As part of its “tigil-palaot” or fishing strike protest amid the big-time oil price hike in the country, fishers’ group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) suspended their fishing operations on Tuesday, March 15. The protests were simultaneously held in major...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – Women fisherfolks here as well as members of the Rural Improvement Club of Barangay Cagumitan (RIC Cagumitan), Tuao, recently participated in a hands-on training on fish processing and value-adding technology. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, through...
Filipino fishermen shouldn't be left behind by the private sector as far as senatorial candidate Gilbert "Gibo" Teodoro is concerned. (Fredrik Ohlander/ Unsplash) Teodoro on Wednesday, March 2 encouraged the private sector to partner up with local fishermen and include them in their value chain in...
STA. CRUZ, Laguna--Big corporations and influential individuals who have been occupying Laguna Lake with their huge fish pens will have to go while small fishermen will be assured of wider fishing grounds if and when presidential candidate Senator Manny Pacquiao wins the Palace seat. SILVER...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Friday, Feb, 18 vowed to push for measures that will boost the development of the agriculture sector if and when she gains a new term in the chamber. This, as she felt humbled by the support committed by two farmers groups to her reelection bid in the Senate. Senator Risa...
As another round of oil price increases are scheduled today (February 1), Senator Francis “Kiko” N. Pangilinan called for the timely release of fuel discounts, seedlings, farm equipment, and other assistance to farmers and fisherfolk contained in the 2022 General Appropriations Act (GAA)....
If elected president, Vice President Leni Robredo will empower local fishing communities in the country by providing them much-needed resources to keep them operationalize, taking inspiration from a thriving mangrove rehabilitation project in Kabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay. (Photo courtesy of the...
Fishers' group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) called out China's “rampant plunder and destruction of marine resources" as it "adversely affect more than 600,000 Filipino fisherfolks" during a protest in Makati City on Thursday, Nov. 24. (Photo from Pamalakaya...
Vice President Leni Robredo’s home region of Bicol turned pink for a day as residents and supporters welcomed her motorcade from Naga City to neighboring Albay. Vice President Leni Robredo visits an island barangay in Albay for the turnover of motorized boats and other assistance for its...
Small-scale fisherfolk will benefit from the rehabilitation and dismantling of illegal fishing structures in the Manila Bay, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Usec. Benny Antiporda said Wednesday, Sept. 8. Antiporda made the assurance as several fisherfolk and fishers' group...
Thousands of fisherfolk—already suffering from the COVID-19 crisis—are at risk of losing livelihood as the national government is set to demolish structures they have built for mussels and oysters farming in the Manila Bay. Members of fishers' group PAMALAKAYA (Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is seeking to introduce floating fish cage farming among farmers and fisherfolk in Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija. (Photo by Ali Vicoy/ Manila Bulletin File Photo) During his weekly report on Friday, Aug. 27, DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la...
