i-witness' Gintong Putik (golden mud)

"Armed with a photo, some old sketchy details and loads of hope, Kara David sets out to find a young boy she met over a decade ago. The search takes her back to the town of Paracale in Camarines Norte.

It was here in this gold-rich third-class municipality, where Kara, who was then a cubreporter on assignment for Brigada Siete, first met Jimmy Dasco. He was only 13 then and was part of a group of people burrowing in the middle of a rice field. They were operating what was called pagkakabod or compressor mining in search for gold. Pagkakabod was livelihood for the locals of Paracale." read more at gmanews.tv
Videos parts 1,2,3, and 4 respectively.

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