Davao’s Children enjoying a night out

These children of Davao are enjoying a night at People’s Park in the City Center.  Photo by John Culbreth.

Barangay San Miguel

This sign welcome’s you to Barangay San Miguel in Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon. Think they have beer there? It’s San Miguel, after all!

Cawayanon Country Club

Here’s the sign pointing you to Cawayanon Country Club at the Dole Golf Course in Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon. If you’re hungry, you couldn’t choose a better place to stop and eat!

Egg-laying turtle

After egg-laying

KIAMBA, Sarangani (February 28, 2008) – An Olive Ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) slowly departs the shoreline after hours of laying her eggs Wednesday (Feb. 27) in the coast of barangay Suli. The Olive Ridley has one of the most extraordinary nesting habits in the natural world. Large groups of turtles gather off shore of nesting beaches. Then, all at once, vast numbers of turtles come ashore and nest in what is known as an arribada (arrival by sea in Spanish). During these arribadas, hundreds to thousands of female come ashore to lay their eggs. However, not all females nest during an arribada, instead some are solitary nesters. (KIAMBA NEWS AND INFO CENTER/ACdeL)

Egg-laying turtle

KIAMBA, Sarangani (February 28, 2008) – Unmindful of possible disruption, fisher folk in barangay Suli gather at the coastline to witness the laying of eggs of an Olive Ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) Wednesday (Feb. 27). Arribada nesting is a behavior found only in the genus Lepidochelys. At many nesting beaches, the nesting density is so high that previously laid egg clutches are dug up by other females excavating the nest to lay their own eggs. (KIAMBA NEWS AND INFO CENTER/ACdeL)

Responsible fisherman

KIAMBA, Sarangani (February 28, 2008) – Hopeful of an abundant catch, fisherman Jimmy Labiga puts baits in fishing hooks inside his shack in barangay Suli Wednesday (Feb. 27). The well-protected coral reefs in the seas of Kiamba offer plenty of reef fishes (Isda sa Bato) like Lapu-lapu, Maya-maya, Dalagang Bukid, Biyad among others, as prime livelihood to the small fishermen in the area using the hook and line or pamasol. Thanks to the local government’s stiff stance, dynamite fishing, use of fine mesh nets and other forms of destructive fishing were curtailed.

(KIAMBA NEWS AND INFO CENTER/ACdeL)

Preparing for a picnic at Talikud

Ness, the fiancee of John Culbreth is shown here preparing for a picnic lunch at Talikud Island.