Four days before that strong Tuesday morning earthquake devastated our province, I made a post featuring the bell tower of Maribojoc church. In the introductory paragraph I mentioned about human life and plant life. Was it, in some way, a premonition of things to come? I shudder at the thought...for in just a few days tragedy struck Bohol, claiming lives, houses, infrastructures. Historical landmarks were not spared. Among the casualties is the bell tower of Maribojoc church shown below. Sadly, this belfry which has stood for three centuries along with the church can be seen no more.

lying amidst ruins

daily tolling now unheard
bell with no belfry

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reduced to rubble
centuries-old bell tower
silence of church bell

Eight long and gruesome days have passed since our beloved province of Bohol was hit by a strong earthquake of magnitude 7.2. The unprecedented devastation  it has caused in many municipalities is really heartbreaking. Heritage churches in ruins, broken bridges and roads, big houses flattened, smaller ones completely destroyed. These are indeed grim realities our people have to face. Undoubtedly the most painful of all...loss of human lives. 

Six weeks ago in this blog I featured the centuries-old watchtower of Punta Cruz, Maribojoc. I was there with five others few days before my post. Sadly, it was not spared from the wrath of the recent earthquake. Today it lies in ruins, still standing though but in such a pitiable state.

the wrath of nature
unfolding before my eyes
watchtower ruins


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centuries in age
maribojoc watchtower succumbs
tuesday morn earthquake