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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
Fisherfolk seek urgent government help on fish kill
Hundreds of fisherfolk from the coastal town of Manjuyod and Bais City in this province are asking government for a thorough investigation of the fish kill in waters here, which they claim has gravely affected their source ...
- July 9, 2015
Eastern Samar promotes seaweeds farming
The mayor of this town is pushing seaweeds culture as an alternative livelihood for fishermen in his municipality. Guiuan Mayor Christopher Sheen Gonzales told to reporters in a press conference at his office here that he ...
- September 7, 2013
Aurora farmers, fisherfolk oppose economic zone
Nearly 200 farmers, fisherfolk, and members of an indigenous group in Casiguran, Aurora yesterday expressed their opposition to the establishment of the 12,852-hectare Aurora Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) in a ...
- January 26, 2010
New fiberglass boats for La Union fishermen
The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) has distributed 36 fiberglass – reinforced, plastic fishing boats to boost the livelihood of marginal fishermen in six coastal towns. BFAR ...
- December 13, 2018
Leyte town mobilizes local to fight illegal fishing
The local government here urged local to help in the drive against illegal fishing which was tagged as a culprit to the decreasing fish catch. Mayor Pelagio Tecson Jr. said on Tuesday that hundreds of local fishers were ...
- September 20, 2017
Finding loro: The truth about parrotfish
Over the past years, social media posts have been circulating about the need to avoid parrotfish, popularly called loro or molmol in public markets. These posts have been shared tens of thousands of times with the best of ...
- April 25, 2021
2 arrested for illegal fishing
Operatives of the Maritime CAFGU Active Auxiliary (MCAA) Zambales and Bantay-Dagat, supervised by the Naval Forces Northern Luzon (NFNL), have arrested two fishers, who were allegedly conducting illegal fishing activity ...
- March 15, 2020
Esperon: China, Philippines in 'friendly' understanding on Scarborough
The Philippines and China have reached a "friendly" understanding allowing Filipinos to fish around a disputed shoal seized by Beijing in 2012, a senior aide to President Rodrigo Duterte said Monday. Duterte negotiated the ...
- November 1, 2016
Duterte agrees to joint probe of Recto Bank boat incident
The Philippines has agreed to conduct a joint and impartial investigation with China to determine the truth and accountability on the Recto Bank incident.President Duterte has welcomed China’s proposed joint inquiry and ...
- June 23, 2019