Trader claims 78 fishermen left him, owed him money

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 01/28/2015

The Cebu-based fish trader accused of exploiting 78 fishermen from Cebu and Bohol said he has enough documents to prove not only his innocence but to show that they actually owed him money. In a statement released…

Abuse on the high seas

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 01/22/2015

Recruited from Cebu and Bohol, at least 76 enslaved fishermen rescued off southernmost tip of Palawan Authorities in Palawan on Tuesday rescued at least 76 fishermen who were allegedly forced to work without pay in commercial fishing…

North Cebu fishers get P33M in aid

Peter L. Romanillos 03/20/2014

Help is on the way for seaweed farmers and fisherfolks in northern Cebu four months after supertyphoon Yolanda swept away their aquatic farms and fishing gears. The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-7 turned over P33…

Tourists with a purpose

Marian Z. Codilla 02/17/2014

With chisel and hammer,  American visitors Mike Herman and Eddie Leazer spent the morning helping repair a fisherman’s boat in barangay Okoy, Bantayan Island. The visitors were not ordinary tourists. The US Army Apache pilots had come…

Over 600 fishing boats distributed to fisherfolks in storm-devastated Bantayan towns

Marian Z. Codilla 02/16/2014

  I don’t know how to react, I am overwhelmed and just cried.” This is what Lilibeth Gidukos, a wife of a fisherman and a mother of seven children said after she lost everything in the horrifying…

RAFI to provide bancas to affected fishermen in northern Cebu

Contributor 01/10/2014

THE Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI) has responded to the call of the Cebu Provincial Board to provide pumpboats (motorized bancas) to the fishermen whose livelihood were affected by supertyphoon Yolanda. RAFI is now finalizing the proposal…

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