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This is amid the lingering presence of hundreds of Chinese boats in the West Philippine Sea WPS. In a statement, BFAR said it is “committed to fulfilling its mandate of ensuring food security especially in this challenging time of the COVID-19 pandemic, alleviating the economic conditions of the fisheries sector especially the fisherfolk, and addressing illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing among other challenges that continue to hound the Philippine fisheries sector”. Moreover,...

(Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park and World Heritage Site FACEBOOK / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) made this call in reaction to President Duterte’s demand to the United States (US) government to pay $16 billion for hosting American forces and for the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA). “China should be compelled to pay billions of dollars remuneration for at least 1,850 hectares of damaged coral reefs caused by its reclamation ac...