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Monday, March 14, 2005 (Philippines)
| NOT HAVING A BLAST. A PCIJ report singles out Talisay City in Cebu as probable source of the explosives. Previous raids, it seems, have not stopped the illicit trade. (SUN.STAR FILE) |
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LOCATED just 30 minutes away by car from bustling Cebu City, this coastal oasis of relative calm used to be known for its beaches.
Yet even then, Talisay already harbored a lethal secret: it was a major source of blasting caps used to detonate explosives.
Today, that underground industry continues to thrive-and with increasingly deadlier results. Originally meant as detonating devices for the explosives used in dynamite fishing, Talisay's blasting caps are now not only killing fish, but also sowing terror in cities as far as Manila, and perhaps even beyond Philippine borders.
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