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Photo by Jo-Anne McArthur on Unsplash. Pangilinan made the call following Duterte’s signing of Executive Order No. 128 temporarily lowering tariffs on imported pork meat for a year to address the current supply shortage which was due to the ASF outbreak. The senator said a state of calamity declaration would help the Department of Agriculture (DA) tap the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund (NDRRMF) and Quick Response Fund (QRF) to contain and manage the ASF as well as help affected hog raisers cope with the loss of livelihood and income. Pangilinan said he was hoping that ...

Published April 7, 2021, 3:53 PM President Rodrigo Duterte’s recommendation to increase the minimum access volume (MAV) for pork and his proposal to lower the tariffs for imported pork could spell doom for the local hog industry, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan said on Wednesday, April 7. (UNSPLASH / MANILA BULLETIN) Pangilinan said that is why he is appealing to the President to heed the call of stakeholders in the local swine industry to review his directive. “This will kill the hog industry,” Pangilinan said in a text message. Last March, Duterte recommended increasing the MAV ...

(Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg) The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has issued a resolution allowing the OCD to use quick response funds for the procurement of these diagnostic kits that detect protein fragments specific to the coronavirus. The massive purchase of the antigen diagnostic test kits aim to “ensure the swift detection of cases and tracing of close contacts,” according to the latest IATF Resolution No. 108. “The Office of the Civil Defense is hereby authorized to procure using their Quick Response Fund under the National Disa...

The 24-member Senate on Monday adopted a resolution urging President Duterte to declare a state of national calamity because of the severe impact of African swine fever (ASF) on the local hog industry. Senate Resolution (SR) 676 taking into consideration SR 684, which was principally sponsored b

March 12, 2021 THE City Government of Bacolod is now ready to use the 32 additional isolation rooms in Barangay Alijis and the 45-cubicle isolation facility at the Bacolod Evacuation Center at the Abada-Escay Relocate Site in Barangay Vista Alegre. The facilities were turned over by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)-Western Visayas to the city officials Friday, March 12, 2021, led by Mayor Evelio Leonardia, Congressman Greg Gasataya, Councilor Renecito Novero and DPWH officials in rites held in Barangay Alijis. DPWH-Western Visayas Regional Director Engineer Lea ...