An mga Bantay han Dagat (The Sea Watchers)By Sophia Kaye Fernandez The faces, smiles, and giggles of the fishermen in the areas where we work in Eastern Samar are no longer new to me. When they see me, they smile and greet me with a “ma’am” at the end, as if I were older than them. I grew up in an area where farming is more common as a livelihood, so it was new to me to witness up close the lives of people whose daily work depends on the sea. It…
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An mga Bantay han Dagat (The Sea Watchers)By Sophia Kaye Fernandez The faces, smiles, and giggles of the fishermen in the areas where we work in Eastern Samar are no longer new to me. When they see me, they smile and greet me with a “ma’am” at the end, as if I were older than them. I grew up in an area where farming is more common as a livelihood, so it was new to me to witness up close the lives of people whose daily work depends on the sea. It…