Author: Sofia Quaglia

Iit’s midnight on a beach in southern Negros Oriental, a province in the central Philippines, and all is dark and quiet. Except, that is, for the scene playing out in front of a small bamboo guardhouse. There, seven people had gathered: a middle-aged man was sprawled on a bench, a man and a woman wearing sports vests were hugging their knees to their chests while talking, and the others were walking back and forth barefoot with torches and green laser pointers shining. across the sand. All eyes were focused on a part of the ocean that was loosely shaded by…