Panatag ‘reserve’ a threat to PH fishers’ livelihood

Panatag ‘reserve’ a threat to PH fishers’ livelihood

HARD TIMES A fishing boat, once used to sustain the livelihood of several fishers in Subic, Zambales, is left idle in Barangay Calapandayan as families struggle with the loss of crew members and the uncertainty of life at sea. —JOANNA ROSE AGLIBOT SAN ANTONIO, ZAMBALES—Fishers in Zambales province have slammed China’s declaration of a “marine nature reserve” in Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal, rejecting the claim as both misleading and a threat to t…