Tragedy of Silot Bay commons

02/07/2014

The Silot Bay issue in Liloan town is a problem with how commons are being appropriated by a few. The act of owning a part of the sea does not even qualify as feudalism,  although the element…

The legal battle to recover Silot Bay from private ownership of the Mendoza family isn’t over

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 02/06/2014

Liloan Mayor Duke Frasco told residents in a public forum he would support efforts to contest a 2007 decision of  the Supreme Court which affirmed ownership  rights of labor leader Democrito Mendoza over the bay, where Menoza…

Dialogue on Silot Bay dispute to be held today

Peter L. Romanillos 02/05/2014

A dialogue between Liloan officials and the town’s local residents, fisherfolks and resort owners over the alleged closure of the controversial Silot Bay will be held today. Lilo-an Mayor Duke Frasco hopes the consultation will shed light…

Lilo-an folk protest fencing of Silot Bay by Mendozas

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Carine M. Asutilla 02/04/2014

Is Silot Bay off limits? Fences have come up around Silot Bay in Liloan town in the past month, angering fishermen, a resort, and local residents. The move has revived a decades-long conflict over access to the…

How Silot Bay ended up privately owned

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 02/04/2014

In 1954, labor leader Democrito Mendoza acquired a fishpond permit for the bay. In 1967, President Ferdinand Marcos ordered that all fishpond areas be released by the Bureau of Forestry to the Bureau of Lands as “alienable…

Tomorrow arrived yesterday

Juan Mercado 01/14/2014

The “cartographic”—what? “Cartographic aggression” is shorthand for redrawing maps to gobble up territory, writes Australian Sinologist Geremie Barmé. And last week’s region-wide protests over Beijing’s clamping of new fishing access rules, in disputed portions of the South…

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