PH set to sail ‘Layag-WPS’

P80-m livelihood program to help over 370,000 fishermen in EEZ

n By JOYCE BABE PAÑARES

THE Marcos administration will launch its “Layag WPS” project or the Livelihood Activities to Enhance Fisheries Yield and Economic Gains (Layag) from the West Philippine Sea aimed at protecting Filipino fishermen as well as state floating assets amid continuing incursions of Chinese vessels in the area.

Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources spokesman Nazario Briguera said the government has about P80 million to give comprehensive support to fishermen in the West Philippine Sea.

“BFAR will launch our Layag WPS project in the next few days. We are planning to package this as a special project for this year,” he said in a press briefing on Saturday.

Briguera’s announcement came days after a Chinese Navy ship tailed a BFAR