CEBU CITY – In a bid to bring down pork prices, Gov. Pamela Baricuatro has ordered the lifting of the ban on the entry of hogs and livestock into the province of Cebu. Baricuatro signed a series of executive orders that eased the movement of livestock and meat products. EO Nos. 16, 17, and 18...
CEBU CITY – Undocumented pigs from Camotes Island were intercepted in Carmen town, northern Cebu early Tuesday morning, Nov. 5. POLICE inspect undocumented hogs on board a motor banca from Camotes Island that tried to dock in Carmen town, northern Cebu on Tuesday, Nov. 5. (Contributed photo) The...
CEBU CITY – Undocumented hogs were seized in Dumanjug, Cebu just as the province intensified its campaign against smuggling. AUTHORITIES seize close to 100 pigs after they were shipped to Dumanjug town, Cebu without necessary permits. (Photo from Dumanjug, Cebu) Authorities intercepted on...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The provincial government has allowed the transport of live hogs from this province to Panay Island which is still under a state of calamity due to the contagious African Swine Fever (ASF). Gov. Humerlito A. Dolor issued Executive Order No. 57 approving the new...
ILOILO CITY – Antique is the only province in Western Visayas region that has no African Swine Fever (ASF) cases. DR. Jonic Natividad, focal person of the Department of Agriculture for African Swine Fever, talks to hog raisers in Sibalom town, Antique province. (DA-6 PIO) To maintain this...
Cargill Philippines, the world’s leading animal nutrition company, is targeting to supply 150 hog farms across the country for its newly launched science-based feed for piglets to ensure continued hogs production amid threats of the African Swine Fever (ASF). Sonny Catacutan, country president of...
Governor Daniel R. Fernando on Wednesday, April 12, ordered a total ban on the entry of live pigs and pork meat from areas affected by the African Swine Fever (ASF) into the province. Fernando issued Executive Order No. 13, Series of 2023, “An Order Prohibiting the Entry of Live Pigs and its Meat...
CEBU CITY – A group of pork producers has called on the government to reevaluate if culling of hogs in African Swine Fever (ASF)-affected areas is really effective. The Pork Producers Federation of the Philippines Inc. (ProPork) likewise asked the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Animal...
The Philippine government must be quick on its feet to secure its supply of African swine fever (ASF) vaccines for the local hogs industry. (Unsplash) "Sana ay umaksyon agad ang pamahalaan para makakuha ng supply at maipamahagi ito sa ating mga stakeholder sa lalong madaling panahon (Hopefully our...
Manases Evasco and Rialyn Rosales at their meat shop in Poblacion Central, Barcelona, Sorsogon. (Manases Evasco) By OLIVER SAMSON Manases Evasco, 37, was a nurse at a Capuchin friar community in Mandaluyong when a cousin lost his job at a food and beverage company in 2016. When Manases’ cousin...
Domestic hogs producers have strongly urged the Tariff Commission (TC) to review the extended tariff rates on imported frozen edible offal and for the Department of Agriculture to establish the first border inspection facility to minimize smuggling and misdeclaration of imported animal meats....
CEBU CITY -- The province of Cebu has extended the ban on the entry of live hogs, pork and pork products coming from Panay Island. In a press briefing on Thursday afternoon, Dec. 22, Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia announced that the ban is extended until June 30 next year. Last Oct. 13, Garcia issued...
