Tawi-Tawi
Proper noun
Meaning
Tawi-Tawi
A province of the Philippines.
Examples
On Friday, the Bangsamoro Rapid Emergency Action Response on Disaster Incidence (READi) under the Ministry of Interior of Local Government (MILG-BARMM) dispatched to Tawi-tawi mechanical ventilators that had just arrived from Manila.
Of the 7,584 PUMs, Lanao del Sur topped the list with 2,217, followed by Maguindanao with 2,117; Sulu with 1,124; Tawi-tawi with 1,107; Basilan with 929, Sibakil with 90; and Special Geographic Area with 47.
They are the Bajaus (spelled in various ways, "badjao", "badyaw") of Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi.
“We in Sulu and Tawi-Tawi already knew the truth right after news of Pestaño’s murder broke,” recalled Inquirer columnist Noralyn Mustafa.