At trendy Japanese cafés, customers enjoy cuddling with pigs

Associated Press 01/31/2024

TOKYO — First, some cafés allowed pets. Then came cat cafés, where lattes took second place to feline interaction—the latest craze in Japan: The pig café. “It was wonderful. Very relaxing and enjoyable,” said Brad Loomis, a…

Ecuador authorities confiscate pigs, fighting cocks from prison

Reuters 06/17/2023

Ecuadorean security forces have confiscated pigs, fighting cocks and more than two dozen bladed weapons, among other items, from a high-security wing of Bellavista prison in the city of Santo Domingo, the country’s military said on Friday.…

‘Good Bad Mother’: Pigs as symbols of failures and success

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 06/06/2023

We grew up watching films and animated series  with pig characters like Porky Pig, Miss Piggy, Three Little Pigs, and Babe. The “Good Bad Mother” is a Korean drama in Netflix about a village piggery with the…

Cebu City continues pig testing to upgrade ASF status

Wenilyn Sabalo 05/31/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Department of Veterinary Medicine and Fisheries (DVMF) continues to conduct ASF disease surveillance and disease investigation in the city. Dr. Jessica Maribojoc, DVMF head, said the continued ASF disease surveillance…

Negros Or. bans entry of pigs, pork products from Cebu, ASF-hit areas

Morexette Marie B. Erram 04/20/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Pigs and pork products from Cebu and other areas with confirmed cases of African Swine Fever (ASF) will not be allowed entry to Negros Oriental. This after Gov. Carlo Jorge Joan Reyes issued…

Mandaue City to set up more border checkpoints to prevent entry of ASF

Mary Rose Sagarino 03/21/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines – The Mandaue City police have identified at least 10 borders where checkpoints may be set up to prevent the entry of pork products contaminated with African Swine Fever (ASF) into the city. Mandaue…

Barili temporarily bans swine trading as measure against ASF

Wenilyn Sabalo 03/11/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The local government unit (LGU) of Barili in Southwest Cebu is temporarily banning swine trading in Mantalongon Livestock Market starting March 16, 2023, the LGU’s information office announced on Friday, March 10. The…

Chan bans entry of pork, pork products from Carcar and Negros

Futch Anthony Inso 03/08/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard “Ahong” Chan issued an executive order temporarily banning the entry of live hogs and pork-related products from Carcar City and Negros Island. Chan signed Executive Order no. 2023-017 entitled…

DA-7 strengthens surveillance vs ASF in Cebu

Mary Rose S. Sagarino 03/07/2023

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture in Central Visayas (DA-7) is strengthening its surveillance of slaughterhouses and pig farms in Cebu. DA-7 ASF coordinator Dr. Daniel Ventura said that after the African Swine Fever (ASF)…

Consumers, retailers in Asturias urged not to buy imported ‘Korean spam’

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/14/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Local agricultural officials of Asturias town in western Cebu have urged consumers as well as retailers there to avoid purchasing canned luncheon meat from South Korea. The Municipal Agricultural Office in Asturias made…

Alcover wants city’s local breeders to take advantage of ASF-situation, pig supply shortage

Wenilyn Sabalo 12/01/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines– While Cebu island closed its borders from swine and pork products coming from regions and areas with reported African Swine Fever (ASF) cases, a councilor here sees this as an opportunity for local breeders…

Taal evacuation linked to swine virus spread

Maricar Cinco - Inquirer.net 02/26/2020

SAN PEDRO CITY, Laguna, Philippines — People fleeing from the steam-driven eruption of Taal Volcano may have contributed to the spread of the African swine fever (ASF), a viral animal infection, in Batangas province. Batangas, recently devastated…

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