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Fishermen dive for sunken coal as clean-up resumes
Fisherman Fernando Avilla collects coal from the sea. —PHOTOS BY JOANNA ROSE AGLIBOT
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November 28, 2024November 28, 2024Environment

Fishermen dive for sunken coal as clean-up resumes

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SAN SALVADOR ISLAND, Zambales—At first glance, 60-year-old Fernando Avilla looked like he had been spearfishing for some time as he rested with his gear in his wooden boat. It was not fish in his net though but bits of coal he had retrieved underwater.  Avila and most fishermen on San Salvador Island off Masinloc, Zambales,...