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While fishing is a lucrative industry, fishers are vulnerable to forced labor and human trafficking due to lack of education or training, and inadequate language skills. Issues on fishers were discussed during the 9th Manila International Dialogue…
MANILA, Philippines — The foreign commercial vessel involved in the October 2 fatal collision in the West Philippine Sea is operated by a Chinese-Korean firm, senators learned on Thursday, Oct. 12. This was revealed when the Senate…
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu- Senator Christopher “Bong” Go is asking the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to pursue the filing of charges against the operator of the foreign commercial vessel that hit a Filipino fishing boat northwest of Scarborough…
CITY OF CALAPAN, Oriental Mindoro Philippines — Neresa Macalalad, a community organizer in Naujan, Oriental Mindoro, laments that from earnings of up to P2,000 for every fishing trip, families in her village of San Antonio now get…
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Some 100 fishermen from Barangay Sabang in Olango Island, Lapu-Lapu City received pump boats from a Japanese company on Thursday, February 9, 2023. The “Ahon Para sa Nayon” program was initiated by Impact…
MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Fishermen in Mandaue City will soon receive a P3,000 fuel subsidy from the city government. This is after the ordinance authored by city councilor Andreo Icalina, the chairman of the Committee on Agriculture,…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The fisherfolks of the San Jose Banatti Dragon Boat Team flexed their winning form in the inaugural Mandani Bay Dragon Boat Regatta by dominating two categories last Saturday, August 20, 2022, at the…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Bantay Dagat Commission is working on establishing a cooperative for all the fishermen in the City to help improve their access to government aid and programs. According to the City’s…
MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Over 100 fishermen affected by Typhoon Odette in Mandaue City have received their Dasig Sugbo Cards from the Cebu Provincial Government. The distribution on Wednesday, May 25, was conducted at the Pajara Park…
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…
LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — At least 50 fishermen in Sitio Bagacay, Barangay Tayud, Consolacion town in northern Cebu today held an-hour long protest at sea against the planned reclamation project on their shoreline. At least 10 wooden…
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,…
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