(Last of two parts) Part 1: ‘Protect our seas’: Fisherfolk respond to Marcos’ Sona MANILA, Philippines — In his fifth State of the Nation Address (Sona), President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. highlighted the government’s financial assistance to nearly 2 million farmers and fisherfolk during the recent surge in fuel prices, saying the Presidential Assistance to Farmers, Fisherfolk and Families (PAFFF) helped cushion the impact of rising oil costs. READ: Marcos vows expanded aid for farmers, fisherfolk But for many municipal fisherfolk, the fuel crisis did more than raise the cost of going to sea. A new study by the University of […]...Keep on reading: Rising fuel costs deepen hardships of municipal fisherfolk