Half of marginalized fishers halt work amid fuel costs – Sinag survey

MANILA, Philippines — Almost half of the marginalized fishers in Cavite, Bataan, Zambales, and Pangasinan have stopped going to sea due to rising fuel prices, the Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (Sinag) told senators on Wednesday. In a Senate committee on agriculture, food and agrarian reform hearing, Sinag Executive Director Jayson Cainglet bared that almost 50