DA-7 orders price freeze on agricultural products

Futch Anthony Inso 03/26/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Department of Agriculture in Central Visayas (DA-7) has already imposed a price freeze on vegetables, rice, and other agricultural products starting this week. DA-7 regional director lawyer Salvador Diputado told CDN Digital…

Foundation acquires Sogod farmland to help feed Cebu’s malnourished kids

Norman V. Mendoza 03/06/2020

SOGOD, Cebu – A foundation founded by an American couple has purchased farmland in the Municipality of Sogod, northern Cebu and planted it with fruits and vegetables intended for the province’s malnourished kids. Randolf Pagaran, farm manager…

Capitol Vet: Strict surveillance of migratory birds, poultry amid avian flu outbreak in China

Rosalie Abatayo 02/03/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu Provincial Veterinary Office is now on heightened monitoring and surveillance against the entry of the H5N1 bird flu that has reportedly plagued the poultry industry of Hunan province in China. Governor…

Backyard poultry farm, piggery in Lapu-Lapu closed for operating without permits

Norman V. Mendoza 12/09/2019

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — A backyard poultry farm and  piggery in Barangays Mactan and Pajac respectively were closed by Mayor Junard Chan today, December 9, for operating without permits. Chan visited the backyard poultry farm, which is…

Prices of poultry, veggies increase

Futch Anthony Inso 09/06/2018

CONSUMERS still reeling from the soaring prices of basic commodities need to tighten their belts even more after the Department of Agriculture (DA-7) found out in a price monitoring operation that the prices of several poultry products…

Livestock, poultry deliveries under watch

Patricia Erlaine N. Luardo 08/29/2017

VETERINARIANS were sent by the provincial government to 10 towns in Cebu to monitor the movement of animals being shipped to the province. Provincial Veterinarian Dr. Mary Rose Vincoy said they deployed people in the ports of…

Poultry in Cebu remain safe; sourced from local farmers

Futch Anthony Inso, Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Morexette B. Erram 08/14/2017

As poultry products from Luzon have been temporarily banned from the Visayas and Mindanao area due to the Avian flu outbreak in Pampanga, migratory birds, which are possible carriers of the virus, are also being closely monitored…

Egg sales help Medellin folk

Melissa Q. Cabahug 02/01/2015

More than a year after surviving the onslaught of supertyphoon Yolanda, northern Cebu residents like Raul Remulta have picked themselves up and rebuilt their lives. Remulta, a barangay councilman of barangay Caputatan Norte in Medellin town, Cebu…

Release of loans for storm-hit SMEs ready

Aileen Garcia-Yap 02/04/2014

Small businesses  in northern Cebu that applied for government loans after they were hit by supertyphoon Yolanda may receive their assistance next week. Francisco Buenavides, head of the government-owned Small Business Corp. (SB Corp.), said they endorsed…

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