Browsing by Name "Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya)"

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    • 12 groups buck P14-B Manila Bay reclamation project 

      Araneta, Sandy; Agcaoili, Lawrence (The Philippine Star, September 6, 2012, on page 13)
      Twelve cause-oriented groups representing fisherfolk, urban poor, church and health associations, environmental alliances and non-government organizations yesterday filed an urgent motion before the Supreme Court (SC) to ...

    • 17 indigenous fish species in Laguna Lake extinct, say fisherfolk 

      Benaning, Marvyn N. (Manila Bulletin, September 1, 2012, on page 3)
      They're gone. This was that the fisherfolk said of the 17 indigenous fish species at the Laguna de Bay that they used to catch before the Napinda Hydraulic Control Structure (NHCS) was built in 1982 and stopped the entry ...

    • After rice, galunggong 

      (Malaya, August 23, 2018, on page B4)
      Two everyday Filipino fare are most important to local residents today -- rice and galunggong (round scad or hard-tail mackerel). These two items already comprise a simple meal the most Filipinos can afford. Still, many ...

    • 'Artificial' fish shortage feared amid fishing ban in the Visayan Sea 

      Miraflor, Madelaine (Manila Bulletin, November 20, 2021, on page B-3)
      Visayan fishermen fear that there will be an artificial fish shortage- which could trigger an increase in fish prices- amid the implementation of a state-imposed three-month fishing ban within their coastal areas. In a ...

    • Bacoor fishermen, mussel farmers hit ‘inadequate’ support during lockdown 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, April 15, 2020, on page A4)
      Small fishermen and mussel farmers on Tuesday held a fluvial parade in Manila Bay to demand adequate support from the government following President Duterte’s decision to extend the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in ...

    • Ban fish importation, fishermen urge 

      Santos, Jel E. (Manila Bulletin, December 18, 2022, on page 12)
      While it welcomed the temporary ban on some imported fish, a fisher group is urging the government to make the prohibition permanent to help struggling fisherfolk. According to the Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ...

    • BFAR 2-month fishing ban hit 

      Araneta, Sandy (Manila Standard, November 14, 2016, on page A6)
      The municipal chapter of the group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas in Lemery, Batangas on Sunday lamented a two-month fishing ban in Balayan Bay, saying it would affect thousands of fisherfolk from ...

    • BFAR hit for fish kill in Surigao 

      Alcober, Neil A. (The Manila Times, December 17, 2015, on page A7)
      Fisherfolk belonging to Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) slammed the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) for failing to address the cause of the fish kill in Lake Mainit in ...

    • BFAR tests show galunggong samples not injected with formalin 

      GMA News (Panay News, August 26, 2018, on page B3)
      The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) said Friday that the collected samples of galunggong from three public markets tested negative for formalin. No formalin was injected in the ...

    • BFAR told to regulate fishpens, not ban total harvest of tawilis 

      De Vera-Ruiz, Ellalyn (Manila Bulletin, January 28, 2019, on page 7)
      A local fisherfolk group urged the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to regulate fishpen structures instead of imposing fishing ban on Sardinella tawilis following reports that the only freshwater sardine ...

    • Boat-ramming incident: Manila to hale Chinese to court 

      Valente, Catherine S.; Dela Cruz, Divina Nova Joy (The Manila Times, July 9, 2019, on page A8)
      The Philippine government would hale to court the captain and crew of the Chinese ship that rammed a Filipino fishing boat near Recto (Reed) Bank if the Chinese government failed to impose sanctions against them, Malacañang ...

    • Boycott galunggong from China - group 

      Villanueva, Rhodina (The Philippine Star, December 14, 2019, on page 8)
      The militant fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) yesterday urged local vendors and consumers to boycott galunggong (round scad) imported from China and patronize “locally ...

    • 'Bulacan airport to displace fisherfolk' 

      Cervantes, Ding (The Philippine Star, July 10, 2019, on page 15)
      At least 700 fisherfolk and coastal families will be displaced with the construction of a P700-billion airport project in Bulakan, Bulacan, according to fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas. ...

    • Carpio warns of China zone over Scarborough 

      Requejo, Rey; Araneta, Sandy (Manila Standard, March 20, 2017, on page A1-A2)
      A Magistrative on Sunday warned the government on China’s reported plan to install a radar station in the disputed Scarborough Shoal. Senior Justice Antonio Carpio said the installation of an environmental monitoring station ...

    • Cavite gov downplays diesel spill destruction 

      Cinco, Maricar; Santos, Tina; Olchondra, Riza; Tubeza, Philip (Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 10, 2013, on page A1-A2)
      A diesel oil spill on Manila Bay that raises potential environmental and health hazards and threatens to ruin the capital’s vital fishing industry has “95-percent” evaporated, leaving only “a thin film” of fuel on the ...

    • China ships free to enter Panatag if... 

      Bencito, John Paolo; Araneta, Sandy (Manila Standard, March 24, 2017, on page A1-A2)
      To avoid further escalating tensions in the region, President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said Manila would allow Beijing to conduct innocent passage within the disputed Scarborough Shoal after the Chinese assured him that ...

    • China steps up naval drills: In wake of WPS exercises, Duterte crafting ‘3Cs foreign policy’—Roque 

      Pañares, Joyce; Ramos-Araneta, Macon (Manila Standard, May 3, 2021, on page A1-A2)
      China's Shandong aircraft carrier has conducted exercises in the South China Sea – military drills which the People's Liberation Army (PLA) said will be regularly held in the disputed regional waters. “We hope the outside ...

    • Coast guard to conduct patrols in Phl Rise 

      Mendez, Christina; Zoleta, Michelle; Macairan, Evelyn (The Philippine Star, February 9, 2018, on page 1-7)
      The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) will send a patrol vessel to the Philippine Rise to keep intruders at bay, in compliance with President Duterte’s order that unauthorized foreign vessels be barred from the 13-million- ...

    • Demolition of Laguna fishpens lauded 

      Terrazola, Vanne Elaine (Manila Bulletin, March 9, 2017, on page B-9)
      A fisherfolk group and an environment group based in Laguna lauded the demolition of large fishpens in the Laguna de Bay. The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (PAMALAKAYA-Pilipinas) and the Save Laguna ...

    • DENR to probe ‘discoloration’ of Manila Bay after Luzon ECQ 

      Mayuga, Jonathan L. (BusinessMirror, March 31, 2020, on page A3)
      The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will look into the reported discoloration of the waters of Manila Bay last week once the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) over Luzon is lifted by Malacañang. ...