Eight members of various indigenous tribes in Mindanao made a brief visit to Berlin to seek the support of the international community and Filipinos abroad in preserving their unique way of life. In a forum organized by the Embassy last September 25, the indigenous persons led by Datu Nestor Apas of the Laingan Manobo tribe, recounted their painful experiences as unsuspecting pawns in a long-running communist insurgency. Members of the audience expressed solidarity with our indigenous ... Read more

Ms Erin Entrada Kelly, the multi-awarded Filipino-American writer of five middle-grade books, was the featured guest at the second edition of the Philippine Embassy’s AklaTamBayan living library project held on 16 September 2019 in Berlin. Ms Kelly’s third book, Hello, Universe, won the 2018 John Newbery Medal awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children of the American Library Association for the most distinguished contribution to American Literature for Children, and ... Read more