Two fishermen have died and seven are missing after their vessel took on water in the Philippine Sea east of Mindanao, the Coast Guard said on Friday, June 23, with an open-sea search continuing. Fourteen of the 23 crew members of the Genesis 2 were rescued by other fishing vessels shortly after the...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Tuesday, June 20, assured that he is “slowly making progress” in his talks with China regarding the rights of Filipino fishermen in accessing their traditional fishing grounds. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (File Photo/MANILA BULLETIN) In a media...
By Dr. Rafael D. Guerrero III The Philippines is endowed with more than 400,000 hectares of inland waters consisting of lakes, marshes, rivers and reservoirs. In such waters abound freshwater fishes, mollusks and crustaceans. Inland waters are part of the country’s municipal waters which include...
Progressive groups called on the national government to grant “much-needed” production subsidies for small scale farmers and fishers amid the looming El Niño. (Unsplash) For peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), it is “high time” for the Department of Agriculture to grant...
WASHINGTON, DC, USA—President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has urged China to finally sit down with the Philippines and talk about the Filipino fishers' natural fishing grounds. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) Marcos said in an interview en route to...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has ordered the construction of fish ports in 11 coastal provinces in the country to address the challenges faced by Filipino fisherfolks. Marcos made the directive during a sectoral meeting on Tuesday, March 14 in Malacañang. The President ordered...
Alarmed by the decline in the country’s agri-fisheries production, fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) urged the administration to “take immediate action” and appoint a competent agri chief. Citing the Philippine Statistics Authority’s data,...
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...
Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) once again called on the national government to “end importation” and instead “strengthen the local production” of fish. (Unsplash) According to the fisherfolk group, importation harms local production and displaces...
BEIJING, China—Chinese President Xi Jinping has promised to "find a compromise solution" to allow Filipino fishermen to fish in their natural fishing grounds. President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. revealed this following his bilateral meeting with Xi during the former's three-day state...
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...
