DAVAO CITY – The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Agrarian Reform in Datu Odin Sinsuat town, Maguindanao del Norte province is racing against time to locate the flock grazing ducks that tested for avian influenza or bird flu and brought to the municipality last month. The flock grazing...
KIDAPAWAN CITY – The Office of the Provincial Veterinarian in Cotabato province has stepped up measures to prevent the spread of avian influenza or bird flu following a reported outbreak in the town of M’lang two weeks ago. Office of the Provincial Veterinarian (OPVet) officer-in-charge Dr....
KIDAPAWAN CITY – The local government of Kabacan in Cotabato province has temporarily banned the entry of all live domestic poultry, grazing ducks, wild birds, and other avian species due to reported resurgence of bird flu in neighboring areas. Kabacan Mayor Evangeline Pascua-Guzman issued an...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A Philippine Airlines flight was forced to return to the Zamboanga International Airport on Tuesday, Oct. 14, after experiencing bird strike while enroute to Manila. One of the passengers said that PAL flight PR2950 left the Zamboanga International Airport at 6:35 a.m. Some 15...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) announced on Friday, July 4, that the country has lifted the temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds and their products from Brazil. In a statement, Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. said the lifting was following the South...
The Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) assured the public that poultry products, such as chicken meat and eggs, are safe for human consumption following the recent detection of a new bird flu subtype in Camarines Sur. BAI earlier reported that the country’s first case of highly pathogenic avian...
LEGAZPI CITY – The Albay provincial veterinary office has intensified border control measures by prohibiting the entry of all live avian species originating from Camarines Sur. In Executive Order 27, issued on May 10 and posted on Thursday, Albay Gov. Baby Glenda Ong-Bongao said the ban was in...
Philippines expands poultry import ban amid rising bird flu cases in US states. The Philippines, through the Department of Agriculture (DA), has expanded its temporary ban on the importation of poultry products to three more American states to prevent the spread of bird flu in the country....
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Carmelo Anthony and Dwight Howard are one step closer to going into the Basketball Hall of Fame. Dwight Howard (AP) If all goes well, they might get in twice. Anthony and Howard were among the finalists announced Friday, Feb. 14, by the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame...
Dairy cows stand in a field outside of a milking barn at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Animal Disease Center research facility in Ames, Iowa, on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall,File) Dairy cattle in Nevada have been infected with a new type of bird flu...
SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts (AP) — Carmelo Anthony may go into the Basketball Hall of Fame twice next year. Carmelo Anthony (AP) The Hall of Fame released its list of candidates for the Class of 2025 on Thursday, Dec. 19, with the list of first-time nominees including Anthony and fellow retired...
BACOLOD CITY – Cadiz City in Negros Occidental has welcomed the arrival of the black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus). BLACK-headed gulls in Barangay Daga, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental. (Photo courtesy of Joseph Caceres, Cadiz ENRO) This rare migratory bird, currently in their...
