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Zambales folk: Sino boats depleting our fish catch
Fishermen on Friday said at least 20 Chinese vessels have been anchored about 111 kilometers off San Antonio town in Zambales province since January and they blamed the mysterious nocturnal activities of the ships for their ...
- April 17, 2021
Search on for 14 missing after boat collision
Rescuers from the Philippine Coast Guard on Monday were searching for 14 people who went missing after a local fishing boat collided with a Hong Kong-flagged cargo vessel and sank off the coast of Mamburao town in Occidental ...
- June 30, 2020
PH protests as China reimposes annual fishing ban ‘without basis’
The Philippines has filed a diplomatic protest against China’s fishing ban in the South China Sea, saying the prohibition encroaches into parts of the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and puts Filipino fishermen at ...
- May 20, 2021
‘Window hour’ eyed for Taal fishers, farmers as volcano remains restive
Authorities are studying the imposition of a “window hour” for residents in communities surrounding Taal Volcano so they can harvest from their fish cages and farms amid the continued volcanic activity. In a telephone ...
- July 9, 2021
Coast Guard: HK boat crew didn’t do enough to save PH fishermen
The Philippine Coast Guard on Tuesday said that due to a number of factors, the crew of a Hong Kong-flagged cargo ship was only able to do half of what they were expected to do after their vessel collided with a Filipino ...
- July 1, 2020
Fowl play: PH farmers raise alarm over meat, fish, veggie glut
The slowdown of exports and the temporary closures of restaurants and hotels due to the pandemic have left the country’s agriculture sector with a different kind of crisis: how to offload an overwhelming surplus of meat, ...
- April 27, 2020
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
Taal damage to agriculture hits ₱3B
Five days since Taal Volcano rumbled and spewed ash over nearby provinces and cities, the eruption had already damaged P3.06 billion worth of agricultural crops, fish and livestock in the provinces of Batangas, Cavite and ...
- January 18, 2020
DA earmarks P8.5B for farmers, fisherfolks hit by typhoons
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has allotted P8.5 billion to aid farmers and fisherfolk distraught by the series of typhoons that recently hit the country. The money—pooled from funds allocated to the agency under the ...
- November 28, 2020
Group seeks gov't help for fisherfolk
An industry group is urging the government to provide more assistance to local fisherfolk as the demand for fish exports remained weak because of the trade restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. In a virtual press ...
- September 29, 2020