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Amid typhoon Karding, monsoon rains, fishers appeal for aid, BFAR action

By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA – As the greater Manila area and surrounding provinces continued to be buffeted by typhoons and monsoon rains, the fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (PAMALAKAYA-Pilipinas) urged the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to mobilize its reserved calamity funds. “We direly need help in the…