On October 10, at least 50 farmers from Sumilao, Bukidnon started their walk from Sumilao to Manila — a walk for land and justice. You could just imagine these farmers’ determination to walk from Mindanao to Metro Manila? It’s a tough journey considering the harsh weather conditions that they would (and have) encounter (ed) along the way.

Veteran photojournalist Jimmy Domingo was able to capture the farmers’ journey while they were still negotiating the highway in Samar and Leyte islands. I’d like you see these heartbreaking images — the farmers are really determined to reach Metro Manila and press justice…hoping to cultivate their own lands and say: “This is our land, our life.”

It only shows the failure of this government to address not just the land issue in Sumilao but as well as in many other parts of the country. Also, the government has failed to protect the rights of the farmers against the greedy landlords. Does the government really have to wait for the landless farmers to troop to Imperial Manila before they would give what’s really right for them?

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A Position Paper on the Sumilao Farmers’ Struggle for Access to their Land

It’s been years that I wanted to shoot anywhere in Sarangani. A friend of mine who works at the provincial government has been inviting me too but I could hardly find time to visit his awesome province. Recently, I asked another friend if he could go with me somewhere in Gensan or any nearest town to shoot at any fishing community. It’s just for self-satisfaction and for my photo bank. Continue Reading »

For over two months now, I’ve never seen a big Lapu-lapu fish as big as what I’ve seen on August this year. I’m still amazed. T’was my first time to see a Lapu-lapu that big. I’ve seen this kind of fish over a hundred times in the market but I’ve never seen that big. I’ve been trying to get up early so that I’d be able to revisit the Agdao public market to see if there are big Lapu-lapus.

It’s one of the most expensive fishes in the market. And even on the restaurants, it’s one of the most sold recipes.  At the malls’ wet market in Davao City, Lapu-lapu is sold at least P200 a kilo ( ifI’m not wrong). While in one of the coastal barangays in Mati, it’s just around P100-P120 a kilo. See the difference?

I had the chance to shoot at the Davao Catholic Cemetery since last weekend up to the All Souls Day — November 2. And it was my first time to shoot the cemetery and it was my first to roam around the cemetery since I moved here in Davao.

What really caught attention was the high wall that divides the public and private cemeteries –the San Pedro Memorial Park. My former colleague, the late Gene Boyd Lumawag, dubbed it as “The Great Divide.” When I was at middle of the tombs at the Davao Catholic Cemetery(also known as Wireless Cemetery) , I tried to look for the highest spot where I could take an overview shot that would show both graveyards. Continue Reading »