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Seized fish donated to jails, hospitals
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has distributed a ton of seized fish to various institutions and government agencies, including government hospitals and jails in Baler, Aurora. BFAR director Malcolm ...
- May 19, 2010
The ghost of the 2012 Scarborough Shoal stand-off
Once again, the enigmatic and massive presence of Chinese fishing vessels that are believed to be manned by Chinese maritime militia are in the Philippine Economic Exclusive Zone (EEZ), particularly in the Julian Felipe ...
- April 14, 2021
RP asked to back ban on bluefin tuna
An official of the World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF) yesterday urged the Philippines to support a proposed ban on the fishing and trade of the Atlantic bluefin tuna. "If we don't support the international trade ban, we might ...
- March 19, 2010
Bantay Dagat nabs 'hulbot' fishermen
Boat captain Edwin Bacas of Barangay Libas, Roxas City and owner Jessie Tayo of Balud, Masbate were accused by the Iloilo Provincial Bantay Dagat Task Force of violation of sections 86 and 97 (unauthorized fishing and ban ...
- March 19, 2018
China fishing deal seen as preliminary to more talks
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Alexei B. Nograles called a 2016 verbal agreement on fishing rights at Reed Bank between President Rodrigo R. Duterte and China’s Xi Jinping a preliminary step to a more formalized deal, as members ...
- July 4, 2019
'Agriculture, fisheries sector to recover in Q4'
Department of Agriculture (DA) secretary Manny Piñol expects the agriculture and fisheries sector to rebound and register positive growth in the last quarter of 2016, as the government provides more support to boost the ...
- August 22, 2016
Public interest should guide PH action on Reed incident
The government has come under growing pressure from all sides to take an aggressive action on the recent Reed (Recto) incident in the contested South China Sea (West Philippine Sea) and is itself anxious to find a resolution ...
- June 17, 2019
Raps dismissed vs Chinese vessel that rammed Phl boat
The provincial prosecutor’s office in Occidental Mindoro has dismissed the charges the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) filed against Hong Kong-flagged M/V Vienna Wood, which hit the fishing vessel Liberty 5 off Mamburao in ...
- September 28, 2020
Chinese coast guards share food with Filipino fishers
This was unthinkable months back: Chinese coast guards, who used to drive away Filipino fishermen, share their food and cigarettes with Filipinos fishing at Panatag Shoal last week. Chinese Coast Guard vessels approached ...
- November 2, 2016
Aid to fishermen
Dr. Henry Lim Bon Liong (left), president of the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, hands a replica check for P250,000 to some of the 22 fishermen whose boat was rammed by a Chinese vessel ...
- June 29, 2019