Pawikan eggs sold in Tawi-Tawi
Text and photos by VINCENT GO BONGAO, Tawi-tawi – Endangered sea turtles are being harvested in Tawi-tawi seas and sold in the public market of Bongao, despite various laws banning such activities.
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Task force confirms ‘pawikan’ meat trade in Pasil market
By NESTOR B. RAMIREZ
The newly formed Task Force Pawikan has confirmed the illegal sale of pawikan or sea turtle meat during a covert operation at the province’s largest seafood market in Barangay Pasil in Cebu City.
Stop eating ‘pawikan’ meat, Cebu cops told
By NESTOR B. RAMIREZ
CEBU CITY—Police in this city have been ordered to stop patronizing eateries that offer pawikan meat and instead do their job and catch people who violate the law banning the capture, slaughter and sale of the endangered sea turtle.
‘Pawikan’ meat sold in Cebu barangay
By NESTOR B. RAMIREZ
CEBU CITY—Business is brisk, judging from the throng of people and cars parked outside this makeshift eatery in Pasil, a shoreline barangay.
The customers, some in long sleeves and tie, do not mind the heat and the dishevelled slum area. They are here for one reason: To eat their favorite stewed dish of sea turtle or pawikan, an endangered species whose hunting, sale and killing have been banned by law since 2001.
[UPDATE: Philippines goes after sea turtle restaurants]