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PCG report pins down China crew; raps pushed
The government should file cases against the Chinese vessel that caused the sinking of the Filipino fishing boat Gem-Ver 1 and then abandoned its 22 crew members in the open sea, Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian said after details ...
- July 7, 2019
PH mulls fisheries deal with Taiwan
The government is studying a draft fisheries agreement with Taiwan as tensions in rich border fishing grounds reemerged two years after the Filipino coast guard shot dead a Taiwanese fisherman. While the proposed deal will ...
- June 18, 2015
Farmers, fisherfolk get ₱1.9B in assistance from gov't
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has distributed P1.9 billion worth of inputs and assistance to farmers and fisherfolk whose livelihoods were affected by typhoons, the Taal Volcano eruption and the African swine fever ...
- June 20, 2020
Zambales fishers abandon 'dangerous' Panatag Shoal
More than 1,500 fishermen in Masinloc have totally deserted the contested Scarborough Shoal, which for decades served as their traditional fishing ground. Fisherman Bobby Roldan revealed they have not been near the shoal ...
- April 24, 2021
Senator Villar: Manila bay 5 times dirtier now
Manila Bay is now five times dirtier compared to its condition in 2008 when the Supreme Court ordered 13 national agencies to restore it to a state “fit for swimming and other forms of recreation,” Sen. Cynthia Villar said ...
- September 25, 2018
Roque: We’re not behind our rivals in reef dev’t
Malacañang on Tuesday disputed the Inquirer report that the Philippines had been left behind by its rivals in the development of territorial claims in the hotly contested South China Sea. Presidential spokesperson Harry ...
- May 9, 2018
Opportunities emerge from rehab efforts
Communities in areas ravaged by Supertyphoon “Yolanda” in Western Visayas have started to pick up the pieces, but government planners, officials and business leaders are seeing difficulty in reaching full recovery. On the ...
- January 13, 2014
Gov't urged to file new case vs China
Retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Thursday said the Philippines should seek another arbitral case to oblige China to agree to ground rules in Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal and claim damages for ...
- April 1, 2022
China demands release of 9 Sino fishermen who have served time
The Chinese government on Friday sought the immediate release of nine Chinese fishermen who have already served their six-month prison term for poaching in the Philippine-claimed Hasa-Hasa Shoal in May last year. Provincial ...
- May 16, 2015
Gov't eyes bond float to fund agri projects: DA needs P140B for farm-to-market roads, farm and fisheries modernization plan
The government is planning to issue bonds to raise funds for the completion of the Department of Agriculture’s farm-to-market roads (FMRs) and its farm and fisheries mechanization program, Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel ...
- March 29, 2018