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Boat Builder

By Jules L. Benitez

| March 22, 2023 - 8:30 am

22shipbldg1 copy — _{Danny Ahamad, 49, works on a wooden boat on Tuesday (21 March 2023). Boat-building is a skill among some residents of Port Holland, a barangay in Maluso in Basilan, that is passed from one generation to the next, and may date back to pre-Spanish colonization period.

These days, fishing boats like this cost P700,000—labor for four months by three builders and the materials used.

MindaNews photo (03/21/23) by JULES L. BENITEZ.}

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