Tag: Department of Agriculture

Siyam na bayan ng Bataan, apektado pa rin ng red tide

MARIVELES, Bataan (Eagle News) – Sa ikalawang pagkakataon ay muling nagpalabas ng local shellfish advisory ang Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources at Provincial Office of Bataan kaugnay sa mga bayan na apektado pa rin ng red tide. Ang mga ito ay ang mga sumusunod: Orani Samal Hermosa Limay Orion Pilar Balanga Abucay Mariveles Mahigpit na pinapayuhan ang publiko na huwag munang mag-aani o bibili ng tahong, suso, talaba at ibang kauri nito […]

Bird flu crisis in PHL now “officially over,” poultry products safe to eat, says agri and health dep’ts

(Eagle News)  — The crisis from the bird flu is now over and it is now safe to eat poultry products, according to both the agriculture and health departments. This announcement was made after there were no more reported cases of birds or fowl that have bird flu, and upon the Department of Agriculture’s order lifting the 7-kilometer radius quarantine restrictions in previously affected areas in Pampanga and Nueva Ecija. This means that the transport […]

Dalawang bayan sa Nueva Ecija, posibleng maideklarang bird flu-free na sa mga darating na araw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LHTTY-Ur3o&feature=youtu.be NUEVA ECIJA (Eagle News) – Nilinaw ng Department of Agriculture (DA) na wala na silang nakikitang banta ng bird flu sa mga bayan ng Jaen at San Isidro, Nueva Ecija. Ayon kay Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol, ito ay makaraang isailalim sa disinfection ang lahat ng mga poultry farms sa mga nabanggit na lugar. Gayunman, sinabi ng kalihim na kailangan pang hintaying matapos ang 21 araw na incubation period bago tuluyang ideklarang bird flu-free na ang […]

North Cotabato wants to set up quarantine checkpoints to prevent bird flu outbreak

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Cotabato 3rd District Board Member Socrates Piñol has proposed the establishment of animal quarantine check-points in the province to prevent the spread of bird flu outbreak in North Cotabato. Piñol said that checkpoints should be established in the various entry points of the province as well as in the railroads to prevent the negative impact of a bird flu outbreak to the poultry industry in North Cotabato. “Although geographically, […]

JUST IN: Agri dep’t lifts ban on transport of poultry products from Luzon to Visayas, Mindanao

(Eagle News) — The Department of Agriculture on Tuesday lifted the ban on the transport of  poultry products from Luzon, to Visayas and Mindanao. The agriculture department had imposed the ban after it declared a bird flu outbreak in San Luis, Pampanga. The ban remained in place after the department declared a bird flu outbreak in two towns in Nueva Ecija days after.

Mahigit 130 na sundalo ipinadala sa Nueva Ecija para tumulong mapigilan ang pagkalat ng bird flu 

(Eagle News) — Aabot sa mahigit isang daan at tatlumpung sundalo mula sa 7th Infantry Division ng Armed Forces of the Philippines Northern Luzon Command (AFP-NOLCOM) ang muling ipinadala sa Nueva Ecija para tumulong mapigilan ang pagkalat ng bird flu. Agad na sumailalim ang mga sundalo sa training sa pangangasiwa ng Department of Agriculture para tumulong na macontain ang outbreak. Idineploy ang mga sundalo matapos magrequest ang Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) ng assistance matapos […]

Pagbibigay proteksyon sa livestock industry, isinusulong sa Senado

(Eagle News) – Isinusulong ni Senador Cynthia Villar ang panukalang batas na magbibigay proteksyon sa livestock industry sa bansa. Ito ay para mapigilan at hindi na maulit ang avian flu virus na naka-apekto na sa mahigit 200,000 manok sa Pampanga. Nitong Biyernes ay inanunsyo ni Agriculture Secretary Manny Pinol na dalawa pang lugar sa Nueva Ecija ang may bird flu outbreak. Sinabi ni Villar, chairman ng Senate Committee on Agriculture, na 33% ng produkto mula sa […]

Dep’t of Agriculture confirms bird flu cases in two Nueva Ecija towns

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Department of Agriculture has confirmed that two cases of bird flu in two towns of Nueva Ecija and are set to do culling operations within the one kilometer radius of the farms where the cases had been found. Agricullture Secretary Manny Piñol said that the confirmed cases were in the towns of Jaen and San Isidro. He said that in Jaen, the bird flu case was confirmed in […]

400 sundalo, ipapadala sa Pampanga para tumulong sa pagpatay ng mga manok na apektado ng bird flu

(Eagle News) — Nakatakdang magpadala ng apat-na-raang (400) sundalo ang Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) sa lalawigan ng Pampanga upang tumulong sa depopulation ng mga manok na apektado ng bird flu. Kasunod na rin ito ng request na ipinadala ng Department of Agriculture (DA) sa AFP kaugnay ng paghingi ng karagdagang tauhan para tumulong sa pag-execute sa mga manok. Ayon kay AFP Public Information Chief Col.Edgard Arevalo, magmumula sa Northern Luzon Command ang mga […]

Bird flu outbreak did not come from migratory birds – DA

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News)  — The Department of Agriculture (DA) has ruled out migratory birds as the source of the bird flu strain found in San Luis, Pampanga. Agriculture Undersecretary Ariel Cayanan said that this was not yet the season for migratory birds. He explained that the department is pursuing scientific processes to determine the bird flu virus strain that struck chicken and other birds in San Luis, Pampanga.  He said the department had […]

Nat’l Meat Inspection Service, other gov’t agencies should be more vigilant following bird flu outbreak, says lawmaker

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Mindoro Occidental Representative Josephine Ramirez Sato  asked government agencies to be vigilant to ensure that no contaminated poultry products will be sold to consumers following the outbreak of the bird flu virus in San Luis, Pampanga. Sato said that the government agencies should strictly monitor the movement of poultry products even if the strain found in the affected area cannot be transmitted to humans. She also called on the […]

Agri chief says bird flu in Pampanga not transferrable to humans; but declares ban of Luzon poultry to Visayas, Mindanao

(Eagle News) — The Department of Agriculture on Monday (August 14) assured that the current bird flu outbreak in a town in Pampanga is the kind that is not transferrable to humans, as it announced a ban of poultry products, eggs and live birds from Luzon to Visayas and Mindanao as a “precautionary measure.” As of Monday, only 19,000 poultry birds in San Luis, Pampanga – the area of the bird flu outbreak – had […]