BACOLOD CITY - Negros Occidental second district Rep. Alfredo Marañon III said they will file an appeal before the Supreme Court over the decision allowing commercial fishing vessels within the 15-kilometer municipal waters. MARAÑON “That is a great disservice to the two million marginal...
ILOILO CITY – The provincial government of Iloilo has joined the mounting opposition against the Supreme Court ruling that opened the 15-kilometer boundary of municipal waters to large-scale commercial fishing. FISHING boats off the coast of Concepcion, a town in northern Iloilo province....
ILOILO CITY — The campaign to sustain the Visayan Sea as a rich fishing ground should go beyond the annual fishing ban, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources said. FISHING boats at the port of Concepcion, a town in northern Iloilo province. (Tara Yap) “The three-month fishing ban...
Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILABULLETIN) Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers has sounded the alarm on China's alleged deployment of "fake fishing boats" in the West Philippine...
ILOILO CITY – The annual three-month fishing ban in the Visayan Sea, one of the country’s richest fishing grounds, is underway. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) of the Department of Agriculture (DA) officially launched the closed fishing season under Fisheries Administrative...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-9 has declared Nov. 15, 2024 to Feb. 15, 2025 as closed fishing season for sardines in the Zamboanga Peninsula. BFAR Regional Director Al Zhat Kunting leads the send-off ceremony in Zamboanga City for the 14th closed fishing season...
BURDEOS, Quezon – A fisherman was killed in a suspected dynamite explosion while fishing in the sea of this town on Monday morning, Oct. 28. Police identified the victim as Mario Macagaling. Investigation said a fellow fisherman, Richard Legaspi, heard an explosion from where the victim was...
POLILLO, Quezon – Authorities seized illegal fishing boats and gear and illegally caught fish valued at P3.2 million during a seaborne patrol operation in Lamon Bay near Balesin Island here on Thursday, September 19. ILLEGAL fishing boats and gear were seized in a seaborne patrol operation...
BACOLOD CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard on Sunday, August 11, turned over 180 kilograms of golden trevally fish, locally known as “badlon,” worth P50,000 caught through blast fishing to the Holy Family Homes Inc., an orphanage in Barangay Cabug, this city. THE Coast Guard turns over 180...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (PPAB) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte says the government should implement a “stronger presence” in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) to protect Filipino fisherfolk from China’s unilateral...
AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert Lee (Rep. Lee's Facebook page) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert Lee says the government should provide assistance to Filipino fisherfolk affected by China's unilateral four-month fishing ban in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). In a...
A plateau-like trend is forecasted for the Philippines’ gross domestic product (GDP) rate for the second quarter of 2024, attributed by higher employment and government spending, an economist from the University of Santos Tomas (UST) suggested. Carlos Manapat, UST economic department chairperson...
