Fishers dare Pialago: Seek a barangay post before party-list rep

“Does she even have a background of working as a village official? Before she aspires for a party-list seat, why not seek a barangay kagawad post for at least 1-2 terms or better yet, serve as a barangay tanod so she could directly experience and internalize their issues and concerns. We dare Ms. Pialago to prove her worth as the real representative of this group by undergoing this major overhaul in her political career,” Ronnel Arambulo, PAMALAKAYA Spokesperson said in a statement.

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Consecutive oil price hike costs us our fishing trip – fishers’ group

“This unstoppable skyrocketing oil prices push us to reduce the time we spend for fishing activities. From the regular 6 to 8 hours of fishing in a day, we need to cut it back to 4 to 6 hours because of expensive oil prices. The days we spend on the sea will also be reduced from the usual four to five days to only three days of a fishing trip in a week. Ultimately, this means a further diminution of our already small income and additional days of starvation,” Bobby Roldan, PAMALAKAYA Vice Chair for Luzon said in a statement.

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Fishers’ group to Isko: joint venture with China is a no-no

“Allow us to cite why joint oil and gas venture with China is a very dangerous undertaking and wrong on so many legal, moral, and political aspects. We have witnessed how China deliberately disregards the international ruling and how they violate the rights of Filipino fishers in the West Philippine Sea. Given these cases, what would prevent them from respecting the service contract and letting the Philippines gets its fair share from this joint venture? It is like sharing a cup of tea with a burglar who trespassed and robbed your house,” Ronnel Arambulo, PAMALAKAYA Spokesperson said in a statement.

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