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NBI files complaints vs. Boracay resorts, Aklan officials
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has filed criminal complaints against six Boracay resort operators and developers and several town officials over environmental offenses including alleged encroachment on forest ...
- July 23, 2018
Gov't not neglecting duties in West PHL Sea - Palace
Malacañang on Saturday stressed that the government has not been lax in protecting the maritime environment in areas being claimed by China. "We stress that the essence of such writ of kalikasan, which is the protection ...
- May 6, 2019
'Importing galunggong will disadvantage 1.5M fisherfolk'
The Department of Agriculture’s (DA) plan to import round scad, or galunggong every year will disadvantage some one and a half million small fisherfolk in the country, Sen. Cynthia Villar said. Villar, who chairs the Senate ...
- September 2, 2018
Shellfish ban still up in several Visayas areas
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said shellfish collected in several areas around Visayas are still not safe for human consumption. All types of shellfish, as well as alamang, from these areas “are not ...
- December 22, 2016
Galunggong prices down due to formalin scare
Galunggong prices declined in recent weeks as consumers steered clear of the fish due to formalin scare. In a report on GMA News' "24 Oras," fish vendor Arlene Carabuena said that from P180 per kilogram in the last week ...
- September 9, 2018
BFAR agrees to look into giving fishermen fuel subsidy
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has agreed to look into the possibility of giving fuel subsidy to fishermen to allow them to expand their fishing activities in the West Philippine Sea. In an interview ...
- October 26, 2021
Landbank lent P39.9B to farmers, fisherfolk in 2012
Land Bank of the Philippines (LandBank) granted loans amounting to P39.9 billion to 772,892 small farmers and fisherfolk in 2012, the bank said in a statement. "Landbank remains aggressive in channeling assistance to the ...
- March 1, 2013
Incentives would improve MPA protection efforts, experts say
The safeguarding of Philippine marine protected areas (MPAs) would improve if local communities were given incentives to protect these areas, several marine experts said on Monday. Human activities such as fishing were ...
- June 29, 2019
PHL could bring another case vs. China before int’l court, says Carpio
Manila could bring another case against Beijing before the court that invalidated the latter's excessive claims to the South China Sea, after Chinese Coast Guard was reported to be taking Filipino fishermen's haul from ...
- June 9, 2018
Some fishers too traumatized to return to Panatag Shoal
Some fishermen in Masinloc, Zambales have yet to return to Panatag Shoal despite improving relations between China and the Philippines, saying Chinese harassment in the past had left them traumatized. Interviewed by GMA ...
- November 7, 2016