Bantay Dagat tells fisherfolks, fish dealers to register their gears, vessels

Kim Ablaña 03/20/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – An official of Cebu City’s Bantay Dagat Commission (BDC) is urging fisherfolks and fish dealers to comply with the mandatory registration of their fishing vessels and gears. Lawyer Ernesto Jose Rama, the BDC…

Island hopping boat sinks off Cordova coast, 35 rescued

Futch Anthony Inso 09/26/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Fisherfolks in Mactan Island especially in Olango Island are reminded not to go out to sea due to the inclement weather brought about by Typhoon Karding, which is affecting the Luzon area on…

Fuel discount cards released to 971 farmers, fishers in Cebu – DA-7

Futch Anthony Inso 07/29/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture in Central Visayas (DA-7) has distributed on Friday, July 29, 2022, fuel discount cards to 971 farmer and fisherfolk beneficiaries from different local government units (LGUs) in Cebu. The…

Consolacion officials bent on realizing reclamation project

Mary Rose Sagarino 06/14/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — A public hearing on the reclamation project in Barangay Tayud that was proposed by the local government of Consolacion was conducted at the amphitheater of the town’s municipal hall on Tuesday, June 14.…

Capitol to increase aid for fisherfolks

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/08/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Cebu Provincial Government has decided to increase the aid intended for fisherfolks whose boats were destroyed by Typhoon Odette (international name: Rai).  Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia on Monday, February 7, announced that they…

Odette leaves P3.3B agri damage in Central Visayas…and counting

Mary Rose Sagarino 01/06/2022

  MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — The damage to agriculture brought by super typhoon Odette in Central Visayas has now reached P3.3 billion. Joel Elumba, Executive Director of the Department of Agriculture in Central Visayas (DA-7), said this…

Samsam to connect fisherfolks to the management of ongoing reclamation project

Mae Fhel Gom-os 11/08/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu — Talisay City Mayor Gerald Anthony “Samsam” Gullas said the city government will connect the concerned fisher folks to the management of the ongoing reclamation project in Barangay Tangke and San Roque. Gullas assured…

Fishermen hold protest in Tayud: No to reclamation project

Futch Anthony Inso 11/07/2021

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Close to 100 fisherfolks and residents in Barangay Tayud, Consolacion town in northern Cebu protested on Sunday morning, November 7, 2021, against the reclamation project that will be implemented by the municipal government…

CV fisherfolks to receive fingerlings, propagules, fishing materials for BFAR-7’s 58th Fishcon

Dyrecka Letigio 09/14/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Fishermen and fisherfolks in Central Visayas can expect to receive bangus and tilapia fingerlings as well as seaweed propagules during the celebration of Fish Conservation Week. The weeklong celebration began on September 13,…

DA hands P91M worth of aid to Cebu farmers, fishermen

Doris C. Bongcac 12/08/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – Qualified farmers and fishermen in Cebu received P91 million worth of aid from the Department of Agriculture (DA) to make sure that are able to produce food for the Cebuanos during the pandemic.…

BFAR-7 gives fiberglass boats to fisherfolks in Sta. Catalina, NegOr

Doris C. Bongcac 08/05/2020

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Central Visayas (BFAR-7) gave fishing boats to two fisherfolk associations in Sta. Catalina town in Negros Oriental to help in their livelihood. The recipients of…

Fisherfolks to Visayas Ombudsman: Probe officials who tolerate commercial fishing at Tañon Strait

Rosalie Abatayo 08/17/2018

The Tañon Strait Fisherfolks Federation sought the help of the Office of the Ombudsman in the Visayas to go after public officials who back commercial fishers who operate within the 500,000-hectare protected seascape. Under environmental protection laws,…

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