W e are impressed by the flash of inspiration which sent the patriarch of the Garin clan in Guimbal, Iloilo on the warpath versus the South-East Asia Fisheries Development Centre (SEAFDEC), a government research facility at Brgy. Buyu-an, Tigbauan, neighbor of Garin's hometown. The term "flash of inspiration" might be a misnomer. It might not have suddenly dawned and it could have been the outcome of a tedious realization of three decades that SEAFDEC, after all, owes Guimbal unpaid bills for drawing water from the river that sprang from Igbaras and empties to the sea via Guimbal.

Melliza, P. (1999, June 7 - 13). Proxy war at SEAFDEC. The Visayas Examiner, p. 5.