Fisherfolk from Apo Island took a 45-minute boat ride to Dumaguete City to join environmentalists, residents, and the academic community in paying their last respects to National Scientist Angel Alcala. /PDI
As a national scientist, Alcala could have been interred at Libingan ng mga Bayani. However, his family opted to have his remains buried at The Gardens Memorial Park here.
Alcala, she said, had told them they did not have to stay home as housewives all day, as they could take an active role in the fishing industry. At that time, many fishers on Apo Island believed that the scientists from SU’s Marine Laboratory, now the Institute of Environmental and Marine Sciences, led by Alcala and social workers just wanted to buy their island and make it another Silliman property.
On Wednesday, faculty and students of the SU Institute of Environmental and Marine Sciences took turns extolling the virtues of Alcala, the founder of the university’s research facility.
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