GenSan’s Giant Tuna on Bandila
Yesterday, November 5, 2009, ABS-CBN’S BANDILA featured a news report by its sporstcaster/correspondent Dyan Castillejo at the General Santos City Fishport Development Complex, or simply GenSan Fishport. The report was headlined, “GIANT TUNA” and introduced by anchor Henry Omaga-Diaz.
The report gives us a quick and amusing look on the unloading of these giant tuna (30 kgs-70kgs up) from the handline fishing boats which have just arrived from their 2-month expedition on the high seas.
Special focus was given on the men whose work is to carry each tuna individually on their shoulders and deliver them inside Market One where it is weighed, graded, traded and prepared for shipment or delivery to the tuna processors inside the GenSan Fishport Complex.
Dyan Castillejo even gamely tried to carry one giant tuna from one of the handline vessels like these men do. Did she succeed? Watch this video to find out. (Source: ABSCBN News.)
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Bariles is a Filipino word for “Tuna”, the primary source of income of the people of General Santos City which hosts 6 of the Philippines’ 8 tuna canneries and more than 80% of its tuna processing plants.
orman Says:
bonggacious ever so much! dyan tayo nakilala and sana makarecover na totally ang tuna industry…
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Posted on November 6th, 2009 at 8:43 AM
busyjay Says:
tuna capital of the WORLD?! Ang galing! sobra, Go GenSan! =)
Posted on November 6th, 2009 at 10:54 AM
Lyle Says:
Go GenSan!
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Posted on November 6th, 2009 at 11:18 AM
josh Says:
astig tlga ang gensan. buti nlang at dito ako napunta at npadpad…hehehehe ^.^
Posted on November 6th, 2009 at 12:34 PM
fahdingding Says:
COnserve..Conserve..conserve…
Posted on November 6th, 2009 at 12:35 PM
BrAvO SiX Says:
another boost to the image of Gensan…
the more Gensan will be featured in TV networks the more na makilala ang place..
more exposures…….
Posted on November 6th, 2009 at 1:09 PM
fahdingding Says:
Hope mapanatili natin ang titulong “TUNA CAPITAL OF THE PHILIPPINES”… Kapit bisig tayo ngayon especially nasa crisis ang tuna industry!
wow sabi ni henry..GENSAN is the “TUNA CAPITAL OF THE WORLD”… talo pa natin ang Thailand with more than 15 tuna canneries…tayo 6 canneries lang! hehehehehe!
Posted on November 6th, 2009 at 6:38 PM
fahdingding Says:
Pwede ko tong subject ang current state ng TUNA INDUSTRY for my master’s thesis!
Posted on November 6th, 2009 at 6:42 PM
Gay Says:
Wow, kailangan ko na talagang makapasyal sa Fishport!
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Posted on November 8th, 2009 at 5:35 AM
BrAvO SiX Says:
the title of TUNA CAPITAL OF THE WORLD is a mind boggling idea….
lots of countries were claiming that they are the one, but the question is WHO IS THE REAL TUNA CAPITAL OF THE WORLD? is it the North Lake,PEI in Canada? Jakarta? San Diego-California? Mexico? Ecuador? Costa Rica? Gallapagos Island? Venezuela? Spain? Italy? the Philippines or Thailand?
ahh! basta sa Gensan daghan Tuna.. mao ray ako!
Posted on November 9th, 2009 at 1:04 AM
lito Says:
ewan ko ba.im always happy to watch feature stories about gensan on tv….
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Posted on November 10th, 2009 at 11:52 PM
Pinoy Bisnis Says:
This is truly wonderful! Gensan the Tuna Capital of the Philippines. Go Gensan!
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Posted on November 11th, 2009 at 2:25 PM
Kaiser Says:
Bigat non ah,BTW Masustain kaya ang gensan production nila ng tuna??
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Posted on November 13th, 2009 at 9:18 AM
Psyche Says:
Dako a oy!
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Posted on November 13th, 2009 at 1:27 PM
argo Says:
sana ganito lagi ka sogla ang kalakalan at industriya ng gensan! hindi sobra, hindi rin kulang! hey generals, lets show them what we’ve got!! hahah!
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Posted on November 14th, 2009 at 10:03 AM
meriam Says:
Gnda n ng gensan! D q akalain n ggnda ng gnun dhl nung huli kng punta 8 was 1998 dp gnun kgnda pero ngyn ang gnda n tlg! Im so proud n tga GENSAN aq…
Posted on August 30th, 2010 at 9:17 PM