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Fishermen fear displacement
Declaring the lagoon at Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal a marine sanctuary might again deprive Filipino fishermen of their right to livelihood and access to fishing zones. In a statement, the Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang ...
- November 23, 2016
China confirms end to shoal blockade
China has confirmed it is no longer driving away Filipino fishermen from Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal. Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told reporters in Beijing her government made “proper arrangements” ...
- November 1, 2016
Village Chief refuses red tide help from city
Councilor Noli Villarosa, Association of Barangay Councils president, has refused the assistance from the city government for red tide-affected fisherfolk in Barangay Tangub. In a letter, the City Agriculture Office (CAO) ...
- January 8, 2016
Stop the thresher hunt: Cebu’s Treasured Sharks Slaughtered for their Unique Fins
Across a shallow strait from the northernmost tip of Cebu Island lies the small, but idyllic Malapascua Island. The island is only 2.5 kilometers long and barely a kilometer wide, renowned for its fine, white sand beaches, ...
- April 8, 2016
PNoy, Del Rosario responsible for PH losing control of Scarborough shoal
The term “lost Scarborough shoal” is debatable. Security officials deny that. Foreign affairs officials will not say that because that would be detrimental to the claim of the Philippines on the shoal which is included in ...
- May 26, 2016
PH fishers narrate Chinese hostility
A group of fishermen, who returned home to the fishing village of Cato in Infanta town on Monday, told village officials that they were struck with bottles hurled by Chinese coast guards who had chased them away from the ...
- March 22, 2016
Large-scale smuggling of agricultural products is anti-poor
The level of smuggling in the Phillippines has reached horrendous heights. Large-scale smuggling of agricultural products retards farm output production, limits manufacturing, and increase income inequality. " Smuggling ...
- April 6, 2016
'Agriculture, fisheries sector to recover in Q4'
Department of Agriculture (DA) secretary Manny Piñol expects the agriculture and fisheries sector to rebound and register positive growth in the last quarter of 2016, as the government provides more support to boost the ...
- August 22, 2016
Thousands protest steel plant over vietnam fish deaths
Thousands of Vietnamese protesters surrounded a Taiwanese steel plant Sunday, some scaling walls and holding signs demanding its closure, as anger flares against the firm for dumping toxic waste into the ocean killing tons ...
- October 3, 2016
What to do with agriculture in 2016 and beyond
The start of the year is always an opportune time to pause, to take stock where we are; recall the things that have turned out well; contemplate on the others where we could have done better, and resolve what to do moving ...
- January 10, 2016