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10,000 dynamite fishing cases recorded everyday
Lawmakers on Tuesday have expressed their concern over the high number of illegal dynamite fishing cases in the country and has called on the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the local government units to help the ...
- October 17, 2012
EU move to boost PH fishing targets
Lifting of the yellow card issued to the Philippines by the European Union in connection with measures to fight illegal fishing is a big boost to the country attaining its inclusive growth objectives in the EU-Generalized ...
- April 27, 2015
Sustainable fishing pushed in workshop
Representatives of the Philippine and US governments last week lent support to a workshop attended by 135 participants to measure and understand the negative impacts of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU) in ...
- September 10, 2020
Study aims to conserve galunggong, espada
Teeming with more than 3,000 species of fish, other sea creatures and corals, the Philippines is considered a marine sanctuary. The country, which has one of the world’s longest coastlines, has vast fishing grounds that ...
- November 2, 2017
Duterte: There will be trouble ‘if China grabs oil and uranium’
Is President Rodrigo Duterte moving away from his close friendship with China? Recently, he has strongly taken issue over stern radio warnings by the Chinese to Philippine military aircraft flying near Beijing’s facilities ...
- August 23, 2018
2 Indonesian fishers abducted off Sabah
Two masked gunmen abducted two Indonesian fishermen off Semporna town in Sabah despite a strict security and sea curfew imposed by Malaysian authorities over persistent threats posed by Abu Sayyaf Group terrorists. Malaysia’s ...
- September 13, 2018
Group to DA: Stop plan to import fish
A fishers group called on the Department of Agriculture (DA) to scrap its plan to import fish and instead push for quick and concrete rehabilitation of the livelihood of affected local fisherfolk whose fishing gears and ...
- January 6, 2022
China's fishing fleet part of Beijing's drive to become a maritime power: First word
Whenever Chinese fishing vessels land in a major fishing dispute with another country, the standard rationale of China’s foreign ministry is that its fishermen are only exercising their rights to fish in traditional fishing ...
- April 24, 2021
Offensive music video made in China
And the unkindest cut of all lies in the very title of the music video: “Nag-iisang Dagat,” or one ocean. Unity has always been the dominant theme during times of global calamities which inspired music videos such as “We ...
- April 30, 2020
Carpio's plan to push WPS deal hit
Former solicitor general Florin Hilbay said retired Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio was an "outsider" in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) case who was pushing an "unethical" plan for a deal with China. Hilbay lashed out ...
- July 12, 2021