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(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)–Senator Panfilo Lacson on Saturday, Sept. 28, stood firm in what he said was his crusade against pork barrel despite criticisms by several congressmen. “(Deputy Speaker) LRay Villafuerte, Party-list Rep. Mike Defensor, and other House members can take turns in maligning me while defending their pork but I’m still going all in,” Lacson said in a Tweet. Lacson was responding to Villafuerte’s claims the senator’s remarks the House had planned to grant P700 million […]
https://youtu.be/EyzvG1xhACI (Eagle News) – Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said he would continue his investigation of the latest attempt by the House of Representatives to insert what he termed as “pork barrel” in the 2020 proposed national budget. Lacson said that while the lawmakers had alleged withdrew the alleged “pork” insertions in the proposed budget, he is still questioning why the House had created a so-called “small group committee” regarding the budget after it had […]
(Eagle News)–“Stop the blame game.” Former Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol had this to say to Agriculture Secretary William Dar, who blamed the outbreak of the African Swine Flu in Luzon to the Piñol-led Department of Agriculture. Dar had said there were already signs of the ASF in May but that the department then kept this information from stakeholders. “To say that I was disappointed by the accusation of a fellow Cabinet official under this administration […]
(Eagle News) – The Department of Agriculture urged the Bohol and Cebu local governments to reconsider their decision to impose a total ban on all hogs and processed pork products from Luzon where some areas have tested positive for African Swine Fever (ASF). Agriculture secretary William Dar particularly asked Cebu governor Gwendolyn Garcia and Bohol governor Arthur Yap to “soften their hearts and allow the transport and trade of ASF-free hogs, pork, pork products […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB96KSEeW-o (Eagle News) – Members of the meat processing industry are now hurting from the total ban imposed by some local government units on processed meat products from Luzon due to the African Swine Fever (ASF) scare. In this report by Eagle News Service reporter Eden Santos, representatives of the Philippine Association of Meat Processors, Inc. (PAMPI) aired their worries on the total ban on their meat products by some LGUs especially from the Visayas […]
(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” […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China will auction 10,000 tonnes of reserve pork this week, the commerce ministry said, in a bid to control the fallout from an outbreak of African swine fever that has sent prices soaring and hit supplies of the meat ahead of a key holiday. Beijing has been struggling to control the disease, which has ripped through its massive pig-farming industry, leading to the culling of more than a million of the […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China will auction 10,000 tonnes of reserve pork this week, the commerce ministry said, in a bid to control the fallout from an outbreak of African swine fever that has sent prices soaring and hit supplies of the meat ahead of a key holiday. Beijing has been struggling to control the disease, which has ripped through its massive pig-farming industry, leading to the culling of more than a million of the animals. […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Health has advised the public to cook pork thoroughly, following reports African Swine Flu was now in the country. “We want to allay the fears of the public by saying that, as long as pork is bought from reliable sources and it is cooked thoroughly, pork is safe to eat,” Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said in a statement. The DOH also advised hog raisers “not to feed raw or undercooked […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — New cases of African swine fever have declined and pork production is returning to normal, Chinese officials said Thursday, after millions of pigs were culled because of the deadly disease. The virus — fatal to wild boar and pigs but harmless to humans — has cut a swathe through Mongolia, Vietnam, North Korea and China. The world’s top pork producer and consumer has seen prices and imports continue to rise since […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Agriculture is reminding travelers not to bring pork and other processed pork products to the Philippines. The DA said these would be confiscated at the airport to prevent the spread of African Swine Flu. The following are the countries that have been affected by ASF: Belgium Bulgaria Cambodia China Czech Republic Hong Kong Hungary Latvia Moldova Mongolia North Korea Poland Romania Russia South Africa Ukraine Vietnam Zambia “Eat Pinoy pork. Support […]
