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DA launching farmer, fisherman database program
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is launching the National Farmers and Fishermen Database (NFFD) this quarter to better identify beneficiaries of its credit programs, its top official said yesterday. In a Facebook post, ...
- January 15, 2019
Calida seeks dismissal of kalikasan petition on WPS
Solicitor General Jose Calida has asked the Supreme Court (SC) to dismiss the petition of fishermen seeking to compel the government to protect disputed shoals in the West Philippine Sea where Chinese fishermen have ...
- July 2, 2019
Foreign vessel catches fire near Recto Bank
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) yesterday helped rescue 25 crewmembers of a vehicle carrier vessel that caught fire near Recto Bank in the West Philippine Sea. PCG spokesman Capt. Armand Balilo said they immediately sent ...
- June 18, 2019
BFAR sets up breeding center for Phl's most expensive fish
A P10 million research and breeding center for the country’s most expensive fish ludong will be built in Cagayan Valley, the Bureau of Fishery and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said. The research facility broke ground at the ...
- March 24, 2019
Gov't urged to install vessel monitoring system
Oceana Philippines reiterated its call for transparency at sea to protect the lives of fishermen amid the recent sinking of a Filipino boat by a Chinese ship in the West Philippine Sea. It asked the government to adopt a ...
- June 23, 2019
Carpio: Allowing China to fish in Phl EEZ unconstitutional
President Duterte’s decision to allow Chinese fishermen to trawl in Recto (Reed) Bank in the West Philippine Sea violates the 1987 Constitution, Supreme Court (SC) Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio warned Tuesday. ...
- June 27, 2019
'Bulacan airport to displace fisherfolk'
At least 700 fisherfolk and coastal families will be displaced with the construction of a P700-billion airport project in Bulakan, Bulacan, according to fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas. ...
- July 10, 2019
Asean may tackle sea disputes; garbage dumping not on agenda
Bitter disputes over competing claims in the South China Sea are likely to surface at the two-day Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting starting Saturday in this Thai capital after the sinking of a Filipino ...
- June 21, 2019
China rejects 3rd party in boat sinking probe
China has rejected a proposal for a third party investigator for the Recto (Reed) Bank incident and has insisted that the probe be conducted only by Philippine and Chinese authorities, Malacañang said yesterday. Presidential ...
- July 2, 2019
Vietnamese fishermen caught poaching off Cagayan
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) recently apprehended 10 Vietnamese fishermen on board two boats allegedly caught illegally fishing in Northern Luzon. PCG spokesman ...
- June 4, 2019