By DEE AYROSO
Friends in the high seas
Tags: Filipino fisherfolk
Fact-finding mission calls on gov’t to act on West Ph Sea crisis
“The situation within the Philippine waters has reached the level of crisis and the fisherfolk are struggling to survive.”
Fisher folk groups protest Chinese aggression in West Ph Sea
“It is a huge suffering for the fishermen, especially for their families. If you have no money and your pots are empty, what will happen to you?”
Yolanda affected fishers received ‘epoxy’ from government
“Subsistence fisherfolk need new boats, at least 10-12 horse power motor engines and new nets because all their fishing gears were swept away during super typhoon Yolanda.”