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...
Visayan small fishermen are seeking economic aid of at least P10,000 a month as the Philippine government imposed the three-month closed fishing season within their area. In a statement, Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (PAMALAKAYA) said this will subsidize the small...
Members of the fisher’s group PAMALAKAYA push for their rights and stood against RA 10654 at the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources on Friday, Nov. 19. (Photo from PAMALAKAYA-Pilipinas) The members of fishers' group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas...
Visayan fishermen fear that there will be an artificial fish shortage – which could trigger an increase in fish prices – amid the implementation of a state-imposed three-month fishing ban within their coastal areas. In a statement, Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas...
Fishers' group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (PAMALAKAYA) on Wednesday, Oct. 27, said that it is seeking the shutdown of Manila's dolomite beach after its "superspreader" opening. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) "Aside from holding the officials accountable over the...
Fishers’ group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) on Tuesday, Oct. 26, urged the government to compel oil companies to disclose their process of domestic oil pricing amid the series as oil price hikes. Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas “In...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Department of Energy (DOE) are in talks about the possible implementation of a gasoline discount mechanism in the fisheries sector, one of the most hit farm sub-sectors by the incessant rise in gasoline prices. In a briefing Monday, Oct. 25, DA...
The average income of a small fisherfolk who regularly consumes diesel plunged following the series of oil price hikes, a fisherfolk group said Sunday, Oct. 24. Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) said a...
Opposition presidential aspirants are urged to undo the Philippines’ reliance on imported food, which was allegedly worsened by the pro-importation policy of the Duterte administration. “Public servants especially at the national level must address the most basic need of Filipinos: food. Yet,...
A fisher's group on Wednesday, Oct. 6, dared former Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Spokesperson Celine Pialago to seek a barangay post first before a partylist list seat. Celine Pialago (Photo from Comelec) Pialago filed Malasakit Movement Partylist's certificate of nomination and...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) expects the entry of cheaper, imported fish in two weeks as part of the efforts of the government to tame food prices. Agriculture Undersecretary Ariel Cayanan said during a briefing on Monday, Oct. 4 that the issuance of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Import...
TIGHT WATCH – Crew members of Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessel BRP Cabra monitor the departure of seven Chinese militia vessels from the Sabina Shoal in the West Philippine Sea on April 27, 2021. (Philippine Coast Guard) A national federation of fisherfolk organizations on Tuesday, Sept. 28,...
