Last year the water company built a new water filtration or processing plant not far from my house. I passed it everyday when I went running, taking pictures to document the building process. Throughout the whole process it was obvious that the men working at the job laying the pipes and preparing the foundation were living onsite in a wooden shack. You could see all their laundry hanging about as well as their makeshift kitchen.
At a some point a family moved in. A few women and children just showed up washing dishes, washing laundry, and having a grand old time. I have witnessed many construction workers living on job sites but never have I seen a whole family move onto one. I took as many pictures as I could whenever I saw them out on the premises. There was a blue cargo trailer which I was convinced they were all living in and the inside of which I eventually was able to photograph. It was filled with equipment so I don't think that was their temporary living quarters.
There is a story in these pictures but I'm not sure how to narrate it nor do I know what it is exactly. Did these children go to school? Where did they come from? Who allowed a family to live on the job site? Did the water company know about this? Is this against OSHC-DOLE safety standards? Does this family move from job site to job site or do they have a permanent home? Technically they are not on the job site because they are outside the fence but does that even matter?
It will be best to let these pictures speak for themselves.
At a some point a family moved in. A few women and children just showed up washing dishes, washing laundry, and having a grand old time. I have witnessed many construction workers living on job sites but never have I seen a whole family move onto one. I took as many pictures as I could whenever I saw them out on the premises. There was a blue cargo trailer which I was convinced they were all living in and the inside of which I eventually was able to photograph. It was filled with equipment so I don't think that was their temporary living quarters.
There is a story in these pictures but I'm not sure how to narrate it nor do I know what it is exactly. Did these children go to school? Where did they come from? Who allowed a family to live on the job site? Did the water company know about this? Is this against OSHC-DOLE safety standards? Does this family move from job site to job site or do they have a permanent home? Technically they are not on the job site because they are outside the fence but does that even matter?
It will be best to let these pictures speak for themselves.
The last picture shows the job nearly completed and the family, as well as the cargo trailer, gone. They disappeared just as suddenly as they appeared.
David,
ReplyDeleteAn article that would be interesting is one regarding the amount of foreigners murdered in the Philippines and how the Philippines handles those murders. Google Lonnie Simon Weig.
I read that story about Lonnie earlier today. Two shots to the head and one to the chest. In the comments section it was remarked that someone wanted him dead and the wife ought to be investigated. It sounds suspicious to me. Going for a run he would have had no valuables on him to steal and the article makes no mention of theft. A witness said they heard a motorcycle and that that was unusual for that time of day. What do you think? It would not be the first time a Filipina has put a hit out on her husband hoping for a payday.
DeletePretty crazy they show his bloody corpse sprawled out on the dirt path. Could they not get a photo from his wife or social media??
There was also the story a few days ago about a documentary film maker killed in Cebu while in police custody. The family wants answers. They likely won't be getting any though.
Don't you just love it when Filipinos and expats like Mindanao Bob tell everyone how safe the country is?
DeleteIt was maybe 2 years ago around Bacolod that one hit the news. An American hired a pinoy for yard work and such. Well one day according to the pinoy of course his son "found the American on his bed and not responding". So Dong gets a taxi and Dong, son and taxi driver put Kano into the taxi and off to the hospital where the hospital says Kano is dead. Hospital then says they want to do an autopsy and who refused them permission to do the autopsy? The taxi driver! So back into the taxi Kano goes and straight to the cremation oven. What Dong the yard help say? "I never met the taxi driver before and don't know who he is". How's that for fishy?
This article from last year has a link to an extensive list of foreigners murdered in the Philippines as well as facts about crime against foreigners in the Philippines. https://philippinefails.blogspot.com/2017/03/terrorism-tramples-tourism.html
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