirmed to the writer thru messenger that his 2 gold medals are from Country Music and Pop Category and the silver from Jazz Category, indeed a verstatile artist. Paul Kenneth has also been the lead singer and lead guitarist of The Cordillera Connection/ TCC Band who have dedicated performing at TCC’s Charity concert for many years. Together with his bandmates Patrick Sarmiento, Jayson Raras, and former member Stephen Dalacan, as TCC Band members, they are the front runners of TCC’s charity concerts that generated almost P20million in the more than 1o years running of the charity concert, all of monies went to beneficiaries.
Paul Kenneth and his team of talented members are also members of their own band and other various bands that are formed by different individuals who recognises their potentials. Paul Kenneth distinct talent is his great vocal prowess and superb guitar accompaniment.
Paul Kenneth with Margaret Locano, Jayson Raras, Patrick Sarmiento and Stephen Dalacan at their performance at TCC’s 2018 Charity Concert in Hong Kong.
The Cordillera Connection and the TCC Family congratulates Paul Kenneth of his life-changing achievement, may it open more doors and opportunities at home and around the world.
A proud farmer’s daughter and hardworking student, Karryle P. Piaga, 23, from Buguias, Benguet, a scholar of sponsors at The Cordillera Connection (TCC), attains her degree in Bachelor of Science in Development Communication at Benguet State University with an award of distinction or cum laude.
Financial difficulties did not stop Karylle to pursue her dream of getting a degree in the university, with a hope that her education can help her family to get out of poverty, not having to forever endure the hardships working in the farm and the ever changing prices of crops that gives them uncertainties when it comes to their livelihood.
Karylle reached out to The Cordillera Connection community to ask for help with her financial needs at school. A generous sponsor, an overseas worker, even agreed to provide her a laptop.
“Ti challenges a napadasak ket ti pinansiyal gapu ta kasapulan nga agbayad para iti boarding ken kasapulan nga aggatang ti materyales para iti pagadalan kas ti laptop. Gapu iti Cordillera Connection, adda ti nagsponsors kadagiti usarek kas ti laptop agingga second year college.” “English: The challenges I faced was financial difficulties as I needed to pay my accommodation and I needed to buy materials for school such as laptop. Because of The Cordillera Connection, some people sponsored my needs such as the laptop.
Karylle worked as student assistant at the university and as a bagger at a Korean shop to augment her needs. She struggled during the pandemic online classes but was able to turn the tides and performed well when classroom education resumed.
The Cordillera Connection Congratulates Karylle, her parents and her kindhearted sponsors.
Low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific continues to dominate the Philippine air travel industry and overtakes the country’s flag carrier, Philippine Airlines, with its purchase order of about 152 new aircrafts from Airbus amounting to $24-billion (P1.4 trillion), so far the biggest deal in Philippine aviation history.
The low-cost airlines company, owned and controlled by tycoon Lance Gokongwei and his family’s conglomerate JG Summit Holdings, holds a fleet of about 85 Airbus and some smaller ATR turboprop aircraft, and an existing order book of more than 30 planes from the European manufacturer. It plans to expand operations to maintain domination in the domestic aviation market and keep its healthy share position against the resurgent Philippine Airlines.
Airbus thanks Cebu Pacific for its ongoing confidence in Airbus and its products, and is looking forward to finalising the contract. According to Cebu Pacific’s CEO Mike Szucs, when finalised, the deal will be a significant milestone for the local airline industry.
Baguio Midland Courier, the iconic newspaper of Baguio City and the whole Cordillera region has announced today that it will be ceasing its operations effective July 22, 2024. It is now expected that there are only has 3 remaining publications before it stops operation.
The people’s favourite newspaper operated for 77 good years with its first publication on April 28, 1947, just a couple of years from the end of World War II, when it was founded by Atty Sinai Hamada. It released a 4-page newspaper with 200 copies on its first publication until it became the pioneer in printed journalism in Baguio City and the whole Cordillera region. Baguio Midland Courier remained a strong medium of information with is Sunday publications even the arrival of the internet and online age where news articles and published materials are easily accessible on smartphones and other devices.
It has become the favourite newspaper due to its wide coverage of the culture, business and economy, politics and governance and others aspects and issues that matters to the lives of Baguio City people and the Cordilleras. Not only because of it’s wide reach to information but also by involving the contribution of people’s thoughts and opinion and thru catering the literary contribution of its readers. I for one, made a contribution on its one of its weekly mail column.
Most especially, it was a favourite medium of information as it has always maintained impartiality on issues that divides the people, something that most journalists and broadcasters fail to abide by in the name of journalism. Thank you Baguio Midland Courier!
The City of Davao, a 1st class highly urbanized city in the island of Mindanao, has a total land area of 2,444 sq.km., making it the largest city in the Philippines in terms of land area.
Based on the 2020 Census of Population and Housing, Davao City has a total population of 1,776,949, becoming the first City in Mindanao and the Visayas, and the fourth nationwide, to exceed one million inhabitants. The increase in the City’s population during the 20th century is attributed to the massive migration waves coming from other parts of the nation and the in-migration trend which continues to this day.
Majority of residents of Davao City or Davaoeños are Visayans which are mostly Cebuanos and Hiligaynons. The others different ethnicities are collectively categorized as the indigenous communities which make up the remainder of the local population.
There are also Islamized group that makes up the city population which are the Maguindanaons, Maranaos, Iranuns, Tausugs and the Sama-Bajaus. Non – Filipino Asians such as Indonesians, Malaysians, Taiwanese, Chinese, Filipinos, Koreans, Japanese and Indians have settled and made small communities in Davao City. Non-Asian foreigners such as the Americans and Europeans are also residing in the City.
Agriculture is the largest economic sector in Davao City, comprising of banana, pineapple, coffee and coconut plantations. The City is Mindanao’s leading exporter of fruits such as mangoes, pomelos, bananas, coconut products, pineapples, papayas, mangosteens and cacao.
Davao City’s latest agri-based development is the chocolate industry. Actually, the country’s leading artisan chocolate recognized worldwide is Malagos Chocolate, developed by Malagos Agriventures Corp. On the other hand, the country’s biggest exporter of cacao to Barry Callebaut is the Seed Core Enterprises which is also based in Davao City. Banana is the largest fruit export of the City and the locally grown and harvested durian is also a notable export. This is the reason why the operations and headquarters of Local corporations such as the Lorenzo Group, Anflo Group, AMS Group, Sarangani Agricultural Corp. and Vizcaya Plantations Inc. are based in Davao City. Even multinational companies such as Dole, Sumifru/Sumitomo and Del Monte, have their regional headquarters in the city.
In the Fish Industry, the source of livelihood of many fishermen is the Davao Gulf. It abundant with fish and sea food such yellow fin tuna, brackish water milkfish, mudfish, shrimp and crab.
Dave City also serves as the main trade, commerce, and financial industry hub of Mindanao. The Phoenix Petroleum, a multinational oil company, is based in Davao City and is the first company in the Philippines based outside Metro Manila to be in the PSE Composite Index. Industrial plants of Coca-Cola Bottlers, Phil., Pepsi-Cola Products, Phil., Interbev Phil Inc. and RC Cola Phil., are also some of big companies that operates in the City. Industrial construction plants such as Holcim Philippines, Union Galvasteel Corporation, and SteelAsia also operates in Davao City, SteelAsia plant, now being the largest and most modern steel rolling mill production facility in the country.
BDO Network Bank (formerly One Network Bank) is based in Davao City and is the largest rural bank in the Philippines in terms of assets.
Davao City, being a domestic and international gateway to other visitor destinations in the island, is also a premiere tourist destination in Mindanao. The city offers a combination of nature-based, man-made, historico-cultural, adventure and sports, special interest, religious, educational, agro-industrial, attractions, pleasure and entertainment, festivals, dining and shopping. Popular tourist attractions include Mt Apo, the highest mountain in the Philippines, The Philippine Eagle, Philippines’ biggest Crocodile in captivity, Araw ng Dabaw and Kadayawan Festivals.
Notable Awards & Citations of Davao City
2nd Most Competitive Highly-Urbanized City (2020)
Red Orchid Awardee (Anti-Smoking Campaign) “Hall of Fame” (2015, 2014, 2012, 1999, 1998)
Child Friendly City (2015, 2014, 2012, 1999, 1998)
1st Price Winner and Hall of Famer (2012) in the National Literacy Award for Outstanding LGU, Highly Urbanized City Category
Consistent Performing LGU in the country 2009-2011
Best Practice Award for LGU HIV Prevention Seal of Good Housekeeping (2011)
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