CHERIE MERCADO goes inside Manila biggest “matadero” or slaughterhouse on TV5 and Aksyon TV. It’s a big challenge for her to investigate where our steaks and chops come from and discover if they're clean and properly sanitized. “I knew what to expect from this assignment but it still did not come up to what it was actually like. In the slaughterhouse, you hear hundreds of pigs wailing all at the same time,” she says. “I'm an animal lover and I feel guilty of not doing more to protect animals. But I have to view it from the perspective of the butchers—the blood in their hands translates to earnings to feed their families. It’s all a day's work for the matanseros we met.”
Don’t miss Cherie’s Insider take on the life inside the slaughterhouse this Thursday (February 2) 10:15pm after P.S. I Love You on TV5. There is also a one-hour Producer’s Cut at an earlier timeslot, 7:30pm on Aksyon TV (Channel 41 in Mega Manila, Channel 29 in Metro Cebu and Davao, Channel 1 on Cignal Digital TV and Channel 59 on Sky Cable).
