Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Pinol gives motor engine units and bancas to fisherfolk

June 20, 2017, 5:22 pm

Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Pinol gives motor engine units and bancas to fisherfolk

(Top photo) Crisanto Patricio (partly hidden), president, Fisheries Aquatic Resource Management Council (FARMC), Sta Cruz, Laguna receives from Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol (in skyblue cap) one of the 70 motor engine units for 200 motorized bancas (lower photo) in a simple turn-over ceremony during the DA-BFAR (Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources) launching of "Balik Sigla sa Ilog at Lawa" (BASIL), held at the lakeside old municipal hall in Barangay Baybayin, Los Baños, Laguna on Monday (June 19, 2017). Behind Piñol is Engineer Ariel Cayanan (in blue collar shirt), DA Undersecretary for Operations. (PNA photos by Ben Briones)