Rising fuel costs deepen hardships of municipal fisherfolk

(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,