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This 50-seater plane of Philippine Air Lines (PAL) provides regular service from Zamboanga City on the very south of Mindanao Island in the Philippines to the most southerly Philippine destination - the airstrip at Bongao, Tawi-tawi (shown here). Fokker 50's are in common use throughout the Philippines to reach the many smaller outlying islands.

A large working banca - equipped with powerful lights on the bow used for night fishing - anchors in the Zulu Sea off southern Mindanao Island, Philippines to take on fresh produce from a smaller banca selling various goods.

The "MV Pagadian City" is one of several ships that has a regular route from Zamboanga City on the southern tip of Mindanoa Island, Philippines to the further southward ports of Basilan, Jolo and Bongao which are located in the Zulu Archipelago. The ships always carry armed escorts of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and/or Philippine Armed Forces (PAF) to guard against attack by modern-day machinegun-toting pirates operating in powerful and very fast "banana" boats.
CM-411s01  Fokker 50 CM-421s11  Fish Boat CM-426s11  MV  Pagadian City
     
MILITARY & POLITICAL LAND TRANSPORTATION COMMUNICATIONS
Members of the Philippine Navy (PN) host an "open house" of their warship during the Philippine Centennial Celebrations (Kalayaan) last June 12, 1998. Their vessel - a converted WWII PT boat - is armed with a 50mm caliber gun on the bow (fires at 175 rounds/minute) and two 30mm caliber machine guns on the stern. The famous Philippine Jeepney originated as a stretched conversion of the many Willy Jeeps that the US Armed Forces left behind in the Philippines after the end of WWII. These days the vehicle is manufactured in all sizes using new body parts and rebuilt motors and drive trains. They provide the backbone for the Philippine transportation system and are mostly individually and uniquely decorated. This one - captured with a long shutter speed and rear curtain flash - plies a route inthe district of Malate in Manila, Philippines. A line man in the Philippines on a pole that is - comparatively - very "uncluttered". Many poles resemmble "birds' nests" and contribute greatly to the visual pollution that unplanned electricity service has greated throughout the country.
CM-473s11  Philippines CM-460s01  Jeepney CM-436s01  Lineman
     
     
MALE TRADES CONSTRUCTION FEMALE TRADES
A carpenter on Simunul Island (in the Tawi-tawi island group of the extreme southern Philippines) uses decades old hand tools to craft construction materials piece-by-piece.. The Philippines is a country where diverse technologies often meet as portrayed in this image of a bridge construction site using scaffolding cut from coconut trees with the steel hook and cable of a vintage WWII truck crane that will be used to lift into place pre-stressed concrete girders in order to replace an older bridge. A woman in Lanao del Norte Province on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao sews together leaves of the nipa plant to make roofing shingles. The long bamboo leaves are folded around a stiffener of split bamboo to form the shingle's top edge and all is held in place using thread made from a thin rattan-type plant called "owoy". Each shingle measures about 3' x 6' and sells for about 15 pesos (30 cents US). About 300 shingles are adequate to roof a 300 square foot hut. This type of roofing is common throughout rural areas in the Philippines.
CM-480s01  Carpenter CM-430s01  Bamboo & Steel CM-485s01  Roofing Shingles
     
FRUITS AGRICULTURE SEA FOODS
Bunches of bananas, whole pineapples and a basket of yellow mangos are for sale in this market stall decorated by the green colored fronds of the "anahaw" palm which is the Philippine national leaf. In the Philippines rice seeds are first germinated in flats. Two weeks later the seedlings are transplanted to pre-tilled watery paddies where they will grow another 3 1/2 months before being harvested. Hence, three crops of rice are possible every year. Fresh sea foods - like these octupi in Tawi-tawi, Philippines - are often packed in ice and flown to other countries (especially Japan) where they fetch top prices.
CM-451s01  The Market CM-400s21  Rice Planting CM457s01  Octopus
     
CRAFTS WEAVING WORK ANIMALS
A craftsman in Tubod, Lanao del Norte Province in the southern Philippines displays his collection of goods - bracelets, hair clips, necklaces & rings made locally from coconuts, beads and shells; AND toys imported from China and Taiwan. A woman of the Yaktan tribe near Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines hand-weaves unique cloth of striking colors and designs considered to be finest cloth produced in the Philippines. If in Zamboanga City, visit the Yaktan Weaving Village. For more information contact: Department of Tourism, Region IX, Lantaka Hotel By The Sea, Zamboanga City. Phone: +63 62 993-0029. A farmer and his carabao prepare a rice paddy for planting - which is done in 3 stages: 1) After harvesting, the dry field is cut into furrows using a work animal pulling a sharp plow; 2) (shown) The field is flooded and a raker bar is repeatedly used to break up the clogs of dirt; 3) A horizintal board is pulled over the land to smooth the surface. While shot on Camiguin Island, this picture is typical of rice cultivation in the Philippines. In some places the 2nd stage is done using a motorized rototiller adapted with special paddles.
CM-441s01  Jewellery CM-440s01  Yaktan CM-490s01  Carabao
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