Bones recovered in school compound
Construction workers at La Paz I Elementary School recovered bones yesterday from a hole they were digging for the foundation of a two-story building inside the school compound.
It was not however determined if the bone was that of a human being or that of a cattle as no human skull was found.
The workers gathered all the bones and placed it in a cement bag. Part of the bones were brought by the Lapaz police station to the Police Crime Laboratory for examination.
A police investigator who went to the site said the bones belong to an animal probably a cow or a carabao because of its appearance. The area used to be a grass land where cattles are freed to eat. Nevertheless, the police took samples of the bones for laboratory examination.
Some observers, however, wondered why the bones were recovered deep under the ground. They said if it belongs to an animal it could have been buried in shallowly in the ground.
A female teacher who asked not to be identified said they could not immediately say on whether the bones belong to a human since there are important parts of human bone parts which are missing.
Old folks said the site where the building is to be constructed used to be a Japanese garrison.