Fisherman in Dahican

Aside from tourism, the 7-kilometer coastal stretch of Dahican beach in Mati City, Davao Oriental also offers wider opportunities for the fisher folks in the place in terms of fishing. I took this picture  last February 2014 with a fisherman I caught up while photowalking in the place. It is indeed very evident that Dahican is a jewel in the orient seas of Mindanao.  

Towards Uncertainty

Each year, plenty of students graduate in the country.  To some, it will be a blessing as it paid off all the efforts exerted during the whole course of studying, not to mention the expenses. To few, it will be more of another phase of a frustration because additional statistics for unemployed will be recorded. Which remains to be a challenge to the Philippine government and of course, to the graduates themselves. 

Closer Step to Summer

These two kids enjoy the white sand of Dahican Beach inMati City, Davao Oriental. Since summer season is just around the corner, Dahican is among the many destinations in Mindanao where one can take advantage of the fine white sand, pristine blue waters and even try the popular ocean adventure activities like surfing and skim boarding. I took this photo during the anniversary celebration of my outdoor group sometime February 2014 at Kubo sa Dahican Resort.

Gulayan sa Larayanan

Every afternoon of every day, vegetable vendors of Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur occupy a certain portion of the public market to display bulk supplies of newly-harvested vegetables. This gives opportunity for town folks to choose a wider, fresher varieties of vegetable items. It is also a manifestation that Sta. Cruz has so much to offer in terms of agricultural productivity. 

Bangus Keepers

While waiting for the daybreak, I caught up these men taking care of the newly-harvested bangus from the fish cages of Barangay Tagabuli, Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur. Considered as the fishing capital of Sta. Cruz, Tagabuli takes pride of its ocean bangus production, a prime source of income of local folks. This huge production of bangus is attributed to the presence of a an ocean cove in the area, an ideal location for bangus production in a cage.   

Badjao Elder

Just before our South Korean visitors from Soon Chun Hyang University left Sta. Cruz on January 18, 2014; they invited me and my colleagues for a short program in the Badjao area particularly at Apo Beach last January 17 in the morning. There I spotted this old Badjao woman, too old that she can no longer walk (she's already bed-ridden). She instead stayed in her house and enjoyed the presentation of the Koreans. According to my Badjao friends, this woman is a master weaver of romblon mat, a traditional skill which is sadly diminishing in their locality now because only very few young Badjaos have acquired the skill in mat weaving.

Bunotiro

This is an image I took in Ayala Agricultural Farm in Darong, Sta. Cruz. With huge plantations of coconut in the area, number of residents are earning a living out of coco farming while others are plain labor workers such as this one (bunotiro), someone who removes the husk. Other labors which I also personally know and tried during my younger days are pamonton,panungkit, pangariton, pamuwak and panglasik. To be honest, a lot of my successful neighbors and friends in Sta. Cruz deeply owed so much gratitude from this commodity they call "TREE OF LIFE".