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“He (Dar) has no business being of being DA secretary if he is not aware (of the scheme),” Sotto said when sought to comment if he believes the DA chief knows about the so-called “tongpats” scheme which Sen. Panfilo Lacson bared on Monday.
Lacson is pushing for a Senate probe into the alleged kickback scheme at the DA perpetrated by a syndicate within the agency that stands to gain billions of pesos from the DA’s recommendation to lower tariff rates on imported pork products due to the severe impact of the African Swine Fever (ASF) on the local swine industry.
Philippines coordinating with US for ASF vaccine trials
Published February 15, 2021 8:05pm The Philippines is already coordinating with the United States for the conduct of vaccine trials against African swine fever, the Department of Agriculture said Monday. According to Maki Pulido’s report on “24 Oras,” the DA’s ASF vaccine working committee is already in talks with the United States Department of Agriculture. The DA said the budget for the licensing agreement is also ready. “We are communicating with the USDA. ‘Yong response ng USDA naman ay very positive. Ang tawag nila is gene deletion protocol. Kung ano ‘yong binigay sa Vietnam, ‘yon na rin mismo ang ibibigay sa atin,” Agriculture Undersecretary William Medrano said.
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File photo January 25, 2021 CENTRAL Visayas has been on heightened alert since Jan. 15, 2021, after the first case of the African swine fever (ASF) was detected in Eastern Visayas, or Region 8.
Despite the Department of Agriculture (DA) 8’s assurance that it has managed to curb the spread of the disease in three barangays in Leyte by culling more than 1,000 hogs, DA 7 Director Salvador Diputado met with Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia on Friday, Jan. 22, to discuss further measures to prevent ASF’s entry to the region, particularly to Cebu Province.
Diputado said Garcia was updated on the ASF situation in the towns of Abuyog, Paz and Javier in Leyte.
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