Electricity brings new life to PH’s southern tip off Tawi-Tawi mainland

TAGANAK ISLAND, TAWI-TAWI — To the mostly fisherfolk families on this island in the Philippines’ southern tip, the black power cables connecting an electricity post to their households are a very welcome sight. “It means hope; it means better life,” says Nur Aina Shariff Banding, 58, who supports her children by selling drinks and food