The volcanic mist that hung over Taal Lake final week appeared to thicken with each hearsay. The place fishermen as soon as forged their nets, search groups trawled the depths for sacks of secrets and techniques.
Since July 10, as much as 40 technical divers from the Philippines’ coastguard, aided by a remotely operated submersible, have recovered 5 sacks containing “suspicious objects” from the lake’s darkish depths.
The search, triggered by the bombshell revelations of whistle-blower Julie “Dondon” Patidongan, has left the area people in Batangas province, some 63km (40 miles) south of Manila, reeling whereas sending shock waves throughout the nation.
He has implicated cops allegedly corrupted by his former employer, playing tycoon Charlie “Atong” Ang, and warned that as much as 100 murdered males may have been dumped within the murky waters.
