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...
The World Bank has approved an $18.85-million grant to strengthen the Philippines’ pandemic response, as the country is considered a global hotspot for emerging infectious and zoonotic diseases. The Washington-based multilateral lender’s board approved last April 29 the investment project...
The inclusion of a P1-billion Bio-Safe biosecurity enforcement program in the 2026 budget of the Department of Agriculture (DA) will help boost the government’s anti-smuggling and food crisis program, Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said. This particular line item in the 2026 budget, which is...
BACOLOD CITY – This highly-urbanized city is investigating the purchase of 39 African Swine Fever (ASF) test kits worth P2.457 million that allegedly expired on Nov. 30, two years after it was bought by the city government on Nov. 8, 2023. Mayor Greg Gasataya, in a letter dated Dec. 2, ordered...
The Quezon City government declared on Thursday, Nov. 27, that 14 lechon stores in La Loma are now free of African Swine Fever (ASF) virus, following intensive sanitation and compliance efforts. “Matapos mag-isyu ng temporary closure order sa mga ito noong November 13, araw-araw...
The Quezon City Government has ordered the temporary closure of 14 lechon establishments in La Loma following the detection of African Swine Fever (ASF) on Wednesday night, November 12. According to the local government, the Quezon City Veterinary Department (CVD), in coordination with the Bureau...
