Part 1: ‘Bago pumutok ang Pinatubo, walang Aeta na nanglilimos’
Part 2: A resettled Aeta community empowered by a volunteer-run learning center
This is the last of a three-part series examining how the Aeta resettlement community in Kalangitan in Capas, Tarlac fares 35 years after the eruption of Mount Pinatubo.
CAPAS, Tarlac – In the stifling heat of Tarlac, Nelson de Guzman held up an empty plastic liter bottle. The scent of gasoline tainted the air; the few dredges left pooled at the bottom. He shook his head.
“Hindi mo maiwasan hindi mamroblema kasi sa mahal ng presyo [ng gasolina], dumodoble na ang gastusin,” he said.
