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Coast guard arrests 21 Filipino fishermen in Bohol
Twenty-one crew members of a fishing boat were arrested by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in Tagbilaran for alleged illegal fishing in the municipal waters of Dauis in Bohol province on Wednesday night. Rejard Marfe, ...
- December 1, 2018
Healthy bay? count the turtles
The annual spectacle “is a manifestation of our commitment to the protection and rehabilitation of the bay,” said Edwin Frias, 46, a fisherman and Bantay Dagat (fish warden) from the village of Bignay II. Frias and other ...
- February 28, 2017
Farmers, fishers get boost from oil firm
Phoenix Petroleum Philippines Inc., in partnership with the Department of Energy and the Department of Agriculture, is helping farmers and fisherfolk reach their market by allotting space in select fuel stations until the ...
- October 2, 2020
DOJ: Gem-Ver fishermen seeking P12M compensation
Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said his department had submitted to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) a report on the estimated P12 million being sought by the owner and crew members of the FB Gem-Ver, as ...
- September 18, 2020
Dagupan celebrates 'bangus' bounty even without staging festival
For the second straight year, the local government has scrapped the monthlong Bangus Festival to avoid large crowds that could spread COVID-19. In the absence of tourist-drawing events, a small group of officials on Thursday ...
- April 30, 2021
What exactly did we win? ask fishermen
Like most fishermen in the seaside village of Cato here, Joseph Daroca was not aware that the Philippines had filed a case against China over the maritime dispute in the West Philippine Sea. When told that the UN-backed ...
- July 14, 2016
What explains Duterte's behavior toward China?
It’s hard to imagine how any Filipino can be supportive of President Duterte’s submissive, fawning behavior toward China notwithstanding the latter’s belligerent claim over a huge area of our marine-rich waters. No matter ...
- May 10, 2021
From foes to friends of tropical fish
Verde Island sits right in the middle of the Verde Island Passage (VIP), a strait between Luzon and Mindoro islands that biodiversity experts declared in 2005 the Earth’s “center of the center of marine shorefish biodiversity.” ...
- August 19, 2018
China ship rams Vietnam boat in South China Sea
Vietnam has lodged an official protest with China following the sinking of a Vietnamese fishing boat it said had been rammed by a Chinese maritime surveillance vessel near islands in the disputed South China Sea. The ...
- April 5, 2020
LGUs' fresh produce purchases rising, DA Chief says
Local government units (LGUS) have bought P1.58 billion worth of agriculture and fishery products directly from farmers and fishermen since the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) was imposed in mid-March, the Department ...
- May 9, 2020