By Henrylito D. Tacio Fish, like rice, is a staple food of Filipinos. The average Filipino eats 98 grams of fish per day and 36 kilograms of fish per year, reports the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). Fish is the cheapest source of animal protein compared to beef, pork and chicken in...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) disclosed Friday, Feb. 17, that one of its patrol ships encountered and challenged a Vietnamese-flagged fishing vessel off Recto (Reed) Bank as the PCG vowed to intensify its presence in in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) amid the intrusion of foreign elements....
ILOILO CITY – The municipality of Carles, Iloilo has organized the largest inter-agency task force (IATF) against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the country. THE inter-agency task force against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing. (BFAR-6) “We laud local...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said on Sunday, Jan. 29, that it has constructed an access road leading to the Misamis Occidental Community Fish Landing Center which will enhance the earning capacity of the fisherfolks and other local workers. “Fishermen are now reaping the...
LUCENA CITY – Nearly P1 million worth of fishing gear, tools, illegally caught fishes, and 77 bottles of 'bigas-bigas' used in dynamite fishing were seized by authorities during a raid in seawater off Barangay Barra on Friday, Jan. 27, in this city. Joint elements of the Bureau of Fisheries and...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard rescued seven Chinese crew of a distressed fishing vessel in the sea of Suluan Island, Guiuan, Eastern Samar, on Friday night, Jan. 27. The PCG Command Center received a distress call from FV Kai Da 899 due to damaged hull around 2:09 p.m. on Jan. 26....
ZURICH, Switzerland — President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. clarified that the Philippines and China only have an agreement, not a partnership, that would allow Filipino fishermen to fish in the South China Sea. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) ...
Fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) aired its opposition against China’s “partnership proposal with local fishing villages,” saying that “nothing beneficial” for Filipino fishers could come out of this agreement. A fisherman in Cavite (MB...
TACLOBAN CITY -- Two fishermen died while six others survived after their fishing boat capsized in the sea of Barangay Manglit, Pintuyan, Southern Leyte, on Christmas Day. Authorities identified the fatalities as Rowel Dialel, 50, and Amay Paglinawan, 49. They were declared dead on arrival at the...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources led send-off activities Thursday, Dec. 1, at the Majini Pier of the Naval Station Romulo M. Espaldon in Calarian, Zamboanga City to signal the start of the closed fishing season at the Zamboanga Peninsula. DEPARTMENT of Agriculture,...
The United States will be providing the Philippines $7.5 million in assistance to help the country in countering illegal, unregulated, unreported and unsustainable fishing. This came as US Vice President Kamala Harris visited the fishing village of Tagburos in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, where she...
Here's a bold idea: turn a disputed area in the West Philippine Sea (WPS)--one that's reportedly surrounded by Chinese ships--into the Philippines' own leisure fishing tourism site. Surigao del Sur 2nd district Rep. Johnny Pimentel (Facebook) That's exactly the purpose of House Bill (HB) No.6228...
