Monday, February 11, 2008
Dynamite blast kills fisherman
TWO months after an explosion killed a man and seriously injured his
12-year-old son, dynamite fishing also caused the death of another
fisherman in the waters off Barangay Marigondon, Lapu-Lapu City yesterday
morning.=20
The incident angered Mayor Arturo Radaza, who ordered Acting City Police
Director Louie Oppus to tighten surveillance on Barangay Babag=92s
firecracker manufacturers and to trace the dynamite fuse supplier.=20
Rosales Intong, 47, survived a dynamite explosion five years ago. He was
not so lucky the second time.=20
He was about to toss a homemade dynamite into the water before 9 a.m.
yesterday when it went off.=20
The explosion severed his right hand, severely burned his face and neck,
and wrecked his small boat.=20
The blast caught the attention of residents, including a couple who used a=
small boat to retrieve Intong=92s body.=20
=93Maningil gyod ang kinaiyahan (Nature always exacts a price),=94 said PO=
3
Manolito Abellanosa, homicide investigator, after checking Intong=92s
remains at the St. Francis Funeral Homes.=20
Babag has long been known as source of firecrackers and pyrotechnic produc=
ts.=20
The manufacturers buy black powder, an explosive component, from Talisay
City and neighboring Visayas provinces.=20
Abellanosa identified Jose Amodia and his wife Joan, aided by a local
fisherman, as the ones who brought Intong=92s body ashore.=20
Never again=20
Jeffrey, Intong=92s eldest son, said that over five years ago, his father
lost four left fingers when he used dynamite while fishing off Olango Isla=
nd.=20
=93Pero wala na ko kabalo sir kon sige pa ba siya kay minyo naman ko (But =
I
no longer knew that he was still into illegal fishing after I married and
went my way),=94 he said, adding that he worked for a construction firm an=
d
never went fishing with his father again.=20
Jeffrey said they used to buy dynamite fuses somewhere in nearby Cordova t=
own.=20
Radaza said he wants the Coastal Fisheries and Aquatic Resources
Management Council to help the police, as it is its primary duty to secure=
Lapu-Lapu=92s waters.=20
=93Ang lisod man sab gud ani kay kining mananagat mangita gyod ug lusot (B=
ut
what is difficult here is that the fishers always find an excuse to use
dynamite). This campaign involves changing the way they earn a living, mao=
ning maglisod sab ta (which explains the difficulty),=94 he said.=20
Last Dec. 5, the dynamite Ebon Geronco was holding slipped from his hand
and exploded, instantly killing him, and leaving his son blind.=20
The incident surprised city officials, who thought that dynamite fishing
was already eradicated with the deputation of over 80 fish wardens to
enforce fishing laws and monitor the sea. (AIV)=20 from http://fishing.com/foros/viewtopic.php?t=160412&sid=d37c76f8a7f2370d4c026fbbe5ff7c1b
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