Ambassador Yolanda O. Stern
MESSAGE
We welcome you to this much awaited site knowing that your visit is driven by personal curiosity as well as your personal interest on our rich, colorful, sometimes controversial journey through time.
Browse our website and see a well-researched glimpse of pertinent facts, as well as an in-depth look at a group of people so separate yet so intertwined by islands, dialects and lore.
In this region where counless men are known for their long absences from home in defense of their territories; where mothers rock their babies to sleep with unusual war lullabyes; where strange fruits with pungent odors decorate market stalls; where children dive for coins flung by strangers from boats; where women have defended their homes under incredible circumstances; where the volcanic mountains of Dajo and Bagsak and the caves and flatlands of Jolo could match bloody histories measure for measure; where the war against 21st century terrorists spawn legends among the citizenry; where almost everyone is related to one another by marriage, by birth, by adoption or by mutual consent; where peace seems as unattainable as war is often possible; where municipal clinics have no doctors or nurses and women give birth to babies without the benefit of midwives; where the awesome beauty of the islands are as mysterious as the myths and tribal dances; where anything and everything seems possible WELCOME friends and visitors to a site that invites you to visit, explore, invest, or contribute your ideas on how to make our region a part of you and as great as it once was!
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