DAVAO CITY – Maguindanao del Sur Gov. Bai Mariam Mangudadatu has welcomed the Commission on Election’s decision to place Buluan under its control amid the surge in election-related violence less than a month before the May 12 mid-term elections. MAGUINDANAO del Sur Gov. Bai Mariam...
The Philippines increased its meat imports by 33 percent as of the end of February, as traders ramped up purchases amid the continued spread of animal diseases affecting domestic production. Based on the latest data from the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI), meat purchases abroad from January...
The Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) has confirmed that pigs from three towns in Occidental Mindoro have tested negative for African Swine Fever (ASF). In a statement on Friday, Feb. 2, BAI said that recent blood tests from the Regional Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory confirmed that pigs in...
Local government units (LGUs) were urged by the Department of Agriculture (DA) to declare a state of calamity in order to access a disaster program budget amid African Swine Fever (ASF) incidents. (MB File Photo) “This (declaring a state of calamity) will allow them to access disaster funds to...
(Unsplash) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte is prodding the national government to facilitate the release of emergency funds for the purchase of African Swine Fever (ASF) vaccines from Vietnam. This can be done by declaring a state of calamity in areas affected by ASF, the former...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Facebook) A ranking congressman is prodding authorities to declare a state of calamity in all African Swine Fever (ASF)-affected areas in the country. According to Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte, this would allow national...
CEBU CITY – The Pork Producers Federation of the Philippines Inc. (ProPork) has urged the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Animal Industry (DA-BAI) to review and consider the protocols that the provincial government of Cebu are taking to manage African Swine Fever (ASF). ProPork also expressed...
CEBU CITY – Cebu Gov. Gwen Garcia on Wednesday, March 29, filed charges against some officials of the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) for purportedly defying her orders and refusing to coordinate with the provincial government in implementing African Swine Fever (ASF)-related policies in the...
A prayer room for Muslim congressmen and employees is being readied in the House of Representatives in time for Ramadan. This was confirmed Friday, March 17 by House Committee on Muslim Affairs Vice Chairperson and Maguindanao and Cotabato City 1st district Rep. Bai Dimple Mastura. The...
The government has set aside P177.78 million to fund its attempt to stop the spread of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus in the country as what President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. ordered. (Photo courtesy of DA) The Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Animal Industry (DA-BAI)...
Bird flu or avian influenza—a respiratory disease of birds caused by influenza A viruses—has caused the rise in the price of eggs in the country, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said, Thursday, Jan. 12. Eggs (Photo courtesy of Pixabay) “Tinamaan po tayo ng avian influenza (bird flu) so...
PORK-based products such as ham were recently seized by the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) in Malay town, Aklan province. (BAI Aklan) ILOILO CITY – The possible entry of African Swine Fever was prevented after the Bureau of Animal Industry recently seized pork products worth P1.6 million at the...
