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One of the best things that one can find in the Southern Tagalog island province of Marinduque, where my husband Raff hails from, is its rich and bountiful seas that are just teeming with fresh seafood, some of which you can only find there.
Written by Abdon M. Balde Jr. I was listening to new DENR Sec Gina Lopez on TV the other day talk about mining, and my memories were revived about our sad experience in the country’s biggest mining disaster in Marcopper, Marinduque where Canada’s Placer Dome and the Marcos family conspired to earn billions of dollars at the expense of the environment and the residents of Santa Cruz, Marinduque: 1. The construction company that I was working for (which was then owned by American Cement) was contracted by the Canadian mining…
The Southern Tagalog island province of Marinduque has a dish called Kari-Kari, but if you think it’s the province’s version of the ever popular Kare-Kare, It’s more like a version of Dinuguan than Kare-Kare, as its main ingredients are pig’s innards (heart, spleen, kidneys and small intestines) and blood, and it is cooked with garlic, onion and siling pansigang.
Governor Carmencita O. Reyes deliver her inaugural speech before the 14th Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Marinduque. Photo courtesy: Dr. JM Victoria
Inauguration and oathtaking ceremony of newly elected Marinduque provincial officials on going. Photo courtesy: Carlo M. Manay