Troubled Waters: Aparri fisherfolk suffer poor aramang catch as gov’t dredging project begins
A project meant to help restore a major river in Aparri has wreaked havoc on the livelihood of local fisherfolk
A project meant to help restore a major river in Aparri has wreaked havoc on the livelihood of local fisherfolk
The project site falls within two adjoining Dumagat ancestral domains and will reportedly displace at least 15,000 tribal people
In its proposed 2023 budget, the agriculture department is set to slash about PhP211 million in “Irrigation Network Service”
“We will proclaim what is true, just, and right. That is our moral obligation,” said Bishop Jose Colin Bagaforo, national director of Caritas Philippines
Kalikasan said the longer land grabbers encroaching Masungi are not prosecuted, “the more we will see bolder acts of violence against its defenders”