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Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Wednesday urged the Philippine government to declare a national state of calamity to help hog raisers recover from the effects of the African Swine fever (ASF).
Access Now 8 March 2021 | 10:19 am Did you know that more girls report suffering harassment online than in the street? During the pandemic, internet use increased between 50% and 70%, and this has made women and girls more likely to become victims of online violence. Women who identify with multiple identities, like LGBTQ+ population or ethnic minority groups, experience even more harassment, and this is leading them to self-censor, says U.N. Women. Some reduce or stop using social media entirely, according to Plan International. In honor of International Women’s Day, we’re cel...
February 05, 2021 A YEAR since the African Swine Fever (ASF) hit Davao Region, nearly 42,000 hogs owned by an over 8,000 hog raisers were depopulated as a mitigating measure to curb the spread of the animal virus, the Department of Agriculture-Davao Region (DA-Davao) reported. DA-Davao ASF focal person Armie Capuyan told SunStar Davao in a phone interview that 41,831 were culled because of the disease from January 2020 to present. A total of 23,326 pigs were culled in Davao Occidental, 6,431 in Davao del Sur, 4,463 in Davao City, 4,599 in Davao del Norte, 2,330 in Davao de Oro, a...
SunStar File photo by Macky Lim + February 03, 2021 A DAVAO City councilor is pushing for the government to provide temporary subsidies for traders and farmers due to the rising costs of meat, pork products, vegetables and other basic goods. Councilor Pamela Librado-Morata said in her privilege speech on Tuesday, February 2, 2021, that pork sold in markets over the past few weeks is currently more than P300 per kilo and chicken is almost P200 a kilo, this coupled with increased prices of vegetables and other commodities. Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Librado-Morata said "this new s...
ILIGAN CITY, Jan. 14 (PIA) - Local government units (LGUs) may utilize its Quick Response Fund (QRF) to procure