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Funding for BFAR 're-fleeting' program pushed to protect Filipino fishermen
By Bernadette E. Tamayo
Oct 18, 2023 2:28 am

SEN. Joseph Victor 'JV' Ejercito raised the need to fund the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources' (BFAR) 're-fleeting' program to protect Filipino fishermen from the Chinese maritime militia loitering in the West Philippine Sea (WPS).

He made the appeal during the Senate finance subcommittee hearing on the proposed 2024 budget of the Department of Agriculture (DA) and its attached agencies, including BFAR.

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