Author Archives: ZEA IO MING C. CAPISTRANO

9 years ago

DAYOK MAKER

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DAYOK MAKER

For more than 20 years, Bohol-native Ireneo Simagala works as a laborer inside the General Santos Fish Port Complex. Now he makes and sells Dayok (native dip) out of the lungs and other innards of marlin. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

9 years ago

MANONG JUNJUN

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MANONG JUNJUN

40-year old Junjun Abranilla has been working as a laborer for eight years inside the General Santos Fish Port Complex. Here he is cleaning tunas for the Japanese firm, Ten Point Manufacturing Corporation. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

9 years ago

BIG MOUTH

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BIG MOUTH

Laborers are carrying a 74-kilo Diana (Moonfish) for export inside the market of the Fish Port Complex in General Santos City on a Sunday. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

9 years ago

Moonfish

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Moonfish

Traders line up Moonfish for export at the Market 1 inside General Santos Fish Port Complex in Barangay Tambler. Traders say Moonfish, locally known as Diana, is very rare. The fish can be sold at P300 per kilo outside the market. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

9 years ago

KUMBING

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KUMBING

A performer inside a resort in Lake Sebu, South Cotabato plays the Kumbing (bamboo jaw’s harp) to entertain guests. In T’boli’s tradition, they play the Kumbing to call the moon back during an eclipse. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

9 years ago

TUNA TRADING

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TUNA TRADING

Weighers (locally referred to as scalers) in the Market 1 of the port of General Santos weigh at least 90 tons of fresh tuna daily. General Santos City has been touted as the tuna capital in the country. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)