(Unsplash) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has reiterated his proposal to the Department of Agriculture (DA) to distribute the vaccines against the African Swine Fever (ASF) to backyard hog raisers for free. This, after DA Secretary...
CEBU CITY – A barangay in an African Swine Fever (ASF)-hit town in Bohol is already free from the highly contagious virus. The Office of the Provincial Veterinarian (OPV) has confirmed that Barangay Dao in Dauis is already ASF-free based on the recent test results from the Regional...
(Unsplash) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte says the upcoming rollout of imported vaccines to curb the spread of African Swine Fever (ASF) will help revitalize the country’s hog industry. In a statement on Thursday, May 30,...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (PPAB) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte is calling on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to fast-track its registration process for the chosen vaccine against the African Swine...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Agriculture (DA) is calling for the reduction of pork importation as many areas in the country are still recovering from the impact of African Swine Fever (ASF). AGRICULTURE Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. (left) partakes of a ‘lechon’ or roasted pig at the...
Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) members and pensioners affected by the recent African Swine Fever (AFS) in Oriental Mindoro can now avail of an emergency loan. In a statement on Friday, March 8, GSIS said that the pension fund opened its emergency loan window valued at P428 million,...
Sen. Cynthia A. Villar renewed her call against agricultural smuggling to protect the country's local hog producers, pushing for Congress to finish the bicameral conference on the Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Bill. Villar made the statement as she recently attended the National Federation of...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – African Swine Fever has infected 33 pigs in Peñablanca and Alcala, this province. Dr. Myka Ponce of the Provincial Veterinary Office (PVET) said 12 pigs owned by two hog raisers were culled in Nabbabalayan, Peñablanca after they showed ASF symptoms. Seventeen...
The Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) has confirmed that pigs from three towns in Occidental Mindoro have tested negative for African Swine Fever (ASF). In a statement on Friday, Feb. 2, BAI said that recent blood tests from the Regional Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory confirmed that pigs in...
Senator Cynthia Villar questioned on Wednesday, October 25 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) for the clinical trials of an African Swine Flu (ASF) vaccine conducted even before it was even approved for commercial use. Sen. Cynthia A. Villar presides...
Despite the developments of vaccines against animal viral diseases, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said there is still danger and the government must look out for it. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) Speaking at the opening of the Livestock Philippines 2023 on...
BACOLOD CITY -- Mayor Alfredo Abelardo ‘Albee’ Benitez confirmed on Friday, May 26, the detection of two suspected cases of African Swine Fever (ASF) in the city. Benitez said the suspected cases were from a backyard piggery in Barangay Taculing here, but the two pigs originated from Bago City,...
