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For farmers, 'Tuwid na daan' not enough
In the Agriculture Fisheries 2025 (AF2025) Conference in February 2011, the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), a think tank connected to the National Economic Development Authority, received 23 road maps ...
- September 30, 2015
Chinese coast guards share food with Filipino fishers
This was unthinkable months back: Chinese coast guards, who used to drive away Filipino fishermen, share their food and cigarettes with Filipinos fishing at Panatag Shoal last week. Chinese Coast Guard vessels approached ...
- November 2, 2016
DFA, Manila gov't push back vs Chinese
From both national and local governments came some pushback on acts committed by the Chinese. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has filed a diplomatic protest in connection with an incident in May when the Chinese ...
- August 22, 2020
PH fishers play 'hide-and seek' with sino ships in Scarborough
For fishermen whose livelihood depends on the bounty of Scarborough Shoal, any attempt to enter its lagoon is still a “perilous” move while China’s Coast Guard continues to patrol the area. But the Philippine Coast Guard ...
- March 29, 2022
Gov’t ban on destructive fishing methods starts
Since April 15, commercial fishing boat captain Arnel Perante and his 25-member crew have been idle in their boat docked on Pantal River here. Some of them tinkered with their fishing nets, sewing the portions that were ...
- April 29, 2014
US to compensate PH for damage to Tubbataha Reefs
The US government has apologized and pledged to provide “appropriate compensation” to the Philippines for the damage caused by the grounding of a US warship at the protected Tubbataha Reefs in the Sulu Sea. The US compensation ...
- February 5, 2013
Zambales fishermen favor strong President to end China's blockade
A 30-foot trawler named "Marvin" lies beached on a grass bank overlooking the South China Sea, idle since China's Coast Guard began driving away Philippine fishermen after a fierce standoff four years ago. Its 10-man crew ...
- May 7, 2016
Env't group raises alarm over coral poaching in Tayabas Bay
The threat of coral poaching in Tayabas Bay has surfaced after the recent arrest of a fisherman who yielded 11 sacks of assorted corals harvested in this body of water in Quezon province, a local environmental group said. ...
- October 26, 2016
Panatag still no-fish zone
Chinese Coast Guard vessels drove Filipino fishermen from the disputed Scarborough Shoal last week in defiance of a UN-backed court’s ruling and just days before President Duterte’s fence-mending visit to China. “What ...
- October 12, 2016
Metro mayors back Manila Bay cleanup
Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu and Interior Secretary Eduardo Año have met with six Metro Manila mayors who backed plans to “restore the beauty and bounty” of Manila Bay. Metropolitan Manila Development Authority chair ...
- February 3, 2019