Forum: No-build zone policy to displace Yolanda survivors

Izobelle T. Pulgo 11/07/2016

IN time for the third anniversary of Super Typhoon Yolanda that wreaked havoc in the country, a forum was held to highlight the current plight of Yolanda survivors, who are still struggling to recover from the effects…

Fisherfolk protest culvert bridge built across SRP

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/03/2016

Culvert bridge meant for garbage trucks bars motorboats from crossing channel Fisherman Samuel Taraya recalled passing through the channel near the Inayawan landfill where he would join his father to catch fish. Even when the South Road…

Fisherfolk protest bridge of culverts to landfill

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 11/03/2016

Several fisherfolk in Cebu City are protesting the city government’s ongoing construction of a bridge of culverts connecting the South Road Properties (SRP) to the Inayawan landfill. The construction prevents even the small non-motorized boats of the…

Fisherman caught in strong current, huge waves, drowns

Nestle L. Semilla 10/20/2016

A fisherman with his son was picking shells in Daanbantayan town, northern Cebu Thursday dawn. It was low tide so they anchored their boat where the sea could keep it floating. As they pushed their boat out…

Capitol task force seizes blasted fish

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/22/2016

The Cebu Provincial Anti-Illegal Fishing Task Force (Cpaiftf) confiscated eight boxes of blasted fish past 12 midnight in Liloan town, northern Cebu yesterday. CPAIFTF head Lyndon Ruiz said the boxes of assorted fish from Medellin town were…

Fishermen vow to return to Scarborough July 13

07/13/2016

SUBIC, Zambales — Fishermen geared up on Tuesday afternoon for a return trip to the disputed Scarborough Shoal, after the United Nations’ Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague armed them with a favorable ruling on the…

Bangus sardines project Farming, fishing sectors in Tuburan get boost

Victor Anthony V. Silva 07/10/2016

Tuburan town’s fishing and farming sectors are getting a boost from the local government’s thrust to make bangus sardines a town industry and a local coffee chain’s plan to help coffee farmers improve their products and to…

Body of drug suspect found floating in San Remigio

Jhunnex Napallacan, Rene F. Alima 05/31/2016

A body of a man with a gunshot wound in the forehead was found floating in the seawaters of Sitio Patag, Barangay Argawanon, San Remigio town, northern Cebu at 8 a.m. yesterday. Three fishermen — Rey Paimalan,…

Taiwan fishermen protest Japan’s seizure of boat

04/28/2016

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Scores of Taiwanese fishermen protested yesterday outside Japan’s representative office in Taiwan to demand an apology over the seizure of one of their fishing boats by the Japanese coast guard. The fishermen lobbed eggs…

Fishermen in Yolanda-hit areas get fishing boats

03/05/2016

FISHERMEN associations from the 16 municipalities hardest hit by typhoon Yolanda in 2013 finally saw the fulfillment of their dreams. After strong winds and storm surges battered their homes and fishing boats, they are back to fishing.…

14 illegal fishermen caught in Tañon Strait

Apple Ta-as 12/13/2015

FIFTEEN buckets of assorted fish were confiscated last Saturday after a commercial fishing boat was apprehended illegally fishing in the Tañon Strait off the seawaters of Tuburan town in northwestern Cebu. FB Genevieve was apprehended with its…

El Niño’s effects can cause food price hikes next year

Aileen Garcia-Yap 10/07/2015

The strong El Niño occurring in the country today and the declining agricultural and fisheries production could cause an increase in the prices of food in the region early next year. Melissa Guantero, National Economic and Development…

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