CEBU CITY – The province of Cebu, home to a P12-billion hog industry, has intensified its campaign against African Swine Fever (ASF). Cebu Gov. Pamela Baricuatro on Tuesday, July 7, issued an Executive Order (EO) banning the entry of hogs and pork products from Negros Island Region (NIR). The...
CEBU CITY – Live pigs, pork, and pork products from Negros Island will not be allowed to enter Bohol in the next 60 days. The prohibition was contained in an Executive Order (EO) that Bohol Gov. Aris Aumentado issued on Friday, July 3. “This is part of our effort to prevent the spread of ASF in...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Oriental Gov. Manuel “Chaco” Sagarbarria has assured hog raisers that the provincial government is prepared to contain the spread of African Swine Fever (ASF) amid five confirmed cases in La Libertad town. Sagarbarria led the Provincial ASF Task Force Coordination...
ILOILO CITY – African Swine Fever (ASF) cases have reemerged in Iloilo province, four years after an outbreak. The Iloilo Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) confirmed on Thursday, July 2, positive cases in Barotac Viejo town, following positive results in tests conducted by the Regional Animal...
BACOLOD CITY – Four cases of African Swine Fever (ASF) were reported in two barangays here. Dr. Maria Agueda dela Torre, head of the City Veterinary Office (CVO), announced in a media briefing on Wednesday, July 1, that samples from two hogs in Bangga Riles, Barangay Alijis and two in Purok 5,...
ILOILO CITY — Four provinces in Western Visayas temporarily banned the trading and transporting of live hogs, pork, and any of its by-products as new cases of African Swine Fever (ASF) were detected. The provincial governments of Aklan, Antique, and Guimaras banned live hogs and pork products...
DUMAGUETE CITY – Authorities are investigating the deaths of about 30 hogs in Amlan, Negros Oriental, even as the provincial government intensifies measures to prevent the entry of African Swine Fever (ASF) into the province. Amlan Mayor Manjoe Sycip said Monday it is premature to conclude the...
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government of Negros Oriental has revived its African Swine Fever (ASF) Task Force and completely banned live pigs, pork products, pork by-products, frozen boar semen, and hog transport vehicles from ASF-affected restricted or high-risk areas. Gov. Manuel “Chaco”...
BACOLOD CITY – San Enrique, Negros Occidental Mayor Jilson Tubillara confirmed on Tuesday, June 23, that at least 500 pigs were killed in the municipality due to African Swine Fever (ASF). Tubillara said that laboratory results released on Monday, June 22, revealed positive ASF cases affecting...
ILOILO CITY – The Capiz Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) has recorded new African Swine Fever cases in Roxas City and the towns of Pontevedra and Panitan. These were reported more than three years after a spike in ASF cases was recorded in Panay Island in 2023. An advisory released by the Capiz...
The Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) on Thursday assured that African Swine Fever (ASF) cases in Nueva Vizcaya have been contained and remain under control. “The Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) clarifies that the African Swine Fever (ASF) cases detected in Nueva Vizcaya this year are not...
The Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) expects the country’s trade performance to remain unchanged despite China’s move to ban the entry of locally produced pigs, wild boar, and related swine products due to swine fever. At present, BAI said the Philippines does not export any of the commodities...
