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TACLOBAN CITY – Over 6,000 fisherfolk beneficiaries in Eastern Visayas are set to receive fuel discount cards from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-Region 8 (Eastern Visayas) to help them cope with the continuous increase in oil prices.

Wilbert Lee: The voice of the farmers, fisherfolk

SAN NARCISO, Zambales — Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday, April 19, committed to protect the fisherfolk here who usually get into conflicts with Chinese fishing vessels in nearby West Philippine Sea (WPS), and highlighted the need to strengthen the capabilities of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) in ensuring the seas remain open for Filipino fishermen.

Vice President Leni Robredo expects more endorsements to come her way in the last 40 days to Election Day, though she emphasized that her campaign’s strength comes from the volunteers who are “very passionate” and “invested.”

As part of its “tigil-palaot” or fishing strike protest amid the big-time oil price hike in the country, fishers’ group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) suspended their fishing operations on Tuesday, March 15.

Filipino fishermen shouldn’t be left behind by the private sector as far as senatorial candidate Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro is concerned.

STA. CRUZ, Laguna–Big corporations and influential individuals who have been occupying Laguna Lake with their huge fish pens will have to go while small fishermen will be assured of wider fishing grounds if and when presidential candidate Senator Manny Pacquiao wins the Palace seat.

Senator Risa Hontiveros on Friday, Feb, 18 vowed to push for measures that will boost the development of the agriculture sector if and when she gains a new term in the chamber.

If elected president, Vice President Leni Robredo will empower local fishing communities in the country by providing them much-needed resources to keep them operationalize, taking inspiration from a thriving mangrove rehabilitation project in Kabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay.

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.

Vice President Leni Robredo’s home region of Bicol turned pink for a day as residents and supporters welcomed her motorcade from Naga City to neighboring Albay.

Small-scale fisherfolk will benefit from the rehabilitation and dismantling of illegal fishing structures in the Manila Bay, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Usec. Benny Antiporda said Wednesday, Sept. 8.

Thousands of fisherfolk—already suffering from the COVID-19 crisis—are at risk of losing livelihood as the national government is set to demolish structures they have built for mussels and oysters farming in the Manila Bay.

The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is seeking to introduce floating fish cage farming among farmers and fisherfolk in Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija.

As an archipelago with 7,641 islands, the Philippines is mostly surrounded by water. Those residing in coastal areas make a livelihood from marine fishing. But over the years, there have been concerning issues such as the degradation of marine resources and the need for fisherfolk to be better represented. 

CEBU CITY – Fishermen in Central Visayas turn to online selling of seafood products to earn a living with limited access to their regular markets due to the COVID-19 pandemic.