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China won't occupy Pag-asa Island: Beijing also reassures that traditional fishing rights of Filipino fishers will be safeguarded
China has committed not to occupy Pag-asa Island and continue to safeguard the traditional fishing ground in the disputed South China Sea, a Filipino diplomat here said Wednesday. Philippine Ambassador to China Jose Santiago ...
- April 25, 2019
PH exclusive economic zone open to Chinses fishermen - Duterte
The Philippine government is inclined to “tolerate” the fishing of Chinese vessels in the country’s territorial waters and does not consider such gesture as treason. President Duterte has invoked the country’s friendly ...
- June 26, 2019
Locsin thanks Vietnam for 'act of mercy and decency'
Malacañang said the government is now determining the extent of liabilities in the ramming of a Filipino fishing boat by a Chinese vessel to know what legal remedy is available to bring justice to the Filipino fishermen. ...
- June 19, 2019
Samar fisher's net snags dead whale shark
A young female whale shark was killed after getting entangled in a gill net in Marabut town, Samar, recently. Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Regional Director Juan Albaladejo said the 17.4-foot juvenile shark ...
- February 14, 2019
'Green-minded' gatherings: Join these groups to start your eco journey
With a mantra “Don’t do unto others what you don’t want done unto you”, the group calls on people to treat the ocean with respect so that in turn, it can also nurture us. With the vastness of the ocean that surrounds our ...
- April 7, 2019
DSWD eyes ₱4.6-B intervention plan for El Niño-affected farmers, fisher folks
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has proposed a P4.6-billion intervention plan to assist some 274,000 fisherfolk-families being affected adversely by the El Niño. The proposed interventions to be ...
- May 13, 2019
Red tide info in E. Visayas pushed
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has stepped up efforts to enhance understanding and pro-active management of Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs), commonly known as red tide, in Eastern Visayas. The program, ...
- March 16, 2019
Fishing at Davao Gulf banned for three months
The 308,000-hectare Davao Gulf is now closed for commercial fishing until August 31 to give tuna and pelagic fishes such as mackerels, scads and sardines to spawn and let key fishing grounds to recover, an official of the ...
- June 2, 2019
As sea engulfs coastline, Indonesians pay high price to shield homes
His meager income is being further strained by having to borrow cash to shore up his home against lapping waves coming further inland on this vulnerable coastline. “If you have a house on land and then work at sea, it’s ...
- December 2, 2019
22 rescued Mindoro fishermen seek exclusive rights to fish in Recto Bank
The group of Filipino fishermen who were abandoned and left floating in the West Philippine Sea after a Chinese vessel hit their boat has only two requests to President Duterte – for the government to hold the perpetrators ...
- June 20, 2019