Apr 15, 2016 | LATEST NEWS/ACTIVITIES
Fisherfolk continue to remain as the “poorest of the poor” It has been revealed by latest data on poverty that the fisherfolk continue to remain as the “poorest of the poor” among the basic sectors of the country. In the 2012 Philippine Statistical Authority report,...
Mar 4, 2016 | LATEST NEWS/ACTIVITIES
On February 15, 2016, fisherfolk organizations from coastal communities of Tacloban City gathered to tackle the platforms they would push through in the coming local elections. These fisherfolk mostly engage in capture fisheries, fish cage operation, fishing vending,...
Mar 4, 2016 | LATEST NEWS/ACTIVITIES
As part of the its vision to empower fisherfolk and establish climate-resilient coastal communities with a policy environment that guarantees the utilization, management and development of resources in a manner that is sustainable, equitable and fair for all, the NGOs...
Mar 4, 2016 | LATEST NEWS/ACTIVITIES
DISTURBING. This was the first reaction when the team of the office of the Cabinet Secretary visitedfor a dialogueand finally heard all the sentiments of the fisher folks and community members in Tacloban City last February 19, 2016. More than two years already since...
Mar 2, 2016 | LATEST NEWS/ACTIVITIES
Manila, 29 February 2016 – A year after Republic Act (RA) 10654, which amended the Fisheries Code of 1998, was passed, fisherfolk associations, civil society organizations and environmental NGOs are underlining the gains of the amended law in a press conference...
Feb 19, 2016 | LATEST NEWS/ACTIVITIES
The 2016 elections is fast approaching and just like in the past, we have runningcandidates from well-off families, a combination of the old and the new, the familiar and unfamiliar.In Tacloban City, the same people from the usual competing political clans, but only...
