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Fisherfolks seek ban exemption
TWO groups of small-scale fisherfolks want to be exempted from the ban on destructive fishing methods to help them recover from the effects of super typhoon Yolanda last year. In a letter dated Jan. 8, 2014, the Carlessanon ...
- January 14, 2014
Lost not ‘a single island’ but the whole of Spratlys
Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano was being smart the other day when he challenged critics of the Duterte’s complacent attitude in the face of China aggressive moves in South China Sea. At the flag-raising ceremony at ...
- June 1, 2018
PLO reviews anti-illegal fishing protocols
The Provincial Legal Office of Negros Occidental is reviewing the protocols with regard to its operations against illegal fishing. On Tuesday, Provincial Legal Officer Jose Ma. Valencia said the preview is initiated after ...
- February 4, 2015
Empowering communities through sustainable development
Service to others is the heart of the core value of Rotary International. Rotary’s service to others is channeled through five avenues namely club service, vocational service, community service, international service and ...
- December 28, 2018
WV fisherfolks recover two years after Yolanda-BFAR
Fisherfolks in Western Visayas have recovered their livelihood after the devastation of super typhoon Yolanda two years ago, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). BFAR-6 regional director Remia ...
- November 5, 2015
BFAR distributes fishing gears, boats to 15 Antique towns
The Department of Agriculture – Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR6) turned over equipment to 15 coastal towns in Antique recently. BFAR-6 regional director Remia Aparri said the equipment hope to boost the ...
- August 29, 2017
Amended fisheries law to curb illegal foreign vessels
The amended fisheries code also seeks to protect the Philippines' marine territory from illegal fishing activities of foreign vessels. Agriculture Undersecretary Segfredo Serrano said, "the law is for our own good as we ...
- October 1, 2015
41 fishermen nabbed
Forty-one crew of a fishing boat from Misamis Oriental were arrested for illegal fishing early morning yesterday. The 40.07-ton fishing boat named “FB Joshua Marie 88” owned by a certain Lito Duhaylungsod was apprehended ...
- May 22, 2015