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₱1K MONTHLY FUEL SUBSIDY FOR SMALL FISHERS PUSHED

With small fishers weighed down by fast shrinking incomes amid incessantly rising fuel costs and declining fish catch, Camarines Sur Reps. Luigi Villafuerte and Migz Villafuerte see a compelling reason for the Congress to legislate a program providing a monthly fuel subsidy of ₱1,000 to municipal fisherfolk plus their automatic enrollment in the National Health Insurance […]

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YAMSUAN: NEW BFAR CHIEF TO PROTECT SMALL FISHERS

Bicol Saro Party-list Representative Brian Raymund Yamsuan has expressed confidence that the newly appointed national director of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) would intensify the agency’s “laser focus” on protecting the welfare and uplifting the plight of small-scale fishers.  Yamsuan, the chairperson of the House Committee on Aquaculture and Fisheries Resources, said […]