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Published February 8, 2021, 2:38 PM Despite the tightness in supply, the Philippine government is targeting to bring down the farm-gate price of pork in the country to P165 to P170 per kilogram (/kg), which is nearly double the commodity’s current retail cost of around P350/kg recently recorded at select markets in Metro Manila. This is amid the implementation of a new price cap on pork within Metro Manila, based on the Executive Order (EO) recently signed by President Rodrigo Duterte. During the Laging Handa briefing on Monday, Agriculture Secretary William Dar confirmed that the Departmen...

In an interview with CNN Philippines’, Trade Undersecretary Ruth Castelo says pork imports are expected to arrive on the second or third week of the month according to the DA.

Battle Over Anti-Terror Law Opens at the Philippines’ Top Court Critics argued for the repeal of terror law at the Supreme Court in oral arguments starting February 2. By February 04, 2021 People protest outside the gates of the Supreme Court as oral arguments start in a case against the Anti-Terror Law. Credit: Michael Beltran Advertisement On February 2, the Supreme Court in Manila held oral arguments on the whopping 37 petitions filed by various civil society groups against the controversial Anti-Terror Law. The end of the session was inconclusive and is set t...

“The Duterte administration's cha-cha will also pave the way for greater depletion and plunder of our natural resources due to corruption and fascist rule. It will also open up space for amendments to political provisions such as lifting of the term limits."

Pork chorizo on display at Agdao Market, Davao City. ( Manila Bulletin / File / Keith Bacongco) In a statement issued Sunday, the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) said that the country’s plan to import more pork in a bid to curb the rising prices of pork products in the market is not the solution. “More pork imports are not the solution to high prices. The necessary and more appropriate solution is to help and support local backyard hog raisers to help them recover from losses,” says KMP Chairperson Danilo Ramos. The peasant leader noted that backyard and farm hog raisers in the...