Typhoon-hit fishermen are demanding to get a share from the Department of Agriculture's (DA) calamity fund a week after Ulysses, the deadliest storm to hit the Philippines so far for this year, made landfall and affected their livelihood. On Friday, Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng...
Quinta and Rolly's damage to agri sector now at P9B Rescuers evacuate residents from their flooded homes after Typhoon Vamco hit, in Marikina City, suburban Manila on November 12, 2020. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP) Thousands of farmers and fishermen in Quezon province and Bicol region are reeling...
Fishers’ group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (PAMALAKAYA) is asking the government to look for other solutions to the expected shortage of tilapia and galunggong, stressing importation in not the answer as this will be detrimental to small fishermen. PAMALAKAYA National...