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Beloved by the Mangyans By Madonna Virola Inquirer Southern Luzon First Posted 19:24:00 02/07/2010 Filed Under: Culture (general), Education FR. EWALD DINTER, SVD (Society of the Divine Word), sees "Christ as the Mangyans' liberator who wants them to be free and happy." Endeared as "Amang" to the Mangyan community, the missionary has been director for more than two decades of the Mangyan Mission Inc. (MMI), a Church-based non-government... Read more... Korea's Filipino Missionary Mania God's messengers spread more than Christianity Written by Michael Gibb Wednesday, 24 December 2008 PUBLISHED BY: ASIA SENTINEL http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1624&Itemid=194 Korea's aggressive Christian missionaries, sowing almost as much irritation as they do the word of God, have been spreading across the Filipino island of Mindoro with more zeal than sensitivity, their... Read more... Inquirer Southern Luzon Philippines Church Works With Indigenous People To Stop Yuletide Begging By Madonna Virola Southern Luzon Bureau December 24, 2008 CALAPAN CITY, Philippines (UCAN) -- Indigenous Mangyan men, women and children tapping on car windows and house gates begging for money and gifts around Christmas have been a familiar sight on Calapan City's... Read more... Inquirer Southern Luzon Group seeks end to Mangyan begging By Madonna Virola Southern Luzon Bureau First Posted 23:11:00 12/24/2008 Filed Under: Regional authorities, indigenous people, Charity CALAPAN CITY - Wagay Yu-ay, 32, a Bangon Mangyan, used to beg during Christmas. But having learned of his dignity as a person and valuing it through group sessions, he stopped asking for money... Read More... German by birth, Pinoy by choice, Mangyan by vocation By Edson C. Tandoc Jr. Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 04:14:00 11/16/2008 MANILA, Philippines - As a helicopter whirrs about in the sky above a school in a Mindoro town, pupils rush to the windows or dash out of the classroom to catch a glimpse of it. The teacher, cut off in mid-lecture, yells angrily: "Don't be stupid like the Mangyans! Go back to your seats!" Anecdotes like this about the Mangyan, the indigenous people of Mindoro who inhabit the island's forest interior, upset Catholic... Read More... |
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