“Cha-Cha would further exploit the country’s land and sea resources because it will remove the protections on our sovereignty and patrimony granted by the existing constitution. Moreover, it will allow 100 percent foreign ownership of lands and other strategic sectors in the economy including but not limited to mining, education, media, utilities, advertising, health, and other public sectors,” Fernando Hicap, PAMALAKAYA National Chairperson said in a statement.
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Fishers’ group cries foul over arrest of its Bicol regional chair
“Mangampo is the elected President of Lakas ng mga Maliliit na Mangingisda ng Bicol, leading small fishers in the region on campaigns for fishing rights and coastal protection. He even facilitated our boat dispersal project in Albay province last March,” Fernando Hicap, PAMALAKAYA National Chairperson said in a statement.
Read morePamalakaya Fish Community Pantry May 29, 2021
With the funds raised by Pamalakaya from donors and fishing rights youth advocates, 145kg of tilapia were bought directly from the small fisherfolk of Binangonan, Rizal in Laguna Lake with 100kg of rice, were distributed to 200 urban poor families in Brgy. Old Capitol Site in Quezon City and volunteers from the urban poor community in Area 17, Brgy. UP Campus.
Read moreCost of Chinese occupation on Zambales fishers: 70% of income per fishing trip – PAMALAKAYA
“Hindi na kasi kami makalapit para mangisda sa bandang Panatag Shoal, kaya nagsisiksikan kami sa loob ng 15-kilometer municipal waters hanggang sa pinakamalayong 60 kilometro mula sa baybayin kung saan mas kakaunti ang nahuhuling isda,” Roldan, a fisherman in Botolan, Zambales said.
Read more‘Bayanihan 3’ a let-down to agri-sectors, fishers’ group decried
“This supposed “ayuda” bill has rejected to include the demand of labor and agriculture sectors for direct cash aid and production subsidy. The Congress has left out the marginalized farmers and fishers who happen to be food security frontliners, and are also one of the most-hit sectors of the economic crisis brought about by the government’s failed pandemic response,” Fernando Hicap, PAMALAKAYA National Chairperson said in a statement.
Read moreStep up crackdown vs foreign poachers in West Philippine Sea, gov’t pressed
“It is by legal and international rights that we strongly enforce our maritime laws at our disposal against foreign poachers in our territorial waters. This is to preserve and make the use of our fragile fishery and marine resources in the West Philippine Sea that are being rapidly exploited and plundered by China,” Fernando Hicap, PAMALAKAYA National Chairperson said in a statement.
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