Bgy Dumolog, Roxas City, the source of the so-called best dried fish in the Philippines

March 21 was the busiest day for me and my family. Unexpectedly, we were forced to move house due to circumstances beyond control. From Lawaan, Roxas City, we moved to my parents’ house located at Bgy. Dumolog, Roxas City. This is the place where I spent many years from 1986 to 2001. I moved when i started to have a family of my own.

For many years where I seldom visit Dumulog, there are lots of changes that happened. changes that didn’t mean development but regression more particularly to the surroundings. When I was in Dumolog, there are places where you can see rows of “kapil” or wood plane where the fish are placed under the sun to be dried up. That time, it is already noted in the whole Capiz and even in Manila that Dumolog is producing the best dried fish. So, you can imagine the seaside full of rows made of bamboo woods for drying the fish or “tabagak”. This means enough source of income for the residents of Dumolog as well as gain for the local businessmen. It is also another evidence that Roxas City is really seafoods capital of the Philippines, where the fresh and dried fish are abound.

But the sad and really infuriating fact is these people doing this business are just insensible! From the seaside, they have gone to ricefields and roadside which in turn this dried fish and other container are really causing undesirable smell that really stink!

The even sadder thing is if you start clamoring against the foul odor, you will be accused as jealous or humbug.

At the moment, I’m trying to be passive or not paying attention to it, but if things get worst, I will do the right things that must be done long time ago!