Brace for more imported pork products in the country. After declaring a state of calamity over the African Swine Fever outbreak, President Duterte has approved the higher import quota for pork products to help ensure adequate and affordable food in the country. President Rodrigo Duterte (File...
The "symbolic" vaccination of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and minimum wage earners will take place simultaneously in all 17 local government units (LGUs) in Metro Manila on Saturday morning, May 1, on the occasion of Labor Day. DOLE Director Rolly Francia during the April 30, 2021 press...
Three thousand jabs for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and 2,000 jabs for local minimum wage earners. DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III (L) and DOLE Director Rolly Francia during the online press briefing on April 28, 2021. (Photo screengrab from DOLE Facebook page) That's how the 5,000...
The government will administer 5,000 doses of coronavirus vaccines to workers during the observance of Labor Day on May 1. (Joe Raedle / Getty Images / AFP / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) The planned vaccination of minimum wage earners and overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) has been given the green...
Malacañang urged organizers of different community pantries to coordinate with their barangays or local government units to make sure that protocols against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) such as physical distancing are being followed. File photo (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential...
It may have taken some time since the alleged kickback scheme in pork importation was exposed, but Agriculture Secretary William Dar is more certain now that the Department of Agriculture (DA) has nothing to do with this so-called tongpats scandal. During a recent senate hearing, Dar denied any...
Several agriculture lobby groups jointly appealed for President Rodrigo Duterte to withdraw his recommendation to increase the Minimum Access Volume (MAV) for pork by 350,000 metric tons (MT) as this may cause further damage to the local hog industry. The groups also asked Duterte to shelve another...
President Rodrigo Duterte’s recommendation to increase the Minimum Access Volume (MAV) for pork by 350,000 metric tons (MT) will result in losses on the part of consumers and local hog raisers, a group said. In a statement, Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (SINAG) Chair Rosendo So said...
The government's pandemic task force agreed that the measures being implemented to combat the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic should be intensified as the country saw a recent spike in cases due to the new and more contagious variants of the disease. (JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Maximizing minimum health protocols is the way to go as an added layer of protection against the quickened transmission of COVID-19. It means Mask-Hugas-Iwas-Mas pa more, going the extra mile – that, or a few small steps – and prevent generals, doctors, and data...
MEDIUM RARE Jullie Y. Daza Vax to the max! While waiting for that to happen, how about Mask-Hugas-Iwas-Mas pa more? COVID-19 cases are rising to catch up with inflation, hospital admissions going up, fear of variants rising – the least we can do is to maximize the bare minimum of health...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has been formally asked by its legally mandated arm for stakeholders' participation, Philippine Council for Agriculture and Fisheries (PCAF), to withdraw its petition to lower import tariff rates on pork. Instead, PCAF is proposing for the government to allow the...
