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...

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...

  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...

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...

The year 2015 witnessed major policy changes that govern human activities in the context of increasing global temperature. It was the time when major issues on environmental degradation and the need for sustainability were discussed. One of the policies that emerged...

January 25, 2016 ATTY. ASIS G. PEREZ Undersecretary for Fisheries Department of Agriculture Director Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Dear Atty. Asis, Greetings of Peace! First of all, we would like to commend your good office in facilitating the timely...

Ownership, consultation and lack of clarity in the beneficiaries’ criteria were the major concerns of the fisherfolk leaders who attended the consultation on the proposed Department Administrative Order by the National Anti-Poverty Commission for the Department of...

Last December 18, 2015, stakeholders from the coastal communities in Tacloban City and the Regional offices of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Region 8 assembled to discuss the implementation of...

Now two years passed since typhoon Yolanda hit most part of the Visayas, the status for most of the survivors is still far from okay. The immediate needs identified by the survivors themselves at the start of the rehabilitation work by the government remain unresolved...

After the strongest typhoon Yolanda hit the world andbrought massive destructions in Eastern Samar and nearby regions, the  socio-economic,  and  political  governance  made  a  360  degree  turn  in  the said province.  The  towns hardest  hit  by  the  super ...