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 held today. Senator Cynthia Villar, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Agriculture & Food […]
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Fisherfolk Count Gains One Year After Amended Fisheries Code
Posted on 02 March 2016.
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Tacloban Fisherfolk Agenda Meeting
Posted on 19 February 2016.
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 running for different elective positions filed their respective candidacies for the 2016 […]
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Opportunity Gained or Lost?
Posted on 10 February 2016.
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 was the new climate regime that would replace the Kyoto Protocol. And what made […]
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Letter to BFAR on CNFIDP (2016-2020)
Posted on 03 February 2016.
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 review and updating of the Comprehensive National Fisheries Industry Development Plan (CNFIDP), which underwent […]
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Fisherfolk Settlement Discussed in Region 8
Posted on 21 December 2015.
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 Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources’Fisherfolk Settlement for Stewardship Program last December 17 2015. There were just 3 […]
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Community Leaders, DENR, BFAR Convene for Hazard Zoning in Tacloban City
Posted on 20 December 2015.
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 the Joint Memorandum Circular – 01, series of 2014, entitled Adoption of Hazard Zone […]
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Fact Finding Mission on Yolanda
Posted on 25 November 2015.
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 up to this day. One that may be considered as […]
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Roundtable Discussion on Resettlement In the Province of Eastern Samar
Posted on 25 November 2015.
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 typhoon are revisiting the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan (MDRRMP) and become a priority agenda […]
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