Labella urged: Follow Capitol’s lead in pork ban of ASF areas

Morexette Marie B. Erram 05/05/2020

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Council on Monday, May 4, 2020, passed a resolution urging Mayor Edgardo Labella to follow Cebu Province’s lead on continuing to ban pork from areas in the country hit…

Lawmaker wants top Filipino veterinarians abroad to help combat ASF

Cathrine Gonzales - INQUIRER.net 03/02/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri on Monday urged Malacañang to invite overseas-based Filipino scientists and veterinarians back to the country and help the government combat African Swine Fever (ASF). In urging Malacañang to…

Raw materials for hog feeds from Mindanao to be subjected to 20-day quarantine

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/27/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – While Cebu remains free from African Swine Fever (ASF), raw materials needed to produce hog feeds sourced from Mindanao will be subjected to a 20-day quarantine starting this March. Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia…

DA-7 seeks Dino’s help to get P98M ASF testing equipment

Doris C. Bongcac 02/26/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Central Visayas office of the Department of Agriculture (DA-7) needed P98 million to acquire testing equipment needed to detect the presence of African Swine Fever in the region. Dr. Daniel Ventura Jr.,…

Cebu province maintains 90-day total ban vs Mindanao-sourced hogs, pork products

Rosalie Abatayo 02/12/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu provincial government maintains its position in totally banning live hogs, pork and pork-related products from Mindanao from entering the province. Governor Gwendolyn Garcia, in a press conference on Wednesday, February 12,…

Cebu bans entry of hogs, pork products from Mindanao; extends indefinitely ban for Luzon products

Rosalie O. Abatayo 02/11/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Starting Thursday, February 13, 2020, Cebu province will already shut its borders from live hogs, pork and pork-related products coming from provinces in Mindanao for 90 days. Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia said she…

DVMF intensifies ASF monitoring against pork products from Davao Region, Luzon

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/04/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Veterinary Medicine and Fisheries (DVMF) has intensified its monitoring of pork products sold in Cebu City following the confirmation of African Swine Fever (ASF) in Davao Occidental on January 31.…

S. Leyte Gov’t orders ban of pork, pork products from Luzon, Mindanao

Jani Arnaiz 02/04/2020

MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte –Hogs and meat products from Luzon and Mindanao will already be barred entry into Southern Leyte province starting on Tuesday, February 4, 2020. The ban was ordered in an Executive Order which Governor…

Gwen signs order to ban pork, pork related products from Davao Region

Rosalie Abatayo 02/03/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Pork and pork related products from the Davao Region (Region 11) in Mindanao shall no longer be allowed to enter Cebu effective today, February 3, 2020. Governor Gwendolyn Garcia signed Executive Order no.…

ASF still spreading; 200,000 pigs culled

Karl Ocampo - Philippine Daily Inquirer 02/01/2020

Despite intensified efforts to contain the spread of the African swine fever (ASF) virus, the Department of Agriculture (DA) reported that the hog-borne disease has continued spreading in several parts of Luzon, bringing the total number of…

Dar lauds Cebu, Bohol for banning pork products from ASF areas 

Irene R. Sino Cruz 01/28/2020

CEBU CITY–Agriculture Secretary William Dar on Tuesday said the quarantine measures put in place by the local governments in Cebu, Bohol, and Mimaropa should continue. The measures would ensure that the hog industry in these areas would…

Pork broth cubes from Luzon covered in ASF ban

Rosalie Abatayo 01/27/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Even pork broth cubes  from Luzon and Eastern Visayas cannot enter Cebu. This was the reminder of Provincial Veterinarian and African Swine Fever (ASF) Task Force chief Dr. Mary Rose Vincoy following the…

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