BOHOL, Philippines — Nothing beats dynamite fishing for sheer efficiency. A fisherman in this scattering of islands in the central Philippines balanced on a narrow outrigger boat and launched a bottle ...

Simplicio Calicoy was celebrating his birthday outside his daughter’s home on Maliwaliw Island in the Philippines when strong winds started to whip around them. The fisherman and his family rushed ...

The parametric insurance will protect livelihoods of 14,200 small-scale fishers, the first of its kind in the countrySINGAPORE, Nov. 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Government of the Philippines, ...

Micah McCartney is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan. He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast Asian security issues, and cross-strait ties between China and Taiwan. You ...

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