Workers of the Hof Gorei Resort on Samal Island lift a pumpboat to the deeper portion of the beach. The boat could not be rowed because the tide is still low. The workers give a different form to the ages-old Filipino tradition called “bayanihan.”

BY KEITH BACONGCO / AKP IMAGES
Contributed to Bulatlat
Vol. VIII, No. 10, April 13-19, 2008