Wednesday, July 11, 2007
BFAR extends help to Davao fisherfolk (10:05 p.m.)
DAVAO CITY -- The regional office of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said it will extend fishing gears and materials to fishermen in Davao Region as part of their support to the mitigation program of the government.
The program, BFAR regional director George Campeon said, aims to support the municipalities and the barangays in the region where poverty and malnutrition are prevalent.
"In Southern Mindanao, the DSWD (Department of Social Welfare and Development) identified Davao Oriental where poverty and malnutrition are prevalent. So inuna namin ang Davao Oriental," Campeon told Sun.Star Davao.
Campeon said BFAR allotted P500,000 for the materials and fishing gears to be extended to fishermen in Davao Oriental.
He said, at present, BFAR focuses on the three identified municipalities in the province where incidence of poverty and malnutrition is high. These are the towns of San Isidro, Tarragona, and Boston. (Joy Romares-Sevilla of Sun.Star Davao)
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