PAMALAKAYA doesn’t trust the DOJ probe on ‘Bloody Sunday’ Manila, Philippines – “We’ve heard this script before, but we never[…]
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House bill tapping Laguna de Bay as water-source nixed
“Laguna de Bay should remain as fishing grounds sustaining the livelihood of millions of fisherfolk and its coastal population, not for commercial use that would transform its fisheries and agricultural use,” Ronnel Arambulo, PAMALAKAYA Coordinator in Rizal province said in a statement.
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PAMALAKAYA slams NCR-wide uniform curfew; urges public to be cautious with abusive police
“The PNP has no business in curbing the pandemic. They are neither public health experts nor medical practitioners to begin with. By doing a military, instead of medical approach on a health crisis, the Duterte government is repeating the same old mistake again,” Fernando Hicap, PAMALAKAYA National Chairperson said in a statement.
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Fisherfolk couple murdered over long-running battle against coastal and land-use conversion — PAMALAKAYA
PAMALAKAYA said the fisherfolk couple Chai Lemita-Evangelista and Ariel Evangelista were both members of Ugnayan ng Mamamayan Laban sa Pagwawasak ng Kalikasan at Kalupaan (UMALPAS KA), a local environmental organization in Nasugbu, Batangas. The Evangelistas were active in the long-standing campaign against coastal and land-grabbing by private developers within the 8,650-hectare Hacienda Looc in Nasugbu.
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Justice and accountability on Southern Tagalog’s “Bloody Sunday” sought
Slain Bagong Alyansang Makabayan-Cavite (BAYAN) Manny Asuncion, was working closely with the Cavite fisherfolk against reclamation projects in Manila Bay covering at least 4, 000 hectares of the province’s fishing waters. The said reclamation projects would cover at least 4, 000 hectares of Cavite’s extremely vulnerable coastal ecosystems.
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Fishers seek gov’t action on galunggong price hike
“Once a poor man’s fish, galunggong is no longer affordable to poor families courtesy of its unreasonable prices. With the prices of other foods such as rice, vegetables, and meat products rising, ordinary consumers who have yet to recover from the crises of pandemic have now nothing to choose from to eat a decent meal,” Fernando Hicap, PAMALAKAYA National Chairperson said in a statement.
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