The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) has upheld its decision that ordered the dismissal of Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) National Director Demosthenes R. Escoto. In an eight-page joint order, the OMB denied Escoto’s motion to reconsider its Feb. 5 orders that dismissed him from...
(Courtesy of BFAR) A suspected Chinese ship allegedly pointed a “high-intensity laser” towards two civilian vessels of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) near the Hasa-Hasa (Half-Moon) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), it was revealed on Sunday, Dec. 8. The unidentified...
A senior aquaculturist at the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) was shot dead by two unidentified assailants in Panabo City, Davao del Norte on Saturday, Dec. 7. A report from the Davao del Norte Provincial Police Office (PPO) identified the victim as Karen Diana Candilosas, 42,...
President Marcos has signed laws establishing a marine hatchery in Agusan del Sur and Zamboanga City. Central Bangus Hatchery in Panganan, Calape, Bohol (File Photo from BFAR) Marcos signed Republic Act (RA) No. 12074 to establish a freshwater fish hatchery in the Municipality of Talacogon, Agusan...
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...
Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada (Senate PRIB) The China Coast Guard (CCG) must be held accountable for its unprovoked attacks on Philippine assets in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), according to Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy...
Fishermen cast their net as a floating marker serving as a barrier is installed by Chinese vessels at Bajo de Masinloc on Sept. 20, 2023. (Photo by PCG) A China Coast Guard (CCG) vessel fired a water cannon against a ship of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Bajo de Masinloc...
Troops stand on the edge of M/V Lapu-Lapu as it approaches BRP Sierra Madre during a successful resupply mission to Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea on Sept. 27, 2024. (Courtesy of Armed Forces of the Philippines) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) successfully held a rotation and...
A Chinese vessel rams Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) vessel BRP Datu Sanday during a resupply mission in the West Philippine Sea on Aug. 25, 2024. (Photo: NTF-WPS) There appears no sign of easing of tension in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) as Chinese navy and coast guard ships...
The ambassadors of the United States and Japan denounced China for launching flares at Philippine aircraft operating in the Scarborough Shoal and Subi Reef last week. (Photos courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) In a post on X (formerly Twitter), US Ambassador MaryKay Carlson expressed...
Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada has condemned China's latest use of flares, calling it irresponsible and dangerously provocative. A view of the flares launched by China from Zamora (Subi) Reef against a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Cessna 208B Grand Caravan aircraft...
