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Walking the streets of Bongao

|  June 5, 2025 - 11:20 am

MindaNews correspondent Ferdinandh Cabrera walked the streets of Bongao, Tawi-Tawi, particularly around the Chinese Market, on Wednesday (4 June 2025) and took a few snaps to show life in the island province.

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A boy rests on a banca on Wednesday (4 June 2025), whiling his time away, oblivious to the beauty around him with the Bongao Peak in the background.



MindaNews photo by FERDINANDH CABRERA

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Laborers at the Chinese Pier in Bongao load fresh catch of fish into a Ford Fierra on Wednesday (4 June 2025). This vehicle that was introduced in the 1970s is still being regularly used in Tawi-Tawi.



MindaNews photo by FERDINANDH CABRERA

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Laborers use a push cart to deliver fresh catch of fish at the Chinese Pier in Bongao Wednesday (4 June 2025). Tawi-Tawi is also known as one of the biggest producers of dried fish, as can be seen in the background. MindaNews photo by FERDINANDH CABRERA

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Unloading locally produced pechay grown in neighboring Panglima Sugala town, then brought to Bongao aboard a makeshift sidecar of a motorbike using the “tabusa” basket made from coconut leaves. Photographed Wednesday (4 June 2025) by FERDINANDH CABRERA / MindaNews