APEC -The greed of nations

Andreas De la Cruz is a forty year old fisherman from Masinloc, Zambales and he has a story of triumph and loss to tell and all of it is due to the obsession of powerful nations to control and dominate and occupy the lands and seas of other smaller nations.

A few months ago Andreas set out to the rich fishing grounds of Scarborough shoal, about 60 kilometers from the beach where he lives in a small house with his wife and three children on the edge of the West Philippine Sea. His boat, yellow and white with green outriggers made of bamboo poles tied together with nylon cut through the ocean swell by a the noisy power of the motor.