nila sa Europe, he added.
[Translation: AstraZeneca has no more supplies. The 17 million was the last order. I asked them about batch three, but they didn t want to anymore because their supply for Europe is scarce.]
Despite this, Concepcion said Novavax was open, and urged that orders be placed while supply is still available. No deadline was given regarding the order period for Novavax.
Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel Romualdez said the private sector, led by Razon, has pledged free shipping of the Moderna vaccines from the manufacturing facility in Spain.
Last year, ICTSI said it was in talks to buy doses of AstraZeneca, half of which will be given to the Department of Health and the rest to be administered on Razon Group employees as well as logistics frontliners, including workers at the Philippine Ports Authority and the Bureau of Customs.
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LISTED port operator International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) on Monday said its Subic unit had been endorsed by the Agriculture department as a discharge port for imported livestock and raw materials.
Agriculture Undersecretary Ernesto S. Gonzales signed the endorsement, citing the Subic Bay International Terminal Corp.âs role in âensuring unimpeded trade for the livestock and feed milling industries,â the listed firm said in an e-mailed statement.
The endorsement, ICTSI added, is also seen as an âencouragementâ for importers to use the port to make feeds affordable to farmers.
The use of the Subic container port could potentially result in âlower market prices of meat products,â especially in the greater Manila and nearby provinces, it noted.
PH Agri agency endorses ICTSI Subic as livestock, raw materials discharge port
Subic Bay International Terminal Corp. (SBITC), due to its world-class quality of service and strategic location, has been endorsed by the Philippine Department of Agriculture (DA) as a discharge port for containers of imported livestock and raw materials, according to the company s release.
The endorsement, signed by DA Undersecretary for Consumer Affairs Ernesto Gonzales, highlights the terminal’s role in ensuring unimpeded trade for the livestock and feed milling industries. It is also seen as an encouragement for importers to use the Subic container port to help make feeds more readily available and affordable to farmers–leading to potentially lower market prices of meat products in the greater Manila area and nearby provinces.
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has endorsed Subic Bay International Terminal Corp. (SBITC) as a discharge port for containers of imported livestock and raw materials due to its world-class quality of service and strategic location.
The terminal "ensures unimpeded trade for the livestock and