CEBU CITY – The province of Cebu will have enough supply of pork even if the demand increases during the holiday season. The ban on the entry of pork and pork-related products from several areas will also not affect the supply, assured Provincial Veterinarian Dr. Mary Rose Vincoy. An indication...
Importers are batting for the extension of Executive Order 171 to counter the continuing adverse impact of the Russia-Ukraine war on consumer prices, but local producers strongly opposed the petition stressing the reduced import tariff did not benefit consumers and it is time to protect local...
Before the Covid-19 pandemic and before African Swine Fever (ASF) entered the country, the Philippines was one of the top 10 pork producers in the world, with most, if not all of it going to local consumption. This was according to Rolando Tambago, president of the Pork Producers Federation...
PH Team wows foodies at Ubud Food Festival 2022 in Bali, Indonesia ADOBO REPRESENT Bea Crisostomo, Ige Ramos, and Jed Doble at the cooking demo An Array of Adobo (Fauzy Chaniago) Filipino-style barbecue and adobo caught the spotlight at the Ubud Food Festival, in which foodies came together to...
BACOLOD CITY – Fifty kilos of uninspected pork were confiscated by authorities in Barangay Alijis here, the Task Force Botagoy reported Wednesday, July 20. A MEMBER of the Task Force Botagoy disposes 50 kilos of hot meat confiscated in Barangay Alijis, Bacolod City following an inspection Monday,...
CEBU CITY – This city has deployed additional personnel tasked to monitor the entry of pork shipment in seaports here. Their deployment is part of the continuing efforts to prevent the entry of African Swine Fever (ASF) here, said Dr. Jessica Maribojoc, chief of the local Department of Veterinary...
PRESIDENT Bongbong Marcos (left) with Presidential Security Group chief Col. Ramon Zagala. (Ali Vicoy) CEBU CITY – President Ferdinand R. “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. personally leading the Department of Agriculture (DA) bodes well for the agency, a federation of pork producers said Thursday, July...
Outgoing Senator Panfilo "Ping" M. Lacson is hoping senators in the 19th Congress would continue his crusade of tenaciously scrutinizing the national budget and keeping it free from dubious congressional insertions, known as "pork barrel”, and useless appropriations. "I hope somebody will take...
Presidential candidate Senator Panfilo Lacson on Tuesday, April 12 asked the Department of Agriculture (DA) whether or not charges have been filed against importers of African Swine Flu (ASF)-infected pork products. Lacson fielded the question after scrutinizing the 2021 Department of Trade and...
Independent presidential candidate and Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson said he will reform the controversial pork barrel system as well as the ugly culture of patronage politics in the Philippines should he win the presidency in the May 2022 elections. To do this, Lacson sought the cooperation of his...
BOC collection from rice imports up 22% in 2021 By CHINO S. LEYCO Government collection of duties from imported rice jumped 22 percent to P18.9 billion in 2021, but it incurred foregone revenues on pork tariff cuts, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. Citing reports from the Bureau of Customs,...
Aspiring president Vice President Leni Robredo is not ready to move on from the multi-billion-peso pork barrel scam that came to light many years ago, stressing the need to get to the bottom of this if elected. Vice President Leni Robredo (Photo courtesy of the OVP) Asked whether or not she is...
