MANILA, Philippines—Senator Risa Hontiveros has urged the Department of Agriculture (DA) to focus its efforts on preventing the spread of African Swine Fever (ASF) instead of imposing price ceilings. “The...
MANILA, Philippines – The country’s pork supply has been greatly affected by the impact of African Swine Fever (ASF) resulting in skyrocketing prices of pork products hitting even higher than...
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) urged local government units (LGU) to ensure that their executive orders imposing a ban on the entry of...
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) will transport live hogs and “pork-in-a-box” from Visayas and Mindanao in an effort to stabilize the prices of pork products in Metro...
MANILA, Philippines – Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar on Tuesday issued a stern warning against traders and wholesalers who “unreasonably” jack up prices of food items, particularly pork....
ORIENTAL MINDORO, Philippines — The Provincial Information Office of Oriental Mindoro posted on social media images of some dead pigs recovered by fishermen who found the carcasses floating near the...
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) is initially allotting P80 million for the development and mass production of Filipino-made test kits that can detect the dreaded African Swine...
MANILA, Philippines – New outbreaks of the African Swine Fever (ASF) have been monitored in six provinces in Luzon, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said Thursday. During a Laging Handa...
MANILA, Philippines – Iniulat ng Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) ngayong Biyernes, Hulyo 3 na malaki ang ibinaba sa kaso ng African Swine Fever (ASF) sa bansa matapos ipatupad ang...
MANILA, Philippines — Meat traders in the Balintawak market are complaining of slow sales amid strict quarantine measures imposed in public markets due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Vendor...