Seventy-five newly hatched marine turtles slowly crawled their way to the shores of All Hands Beach here on Friday night to begin their perilous journey back to their natural habitat. The 75 marine turtle hatchlings, belonging to the olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) variety, were the latest batch of baby turtles released from the nesting site here, that now counts a total of 5,449 baby turtles nurtured and released back to the sea since 2011. Nick Robles, a staff at the All Hands Beach in charge of the nesting site, told The Manila Times the sea turtles, more popularly known as pawikan, have been regularly coming to the shores of the beach particularly during the last quarter of the year to lay eggs.

75 turtle hatchlings released in Subic. (2020, January 2). The Manila Times, p. A7.