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January 10, 2025
“Those who have less in life should have more in law.” The words of the late President Ramon Magsaysay might well apply to the fisherfolk adversely affected by a Supreme Court ruling that affirmed a lower court’s decision to grant commercial fishing companies access to municipal waters that, under the Fisheries Code, is restricted to small-scale fishers. The preferential access was questioned as “unconstitutional” by the Mercidar Fishing Corp. before a Malabon Regional Trial Court