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(Eagle News) – Three more additional barangays in Quezon City were included in the list of areas affected by the African Swine Fever, according to the Department of Agriculture. The DA said that it received “incident reports” that validated that ASF had also affected barangays Tatalon, Pasong Tamo and Tandang Sora in Quezon City. Because of this, the list of affected barangays in Quezon City had reached five including the earlier named barangays of Payatas […]
PANGASINAN (Eagle News) — Mas mahigpit na ipinatutupad ngayon ng Pangasinan PNP at Office of the Provincial Veterinarian (OPVet) ang seguridad sa mga entry at backdoor checkpoint ng lalawigan matapos na may nakapuslit na isang truck ng mga baboy na kontaminado ng African swine fever mula sa Bulacan kamakailan. Matatandaan na isang truck na naglalamaan ng mga baboy na nagpositibo sa ASF, mula sa Bustos, Bulacan, ang nakapasok sa bayan ng Mapandan noong Sabado, […]
IBA, Zambales (Eagle News) – Nananatiling walang kaso ng African Swine Fever (ASF) ang bayan ng Iba, sa lalawigan ng Zambales. Ito ang tiniyak ni Municipal Agriculturist Eden Tabua at Municipal Meat Inspector Robert Soberano, matapos kumalat ang ulat na diumano’y may namatay na baboy dahil sa ASF sa Brgy. Sta. Barbara na sakop ng bayan. Ayon din kay Meat Inspector Reylem Esposo, mahigpit nilang ipinatutupad sa mga meat vendors sa kanilang bayan na ang […]
(Eagle News) — Agriculture Secretary William Dar and Manila Mayor Isko Moreno led a “boodle fight” and on the menu are various pork products on Monday, September 30, 2019 to show to the public that pork products are safe to eat. The boodle fight was dubbed the “pork challenge” and was held in Moreno’s turf in Manila. It was also participated in by the Samahang Industriya ng Magsasaka (SINAG) Chairman Rosendo So. In his […]
(Eagle News)—Some 20,000 pigs have already been culled in the country because of African Swine Fever, based from reports from the Department of Agriculture. “The majority of the pigs were from Bulacan and the areas were already quarantined including nearby areas of Pampanga,” Agriculture Secretary William Dar said. But he said that from the reported hog cases, only one-third were affected with ASF virus. Two-thirds of the 20,000 pigs culled were not affected by ASF […]
(Eagle News) — African Swine Fever (ASF) has reached Pangasinan after blood samples of hogs suspected to be suffering from ASF tested positive for the virus. Fifteen of the 30 blood samples taken from pigs in Barangau Balolin in Mapandan town tested positive for ASF. Because of this, at least 71 pigs were culled to prevent the disease from further spreading. It was learned that at least 60 of these pigs came from Bulacan. […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Agriculture assured it has funds to help small backyard raisers whose hogs were culled due to African Swine Fever (ASF) infection. This was in contrast to a news report that said that the department has no more funds for hograisers affected by ASF. “The headline of one major newspaper was malicious and misleading. It is far from the truth,” said Agriculture Secretary William Dar. With an initial reported […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte has already approved the release of a P78 million emergency fund that the Department of Agriculture will use to effectively manage, control, and contain the threat of African Swine Fever (ASF) in the country. President Rodrigo Duterte approved the fund during last week’s cabinet meeting. The fund will be used for “biosecurity and quarantine operations, disease monitoring and surveillance, upgrading of laboratories, capacity-building, and other disease control measures” […]
(Eagle News)–Senator Sonny Angara on Wednesday, Sept. 18, urged the government to tap into the Department of Agriculture’s P1 billion in Quick Response Funds to stop the spread of the African Swine Fever. Angara, chair of the Senate finance panel, said the QRF were under the P20 billion National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund, more commonly known as the Calamity Fund, in the General Appropriations Act for 2020. “This ASF is by all accounts […]
(Eagle News) — Agriculture Secretary William Dar appealed to backyard swine raisers to report sick and dead pigs to their respective municipal or city veterinarians, warning those who will throw dead pigs in rivers that they would face criminal charges. “The irresponsible dumping of dead pigs simply adds scare to the public, and this should not be tolerated. The perpetrators must be punished in accordance with the law,” Dar said. The agriculture chief said […]
(Eagle News)–The Marikina City government is offering a P200,000 reward to anyone who could pinpoint those behind the dumping of 58 dead pigs in the Marikina River. It was unclear if the pigs had been contaminated with African Swine Fever, prompting the Marikina government and the Laguna Lake Development Authority to take samples in five areas along the stretch of the water body on Tuesday, Sept. 17, to check for possible contamination. The city government […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea on Tuesday reported its first cases of African swine fever, becoming the latest country hit by the disease that has killed pigs from China to North Korea, pushing up pork prices worldwide. Five pigs found dead at a farm in Paju, a city near the inter-Korean border, were confirmed to have been infected with the virus, an official with Seoul’s agriculture ministry told AFP. “At this point, it’s […]
