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LACSON VOWS TO PROTECT WELFARE OF SMALL FISHERS

Should he earn a seat in the Senate this May, former senator and 2025 senatorial candidate Ping Lacson will study ways to protect the welfare of small fishermen in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling allowing commercial vessels to operate in municipal waters. Lacson, a champion of the rights of farmers and fisherfolk as […]

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OPEN MUNICIPAL WATERS TO SMALL FISHERFOLK — KIKO

Former senator and senatorial candidate Kiko Pangilinan expressed his full support for reinstating the 15-kilometer municipal water zone that gives preferential access to small-scale fishermen.  Noting a current petition asking to reverse the Supreme Court’s (SC) decision to declare as unconstitutional the 15-kilometer municipal water zone, the former senator said it is unfair for commercial […]