The national government was urged to prioritize social benefits for workers and production subsidies for the marginalized sectors, saying that this would help “boost productivity” in the country. (Unsplash) “In social benefits and production aid – these are where the Marcos administration...
Fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) joined other progressive groups in seeking a “family living wage” amid rising rising costs of basic commodities in the Philippines. “We will benefit from the increase in workers’ wages because their ability...
By DIANN IVY CALUCIN Fisherfolk organizations staged a peaceful rally from the Boy Scout Circle in Quezon City to Liwasang Bonifacio, Lawton, and Ermita, Manila on Thursday, Nov. 24, urging President Marcos to take action and assert the Philippines' sovereignty in the West Philippine Sea (WPS)....
In time for the observance of World Fisheries Day, a Filipino fisherfolk group denounced the “continued reclamation projects” in the Philippines. Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) on Monday, Nov. 21, held a kinetic protest at the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic...
After it opposed the importation of 25,000 metric tons of fish until January 2023, a fisherfolk group dared President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to ban imported fish from China. “Nakakabahalang pangunahing pinanggagalingan ng ating inaangkat na isda ay China, ang bansang nangangamkam at...
Small-scale Filipino fishermen expressed their opposition to the national government’s plan to import 25,000 metric tons of fish amid the closed fishing season which will last until January 2023. A fisherman in Cavite (Manila Bulletin File Photo) Fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang...
Fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (KMP) on Tuesday, Nov. 8, disclosed that several Filipino fishermen are still enduring the destruction that tropical cyclone Paeng left. Paeng, the country’s 16th tropical cyclone in 2022 and the fourth in the month of...
The increasing unemployment rate among Filipino fisherfolk may jeopardize the supply of fish and food security in the Philippines, Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) said on Sunday, Oct 23. (Johannes Plenio/ Pexels) Small-scale fishermen, according to the group, are...
Filipino fishermen, amid the continuous oil price hikes, are now being forced to seek alternative jobs to make ends meet. Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) warned of the possible impacts of the continuous oil price hikes, saying that if not resolved this could harm...
Fisherfolk group Pamalakaya, on Monday morning, Oct. 17, trooped to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ (DENR) Central Office together with other progressive groups to demand the scrapping of environmental compliance certificates (ECCs) for Manila Bay reclamation projects....
A peasant group on Sunday, Oct. 2, once again called on the national government to provide much-needed compensation to cyclone-affected farmers and fishermen. Brgy. Salangan in San Miguel, Bulacan still submerged in flood on Sept. 26, 2022 after the onslaught of Super Typhoon Karding. (MARK...
A fisherfolk group urged President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to discontinue the country’s importation policies amid the further devaluation of Philippine peso. (FLICKR / MANILA BULLETIN) Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) called on the Marcos...
