Tumambad sa mga construction worker sa kapitolyo ng Bayombong sa Nueva Vizcaya ang ilang kalansay na hinihinalang buto ng mga tao!
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00:00 A new house is to be built in the capital grounds of Bayumbong, Nueva Vizcaya.
00:05 But in the middle of their excavation, some of the bricks were broken.
00:10 What is the mystery behind the broken bricks?
00:14 That's what Lilian Tiburcio found out.
00:17 January 15, 2023.
00:25 Father Samuel is constantly working and digging the ground
00:30 in his construction site in Bayumbong, Nueva Vizcaya.
00:34 He did not expect what would happen.
00:42 He discovered something in their excavation that was holding his neck.
00:53 The bricks fell off of him.
00:56 And not the bricks of animals, but the bones of humans.
01:01 Because of what Father Samuel discovered,
01:14 their construction site was a crime scene.
01:23 Father Samuel taught me where he saw the said bones.
01:29 Father, can you tell us where you saw the bones of humans?
01:33 There.
01:35 Right there.
01:37 What was your first reaction when you saw the bones?
01:40 I was afraid that the bones were of animals.
01:45 I was afraid that it was a trap.
01:48 I was afraid that it was a trap.
01:51 I was afraid that it was a trap.
01:56 How long did you dig the bones?
02:01 About 30 minutes.
02:03 How deep did you dig when you saw the bones of humans?
02:07 2.45 meters.
02:11 He was afraid and he could not eat.
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02:21 This was not the first time that the bones were found in the capital grounds of Bayumbong.
02:28 That is why they are afraid that the construction of the PDRRMO building might be stopped because of this.
02:37 This is not an isolated case here in the compound of the provincial capital.
02:41 There were other excavations of human remains elsewhere within the capital,
02:46 in the executive building as well as the people's hall.
02:48 The first thing we did was to contact PNP through their SOCO
02:52 to do some laboratory and determine what are the remains that were dug.
02:57 And whether we will be able to continue the excavation and the construction of the building.
03:04 The building became the center of attention of the residents of Bayumbong.
03:11 We went to the area to see.
03:13 Actually, we did not see the skeletal remains right away.
03:18 But there were already some that were dug by construction workers.
03:23 One part was the femur and then other parts.
03:28 So, during the further excavation, we found that there were other bones.
03:35 It was really a human.
03:36 We excavated the remains.
03:39 But the bones were already very fragile and brittle.
03:44 As far as I know, those bones were already old.
03:48 We excavated and then we accessed the area by documentation, photographs.
03:54 Unfortunately, the bones that were found were not complete.
03:57 So, it was just a part of the jaw, the bones of the lungs, and the pelvic bones.
04:05 The bones were immediately turned over to the forensic unit of PNP Nueva Vizcaya.
04:12 As per record of this office, this is the third skeletal remains that were dug.
04:20 So far, no one has claimed.
04:22 And here in the recent, on January 15, there were still no claimants here
04:28 in our recovered skeletal remains.
04:31 For this reason, the recovered skeletal remains here in the capital,
04:37 we opted to request for the conduct of anthropological examination
04:41 if possible, to determine the gender.
04:45 If our medical legal can determine it, then if there are claimants,
04:53 we will conduct or we will try to conduct for DNA profiling.
04:56 But as of this time, since there are no claimants,
05:00 our skeletal remains are still intact in our office for further disposition.
05:06 If there are no claimants, we can request for the storage in our funeral parlors
05:14 since we can request them to be examined.
05:19 The authority found out that the last bone was found in just one person.
05:28 And it is estimated that it was buried for more than a decade.
05:32 The Provincial Engineering Office conducted a mass here in the site some days ago
05:38 to respect the remains.
05:41 And our building is now continuous because we had a go signal from the PNP.
05:46 According to Mother Margarita, who has been living in Bayongbong for more than 50 years,
05:56 the Capitol grounds was just a big vacant lot.
06:00 The Capitol grounds was already cleaned.
06:02 There were no more weeds.
06:05 They were planting rice and beans.
06:09 That's why she was surprised to see bones in the Capitol.
06:13 I just heard that. I was shocked.
06:16 What bones? Animal bones?
06:18 No, it was a human bone.
06:21 I was shocked. No one was fighting.
06:26 No one was shooting. It was quiet.
06:29 But according to Mother Margarita, there are rumors that this place was once a river.
06:35 Until the road there, near the highway,
06:42 it was all a river.
06:45 They said that the elderly knew because they were the first ones to know that this was a river.
06:54 And one of her relatives…
06:57 I saw a big flood here.
07:04 The people who lived there were near the river.
07:07 There was an old man who lived there.
07:12 He was watching his house from the water well.
07:16 What is the hidden secret of this place before the Capitol grounds was built?
07:22 According to the local historian and researcher, Dr. Bonifacio Ramos,
07:27 if the history of this place will be rewritten,
07:30 where the landslides were found,
07:32 the residents of this place were just a few.
07:36 Sonueba, Biscaya, before 1960s, was a vast forest province.
07:42 It was not very accessible.
07:45 Actually, the population of Biscaya was very small at that time.
07:50 The Capitol area was barren.
07:53 There were no houses in between at that time.
07:56 This was mostly agricultural land.
07:59 It was all talahin.
08:01 That part of the Capitol could also be one of the easiest places to dump bodies
08:07 because nobody would see them.
08:09 We do not know who they are.
08:10 If we could determine the age of the remains, we would probably relate it.
08:15 There were people who simply violated the law.
08:19 If they happened in the 1970s or in the 1980s,
08:23 in the 1970s, the NPAs were also very active here.
08:26 So it is possible that atrocities committed by people resulted into bodies dumped there, etc.
08:33 They can be NPAs or they can be kettle rustlers.
08:38 The Philippine Constabulary, they were also very active at that time to fight the insurgents.
08:43 On this side, the bones of people were found.
08:47 As of now, the construction is still ongoing here.
08:50 We will see if they can still find human skeletons.
08:54 Have you found human bones?
08:57 No, ma'am.
08:58 No? What did you find today?
09:00 Only bones.
09:02 Despite this, they are still careful in their search.
09:08 Even if they find other bones that can be found here.
09:13 Our past has secrets that are deep in the search.
09:24 It is also time to expose the truth.
09:28 As of now, the local police will continue to investigate the truth behind the bones.
09:37 If the land here in Capitolio can be spoken of,
09:42 many secrets will be revealed.
09:46 I am Lilian Tiburcio, with a brigade of NPAs.
09:51 Together with a brigade.
09:53 We will find out.
09:55 [Music]
10:17 [BLANK_AUDIO]