IT'S THE SMALL THINGS Holy week is upon us, and so is election fever. Thirty days to go, and campaign period in full blast, people are most definitely hyped! With the excitement comes some frenzy, and unfortunately, toxicity as well. Exchanges – both pleasant and unpleasant – are...
Presidential candidate Senator Panfilo M. Lacson on Monday, March 28 asked why the Department of Agriculture (DA) was lacking in its help for communities affected by African Swine Fever (ASF) in Mlang town in Cotabato. Lacson raised this question in today’s Senate Committee of the Whole (COW)...
CAGAYAN --The Provincial Government of Cagayan (PGC) has distributed financial assistance for hog raisers in seven towns affected by African Swine Fever (ASF). Acting Provincial Veterinarian Dr. Noli Buen reported to the Cagayan Provincial Information Office that around 105 hog raisers received...
GATTARAN, Cagayan -- More than P1-million worth of financial assistance was given by the Provincial Government of Cagayan (PGC) to hog raisers of Gattaran affected by the African Swine Fever (ASF). The financial assistance to farmers was distributed by PGC at Sub-Capitol, Bangag, Lal-lo , said...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) through the Science for Change-Business Innovation Through science and technology (BIST) for Industry Program has provided financial assistance amounting to P15.95 million to a veterinary research and diagnostics company in Batangas. (Unsplash) Citing...
The Department of Agriculture's (DA) Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) is set to establish six mobile laboratory units in a bid to bolster the government's efforts to control and contain the African Swine Fever (ASF) in the country. (FILE PHOTO) This, after Agriculture Secretary William Dar gave the...
The availability of pork supply in the market should not be a problem since there is enough for this year. Department of Agriculture Secretary William Dar. (DA Photo) Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar made this assurance following the country’s improvement on local production...
With busy lives made even busier by the holidays, it’s all too easy to put aside one’s health and just “power through” whatever aches and pains that may come. That cold? Probably just because of the onset of the amihan . That sinat ? Nothing a little nap can’t fix. That headache? Ah,...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo on Saturday, Dec. 18, shared that she got chills and an on-and-off fever after getting her coronavirus disease (COVID-19) booster jab. Vice President Leni Robredo receives her second dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in Quezon City on Aug....
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is now studying the possibility of imposing another suggested retail price (SRP) on pork amid rising retail prices, and is hoping to come up with a decision within the week. Agriculture Secretary William Dar said in a briefing on Monday that the government hopes...
AVANT GARDENER Yvette Tan Last July 8, 2021, the Department of Agriculture declared Lipa City ASF (African Swine Fever)-free. Lipa was one of six Batangas cities considered “recovered from ASF.” The others are San Jose, Malvar, Rosario, Taysan, and Nasugbu. Through concentrated efforts between...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has already given up on its ambitious growth target of 2 percent for the agriculture sector, but it has remained hopeful that the sector could still pull off a growth of at least below 1 percent following four consecutive quarters of decline. 44673 In a briefing,...
