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Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said critics were proven wrong by sea trials, which showed that the 12 fiberglass fishing boats given to the 22 Filipino fishermen involved in the Recto Bank incident are not defective. “The 12 units of fiberglass fishing boats given by the government to the crew of FB GEM-VER, which critics earlier […]
To ensure that the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is capable of immediately coming to the rescue of Filipino fishermen who are in distress at sea, Senator Dick Gordon is pushing for the allocation of additional budget for boosting the agency’s capability. Gordon made the proposal in the wake of the incident at the Recto Bank […]
Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol, together with the 22 rescued fishermen who called themselves the “Recto Bank 22,” denounced the act of the crew of the Chinese vessel for abandoning them after ramming their boat, the F/B Gem-Vir 1. “We denounce the act of the Chinese vessel in abandoning the fishermen in distress,” Piñol said in a […]
Senator Dick Gordon pointed out that the issue on the recent sinking of a Filipino fishing boat by a Chinese vessel near Recto Bank in the West Philippine Sea is that distressed people should not be left abandoned at sea. Gordon said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang missed the point being because the crux […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles stressed that government is exerting efforts to obtain justice for the 22-man crew of F/B Gem-Vir I, the fishing boat that sank following an encounter with a private Chinese vessel in the West Philippine Sea, and that several government agencies would be reaching out to extend assistance to the Filipino fishermen. […]
The government, through the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR), has committed to help the 22 fishermen who were abandoned after their fishing boat was allegedly hit by a Chinese vessel at Recto Bank (Reed Bank) on June 9. DA Secretary Emmanuel Piñol, said BFAR Regional Director Elizer Salilig recently welcomed the […]
Senator Dick Gordon denounced the reported abandonment of Filipino crewmen by the Chinese vessel that hit their boat in the West Philippine Sea, saying the crew of the Chinese boat committed acts of inhumanity in violation of international laws and treaties. In separate statements, Gordon said the abandonment of the Filipino crew by the Chinese […]
Senator Koko Pimentel III condemned the reported abandonment of Filipino crewmen by the Chinese vessel that hit their boat, saying the rescue of all persons in distress at sea is a matter of humanitarian duty. Pimentel, who will head the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in the 18th Congress based on Senate President Vicente Sotto […]