“Opening our floodgates for imported fish inflicts serious harm to our struggling fishing industry. Its immediate impact would be felt by our local fisherfolk whose products would be outcompeted by imported fish. This importation measure that stems from liberalization policies should stop,” Ronnel Arambulo, PAMALAKAYA Spokesman said during the protest.
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VP Robredo’s senate slate disappoints fishers’ group
“Vice President Robredo needs Atty. Colmenares more than some people in her slate that do not have any credibility to be called opposition, simply put. Talking about opposition, Colmenares, along with the people’s organizations that he is affiliated with, have been at the forefront of fighting the terrors, corruption, and puppetry of the Duterte regime,” Fernando Hicap, PAMALAKAYA National Chairperson said in a statement.
Read more“regulate traders by imposing price control on galunggong”, fishers urge
Manila, Philippines – Amid the skyrocketing prices of galunggong (round scad fish) at P280/kilogram, the progressive fishers’ group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (PAMALAKAYA) is urging for a “government intervention in a form of price control to curb the rising prices of the once poor man’s fish”.
Read moreBalikbayan galunggong a probability – fisherfolk group
Manila, Philippines – Balikbayan galunggong (round scad fish) is highly possible given the evident intrusion of industrial fishing fleets from China and Vietnam – the countries in which the Philippines will import 60, 000 metric tons of galunggong starting this month. This was according to the militant fisherfolk group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (PAMALAKAYA-Pilipinas) on Tuesday, October 12.
Read more“Cross party-lines and unite vs Marcos-Duterte tandem” – PAMALAKAYA to five presidentiables
“We strongly and urgently appeal to the five presidential aspirants to set aside partisan politics and focus their political energy and resources to frustrate the sinister plot of Duterte and his political gangland to hold over the presidency in whatever form. Forge a political unity against the Duterte-Marcos tandem once and for all,” Ronnel Arambulo, PAMALAKAYA Spokesperson said in a statement.
Read moreBay and lake fishers endorsed favored bets
“This coastal-based action symbolizes our full pledge to elect the real representatives of the people in the elite-dominated Senate and Congress. To ensure the people’s fighting chance inside the legislative chamber, it is the Filipinos’ electoral duty to ensure the victory of Anakpawis and the two renowned activist leaders,” Ronnel Arambulo, PAMALAKAYA Spokesperson announced as he led the coastal-based even in the country’s largest freshwater lake.
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