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Sen. Bong Go (Senate of the Philippines / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)          “ Kailangan natin itong solusyonan, lalong-lalo na sa panahon ngayon na marami pong mga kababayan natin ang nawalan ng trabaho. Walang pambili ng pagkain ang mga ‘yan, tataas pa ang presyo, mas lalong mahihirapan ang mga kababayan natin,’’ Go said. (We need to address this, especially at this time that many of our countrymen have lost their jobs. They do not have money to buy food, and prices are going up. Our countrymen will be in a more difficult situation.)          Go said he has been...

Published January 26, 2021, 5:00 AM Even if the implementation of a price freeze on farm commodities from November to December failed to stop the cost of pork and chicken from rising, the government is still keen on resorting to the same strategy, which is hoped to be finalized within the week. In a virtual briefing on Monday, Agriculture Secretary William Dar assured “there is enough supply of food in the country”, and that traders and wholesalers are just manipulating the supply and price of farm commodities, except pork since the supply of which has been significantly affected by the A...

January 20, 2021 | 7:29 pm Font Size PHILSTAR THE Department of Agriculture (DA) has imposed a temporary ban on poultry imports from parts of Ireland after Dublin reported outbreaks of the H5N8 highly pathogenic avian influenza (bird flu). In a memorandum order signed on Jan. 15, Agriculture Secretary William D. Dar suspended the entry of domestic and wild birds and their products such as poultry meat, day old chicks, eggs, and semen from Knockananna in County Wicklow, Ireland. The ban also freezes the processing, evaluation, and issuance of sanitary and phytosanitary import clearanc...