By Bayani San Diego Jr.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines—Richard Gutierrez found Nemo (clownfish) while diving in the waters off Anilao, Batangas, for the new environmental documentary “Planet Philippines.”
Chard, as he is known in show biz circles, thoroughly enjoyed taping the docu, which airs tonight on GMA 7.
The actor went diving in three different spots in the Batangas-Mindoro seas known as “Center of the Center of the World’s Marine Biodiversity.”
“I was surrounded by hundreds of jackfish, what locals call talakitok,” he recounts. “It was a beautiful experience ... seeing the colorful corals, the amazing marine life.”
Chard was happy to learn that the fisher folk of Batangas had been recruited in conservation efforts.
“In this docu, we show how we can take care of our country’s natural resources,” he notes.
The docu boasts rare footage of the thresher shark as well. “It was caught by our cameraman in Malapascua, Cebu. My diver-friends have gone to Malapascua four times and they’ve never seen the thresher shark.”
In Cebu, Chard also went trekking in the Alcoy forest for an hour and a half and spotted the black shama, a bird endemic to the country.
“Our cameraman wore camouflage so he could get close-up shots of the bird. He couldn’t move an inch even though mosquitoes were feasting on him,” he recalls.
The docu was recorded using high definition Panasonic HPX 500 cameras.
“I never considered it difficult because when I experience something new and see places I haven’t seen before, all my exhaustion disappears,” the actor says.
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