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Rocketing prices put tuna beyond ordinary Filipinos’ reach

By Edwin Espejo Tue, May 22, 2012 7:34AM UTC View Comments

With the price of a sashimi grade tuna at the General Santos City fishing port complex rising above Php420 (US$10) per kilo, more and more Filipinos are becoming strangers to the succulent and mouth-watering yellowfin tuna that their country is famous for. When these tunas eventually end up in posh Japanese restaurants abroad, they command a...

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City councilor Rivera shot, gunman killed

By Edwin Espejo Sat, Sep 03, 2011 6:03PM UTC View Comments

General Santos City Councilor Ronel Rivera was seriously wounded in a shooting incident early on Saturday by an apparent jealous gunman who was killed by responding bodyguards of the city official. Reports said Rivera drove home one Sheila Tañeda to her brother’s house along Mateo Compound when the gunman knocked at the door of the...

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Philippine tuna industry: Sign of changing times – Part 2

By Edwin Espejo Fri, Aug 19, 2011 8:23PM UTC View Comments

Part two of a three-part special report Taking the risk For tuna fishing boat operator Toto Parilla, taking the risk of being arrested in Indonesian waters is already an accepted fate for him. “Wala. Dili gyud mi mabuhi og dire lang mi mangisda (No. We will not survive if we fish here),” Parilla said. Parilla...

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Philippine tuna industry: Sign of changing times – Part 1

By Edwin Espejo Fri, Aug 19, 2011 8:23PM UTC View Comments

Fishermen unloading tuna from their boats Part one of a three-part special report General Santos City Mayor Darlene Antonino Custodio and Sarangani Governor Miguel Rene Dominguez last week issued statements that sounded like death knells to what once were the glory days of the Philippine tuna industry. Two decades of unprecedented boom in production are...

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Philippines: OFWs keep General Santos booming as tuna trade declines

By Edwin Espejo Thu, Jul 21, 2011 8:37AM UTC View Comments

The tuna trade in General Santos City has seen better days. Pic: AP.

Residents in General Santos City are often asked what is that attracted big mall operators ‘to pitch tents’ in this port city famous for its succulent yellowfin tuna. For close to two decades now, since the opening of the international-class airport in 1997, hundreds and hundreds of tons of fresh tuna have been shipped out...

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